''Sharky & George'' (French: ''Sharky et Georges'') is a children's

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, produced by animation studios

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and Label 35 between 1990 and 1992. The series consisted of fifty-two 25 minute episodes, including two 12 minute editions which were sometimes aired separately. The series was later translated into English and shown in the United Kingdom on

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from 1991 to 1998.

Premise

''Sharky & George'' is set in the underwater city of Seacago, populated by various kinds of fish. The protagonists are two fish

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s who run their own agency. Sharky, the bigger fish, is a rather lazy pink shark with a huge nose, and wears a

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-style

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hat. George, the smaller fish, is blue with a yellow face, and is younger than Sharky. The two friends combat the mad plans of conquest of the many villains and gangs that are terrorizing Seacago, including Lefty Hook, Harry Flix, the three thugs: Nova, Scotia and Lox, the Piranhas, Fishy Ben Backstabber, Dr. Medusa (Dr. Jelly in English versions;

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and self-proclaimed master of the world), Ray Manta and the electric Torpedo Rays, the Fish Fry Gang, and Red Lobster (Colonel Klaw in English versions; German commander of the army of Black Crab).

International presence

''Sharky & George'' was translated into English, and shown on

, Sky Channel,

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and

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in the United Kingdom. It was also shown in Ireland on

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, in France on

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and

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, in Serbia on RTV Politika, in Italy on

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and

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, in San Marino on

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, in Malaysia on

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, in Hungary on

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, in Poland on

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(dubbed), in Singapore on Channel 5 and in Spain on TVE. It was translated into Spanish from America and shown on RTP (currently named

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) in

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, Megavisión (currently named Mega) in Chile, and shown in other Latin American countries as well. In Canada, it was shown on

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and on

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and Showcase translated in English. The show was also shown on SABC in South Africa, where it was broadcast in Afrikaans on television along with an English simulcast broadcast on radio. The English dub of the show also aired in South Africa where it aired on

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as part of their children's block

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and later on

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in 2001 airing on its children's block ''Teeny Bop''. It was also broadcast on various Middle Eastern TV networks in Arabic, and is known as "Sharky wa George" in the

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Home media

Four VHS cassettes were released in the late 1990s, but are now out of print. A DVD containing ten episodes of the series was released in France in November 2005, but is no longer available.

Voices

* A.J. Henderson - Sharky, Lox * Paul Hawkins - George * Ian Finlay *

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- Dr. Jake Eel, Dr. Jelly * Jane Woods - Sarah Prawn, Bella * Pierre Lenoir * Terrence Labrosse *

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* Mark Hellman *

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- Scotia *

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- Narrator, Colonial Klaw, Harry Flix, Marchello de Scampi, Fishy Ben Backstabber, Nova

Broadcast UK history

(4 May 1991 – 29 December 1998) * Sky Channel (1991–1996) *

(1991–1995) *

(1996–1998)

Premise

International presence

Home media

Voices

Broadcast UK history

References

External links