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Ulica Sezamkowa

Ulica Sezamkowa
GenreChildren's television series
Created byJoan Ganz Cooney (concept)
Jim Henson (concept)
StarringAndrzej Buszewicz
Country of originPoland
Original languagePolish
No. of episodes52
Original release
NetworkTVP2
ReleaseOctober 27, 1996 (1996-10-27) –
2001 (2001)

Ulica Sezamkowa is the Polish co-production of the children's television series Sesame Street.[1] It first aired in late 1996.[2]

Production

Sesame Street had previously been aired in Poland, with a Polish voiceover.[2]

The Muppets seen in the series were designed in the United States by Jim Henson Productions, using Polish children's sketches as references.[2]

Characters

Characters exclusive to Ulica Sezamkowa include:

  • Smok Bazyli (Bazyli the Dragon), a jovial, furry dragon.[3]
  • Owieczka Beata (Beata the Lamb), a lamb who thinks she knows everything.[3]
  • Pędzipotwór (Speedmonster), a turquoise monster who is similar to Cookie Monster, has a big appetite.

Sezamkowy Zakątek

Beginning in 2006, the Polish kids' channel MiniMini began airing a one-hour Sesame programming block, Sezamkowy Zakątek. The original Polish co-production of Sesame Street, Ulica Sezamkowa, is no longer in production.

Other languages (Sezamkowy Zakątek)

References

  1. ^ "Polish version of Sesame Street". The Gadsden Times. December 20, 1996. p. A6. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c Shalom M. Fisch; Rosemarie T. Truglio, eds. (8 April 2014). "G" is for growing : thirty years of research on children and Sesame Street. New York: Taylor & Francis. pp. 154, 161–162. ISBN 978-1-135-66495-4. OCLC 910845333.
  3. ^ a b "Sesame Street expands in four countries". United Press International. 30 August 1996.


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