The Angelina Ballerina series, which first aired in 2001, was produced by HIT Entertainment with animation handled by Grand Slamm Children's Films. The series was based on the original book series created by author Katharine Holabird and illustrator Helen Craig.
Productions[]
Key production credits for the first series include producers Ginger Gibbons, Kirsty Baillie, and András Erkel, with an executive producer role held by Kate Fawkes during the first season. The series was developed by Barbara Slade and directed by Roger McIntosh and Kitty Taylor. The original score and music were composed by Colin Towns. The show originally aired on CITV in the UK and PBS Kids in the US.
The main voice cast for the series featured Judi Dench as Miss Lilly and Finty Williams as the voice of Angelina Mouseling. Other cast members included Jo Wyatt, Keith Wickham, and Jonell Elliott, who voiced various supporting characters such as Alice Nimbletoes, Mr. Maurice Mouseling, and Penelope Pinkpaws.
Episodes[]
| No. in season | Image | Title | UK airdate (top) & US airdate (bottom) | ||||
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| 1 |  |
"Angelina in the Wings" | 4 May 2001
1 June 2002 | ||||
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"Arthur the Butterfly" | ||||||
| Director of Madame Zizi's Ballet Mr. Popoff is seeking a replacement Sunbeam dancer. Madame Zizi chooses Henry over Angelina who becomes an understudy. Angelina gets a place on stage when another replacement is required.
Angelina finds and takes care of an injured butterfly she calls Arthur. Angelina traps Arthur inside a glass jar, and then Henry accidentally releases him. Later on, Angelina and Henry get trapped in a dark a hole, but Arthur summons help for them. Little Stars segment: Dancing in character | |||||||
| 2 |  |
"The Gift" | 11 May 2001
8 June 2002 | ||||
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"Treasure Tandems" | ||||||
| On Christmas Eve, Angelina receives a hand-painted gift from Miss Lilly. However, Angelina is unhappy that the gift she made for Miss Lilly is "not good enough", but Miss Lilly is absolutely flattered by Angelina's hand-painted Christmas gift.
Angelina and Alice take part in a treasure hunt tandem race, avoiding the Pinkpaw twins' cheating attempts. As Angelina and Alice rescue the twins, Henry and William win the race. Little stars segment: Dancing and working together | |||||||
| 3 |  |
"Angelina at the Fair" | 18 May 2001
15 June 2002 | ||||
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"The Ballet Tickets" | ||||||
| Angelina reluctantly takes Henry to the fair with her friends. Poor Henry is upset when he wants a blue balloon and wants to go on the Merry go round which makes Angelina grumpy.
Alice and Angelina miss their chance to get tickets to the ballet dance and their efforts to find a way all fail. But Angelina's father has a big surprise for both of them. Little stars segment: Learning ballet moves | |||||||
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"Midnight Muddle" | 25 May 2001
22 June 2002 | ||||
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"Miss Lilly is Leaving" | ||||||
| A prank from Sammy gets him in trouble after Angelina accidentally ruins Mrs. Hodgepodge's prize cauliflower. Angelina, ridden with guilt, confesses and both Angelina and Sammy make it up to Mrs. Hodgepodge when she makes them work.
Alice and Angelina hear rumours that Miss Lilly is leaving Mouseland to teach at another dance school. The ballet mice try to ensure Miss Lilly stays, bearing gifts and dancing, but Miss Lilly tells them that she is leaving only for the weekend. Little stars segment: Body language | |||||||
| 5 |  |
"Miss Lilly Comes To Dinner" | 2 June 2001
29 June 2002 | ||||
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"The Lucky Penny" | ||||||
| Miss Lilly is coming to dinner at Angelina's cottage and Angelina wants everything to be perfect to impress her after a talk with the twins. Angelina makes Corn Royal for Miss Lilly but when everything does not go to plan Angelina is upset.
Angelina comes across a coin she thinks is a Lucky Penny, helping her regain confidence and neglect her dance practice. Then she loses the coin, but she harnesses enough self-confidence to do the dance perfectly for her audition. Little stars segment: The importance of practice | |||||||
| 6 |  |
"Angelina the Mouse Detective" | 9 June 2001
6 July 2002 | ||||
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"Angelina and Grandma" | ||||||
| Garden gnomes are being stolen in Mouseland. Inspired by Monty the Mouse Detective, Angelina becomes a detective. At first, she finds nothing, but she soon discovers that Mrs. Hodgepodge is secretly mending the stolen garden gnomes.
Mr. and Mrs. Mouseling leave Angelina in the care of her grandparents, but Angelina tears Miss Lilly's old tutu and Grandma is too busy planning her friend Mrs. Twinkle's birthday party to mend it. When Grandpa accidentally ruins the cake by leaving it in the rain Grandma blames Angelina and sents her to her room so she runs away but when Grandpa tells Grandma it was him who left the cake in the rain she gets upset when she finds out she was rotten to Angelina and makes up to her. Little stars segment: Homemade costumes | |||||||
| 7 |  |
"Two Mice In a Boat" | 16 June 2001
13 July 2002 | ||||
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"The Costume Ball" | ||||||
| Angelina is taking part in a boat decorating contest, but has Sammy as her partner. Their idea for a Pirate-Princess galleon does not work, but at the parade they win the teamwork prize.
Angelina is disappointed that she can not join the adults at The Costume Ball. Mrs. Hodgepodge is babysitting her and Alice, as she is the only adult in Mouseland who is not going to The Costume Ball. Alice and Angelina decide to disguise themselves as an adult to attend the costume ball but while Angelina wants to dance, Alice just wants some food. Sadly they both get caught by their parents and Mrs. Hodgepodge catches them as “Naughty Little Runaways”. As punishment, they are made to clean up the Hall and eat cabbage jelly sandwiches the following morning. Little stars segment: Working in pairs | |||||||
| 8 |  |
"The Legend of Big Paw" | 23 June 2001
20 July 2002 | ||||
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"The Ballerina Rag Doll" | ||||||
| On a camping trip, Angelina and Henry goes on a mission to find Grandpas medal. They become lost and see signs that look like the legendary Big Paw until they are met by Colonel Forthfoot.
Angelina gives away her old rag doll Polka, but later she really wants her toy of memories back. While teaching a preschool class how to dance, she realises that the new owner Mary needs it more. Little stars segment: Helping younger children to dance | |||||||
| 9 |  |
"The Cheese Ball Cup Final" | 30 June 2001
27 July 2002 | ||||
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"Angelina and Anya" | ||||||
| William Longtail decides to give up ballet lessons after being teased by Sammy and prepares for The Cheese Ball Cup Final. William is then forced to counter a tough team, but with a little ballet he wins the game and returns to ballet class.
A new Chipping Cheddar resident called Anya is introduced and Blueberries go missing in mouse land but the thief is revealed as the pinkpaw twins and there mother. Little stars segment: Folk dancing | |||||||
| 10 |  |
"Angelina's Surprise" | 6 July 2001
August 3, 2002 | ||||
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"The Rose Fairy Princess" | ||||||
| Prickled by the attention the Pinkpaws are getting for their newborn brother, Angelina fibs she's going to have one too. She has great difficulty confessing but finally does when she thinks the Pinkpaws' party is all about her new baby sister.
Miss Lilly chooses Angelina to be The Rose Fairy Princess, but Angelina is nervous about the flying stunt. Determined not to let Miss Lilly down, Angelina goes along with the stunt and overcomes her fear. Little stars segment: Jump dancing | |||||||
| 11 |  |
"Alice's Present" | 13 July 2001
10 August 2002 | ||||
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"No Match for Angelina" | ||||||
| Alice gives Angelina a new gym bag, but when she mislays it, Alice thinks Angelina gave it away and does not appreciate her and the two friends fall out, until Henry finds the bag and Angelina and Alice make up.
Angelina is a skilled hockey player, but girls are disallowed in the team. Angelina joins the team as a boy named Andy. Despite her cover blown, Angelina still makes her winning shot for the team. Little stars segment: Dancing like sports | |||||||
| 12 |  |
"Angelina's Valentine" | 20 July 2001
17 August 2002 | ||||
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"The Royal Banquet" | ||||||
| Today is Valentine's Day. William Longtail is too shy to give Angelina a Valentine card, so Sammy Watts tricks William just to get Angelina's yo-yo. Angelina finds that she's been duped and takes back the yo-yo and sends William her own Valentine's card.
Miss Lilly takes Angelina to dance for Queen Seraphina and Princess Valentine. Unfortunately, they soon get lost after their train breaks down, but Doctor Tuttle rescues them in his balloon and they reach the palace ready for the grand banquet. Little stars segment: Preparing for a stage show | |||||||
| 13 |  |
"The Gymnastics Championship" | 27 July 2001
24 August 2002 | ||||
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"Angelina's Baby Sister" | ||||||
| Alice is selected for a Gymnastics Championship. Alice gets vertigo attacks and is up against Phunella, the Pinkpaw twins' cousin. Motivated by Olga Mousicovich, Alice plucks her courage and wins first prize.
Angelina now has a baby sister named Polly, but her parents are too preoccupied with Polly to give Angelina attention and are quite disorganized. Angelina then becomes jealous, frustrated, neglected and upset (and starts whining and crying as usual), and goes as far as to destroying her room out of jealousy because she feels like her family doesn't care about her anymore. The whole Mouseling family tries to solve this problem so that Angelina can love and accept her new sister. Little stars segment: Emotional dancing | |||||||
External Links[]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelina_Ballerina_(TV_series)