Television Episode
| "Room to Move" | |||
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| The Bellflower Bunnies episode | |||
The young Bellflowers worry about the disappearance of their shy brother, Periwinkle. |
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| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 1 |
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| Directed by | Moran Caouissin | ||
| Written by | Original book, Family Moving Day: Geneviève Huriet Teleplay: Valérie Baranski |
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| Original air date | 25 December 2001 13 February 2006 4 September 2008 |
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In 2001, Family Moving Day was adapted into the first official (and second aired) episode of TF1's animated series The Bellflower Bunnies, entitled "Le déménagement" in France, "Ein neues Zuhause" in Germany, and "Room to Move" in English. The series actually debuted with "Slide On", the third in the official show sequence.
As part of a marketing deal with one of the show's producers, TVA International, the Utah-based Feature Films for Families released the first English-language volume of the series in 2001 (on VHS), and again on 1 October 2003 (on Region 1 DVD). This contains the first two official episodes, "Room to Move" and "Carnival". They were further paired with "Vive la glisse" and "En ballon" in TF1's French version (also from 2003), and edelkids' German-dubbed version, released on 22 February 2008.
This animated version stays faithful to the book, except for a few alterations, one of which involves Magda the magpie and her "Blueberry Ghost" trick to scare the Bellflowers out of their new home. In addition, the young bunnies perform an up-tempo jazz-flavoured song called "Bunnies on the Move", written by Valérie Baranski and Daniel Scott.
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