Reception
In the UK it was aired on the BBC's CBBC segment several times in the 1990s and early 2000s, and was repeated again in 2007 on Five on Sunday mornings. It also regularly appeared on Network 2 in Ireland. The show was also popular in Germany and the Netherlands. In Canada it won the Banff Television Festival award for "Best Children's Programme" in 2000, and in Australia it won the Logie Award for "Outstanding Children's Programme" in 2001 and 2002. It was also nominated for an award at the Australian Film Institute. The show is currently seen in Australia on ABC3.
The only time the series was ever shown in America was a brief run on Fox Kids in 1997.
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