Sesame Street

Regional variations of the show

Some countries have actually created their own completely unique versions of Sesame Street, in which the characters and segments represent their country's cultures. Other countries simply air a dubbed version of Sesame Street, or a dubbed version of Open Sesame. Among various other countries, the UK simply broadcast the American show.

Related Topics:
Open Sesame - UK

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Locally produced adaptations of Sesame Street, include:

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• 1972: Vila Sésamo, Brazil
• 1972: Plaza Sésamo, Mexico
• 1973: Sesamstraße, Germany
• 1973: Canadian Sesame Street, Canada (reformatted as Sesame Park in the 1990s)
• 1976: Sesamstraat, Netherlands
• 1978: 1, rue Sesame, France
• 1979: Iftah Ya Simsim, Kuwait
• 1979: Barrio Sésamo, Spain
• 1981: Svenska Sesam, Sweden
• 1983: Rechov Sumsum, Israel
• 1984: Sesame! (Batibot), Philippines
• 1989: Susam Sokagi, Turkey
• 1989: Rua Sésamo, Portugal
• 1991: Sesam Stasjon, Norway
• 1996: Ulitsa Sezam, Russia
• 1996: Ulica Sezamkowa, Poland
• 1998: Rechov Sumsum and Shara's Simsim, Israel and Palestinian Territories
• 1998: Zhima Jie, China
• 2000: Takalani Sesame, South Africa
• 2000: Alam Simsim, Egypt
• 2004: Koche Sesame, Afghanistan
• 2004: Sesame Street, Japan
• 2005: 5, Rue Sésame, France
• 2006?: Sesame India, with radio program

Other countries include Greece (on ERT, later on a private network), Poland and Mexico. In 2004, one Japanese network cancelled the dubbed American Sesame, while another created a local version. Sesame Street was axed in recent years from Britain.

Related Topics:
Greece - Poland - Mexico

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