The Adventures of Tintin (TV series)

Broadcasts and releases

In the UK, the series originally aired on Channel Four on terrestrial television, and Family Channel, a Canadian channel available through the original Sky system. It was later broadcast on Sky One until the series was purchased by five. It has since been shown in its complete run a couple of times, leading to screenings of the Belvision Tintin films.

Related Topics:
UK - Channel Four - Family Channel - Sky - Sky One - Five - Belvision - Tintin

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The full series has been available three times on video, with individual episodes released by Lumiere in 1994 and Mollin Video in 2000, whilst Anchor Bay released a series of five videos, containing four episodes on each (and five on the last one) in 2002-2003. The series has also been released twice on DVD by Anchor Bay, as an exclusive 5-disc R2 release for HMV and a general 10-disc release, both with soundtracks in English, French and Spanish, but unfortunately no subtitles or extra features. The 10-disc set is in the canonical order, although the limited edition 5-disc set places The Blue Lotus first (presumably from looking at the back of one of the books).

Related Topics:
Lumiere - 1994 - Mollin Video - 2000 - Anchor Bay - 2002 - 2003 - DVD - HMV - The Blue Lotus

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In France, the full series has been available for years on video, produced by Citel, and recently on DVD, with two episodes on each, released by the same company. A full set was issued in a wooden box, but recently UK imports have become the most popular due to the price and the convenience. The French DVD releases featured subtitles in five languages. Recently the series was issued as a partwork by Éditions Atlas in France, with an accompanying booklet featuring information about the episode and behind-the-scenes artwork.

Related Topics:
France - Citel - Partwork - Éditions Atlas

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In Canada, episodes of the series have been released on Region 1 DVD, with French and English language tracks with subtitles. Each DVD contains two episodes, and a boxed-set has been released containing the first five volumes. The second set is planned for release in September 2005. For some unknown reason, Tintin in America is not planned for release, although this may change before the second boxed-set is produced. The episodes have no specific order on the discs.

Related Topics:
Canada - Region 1 - DVD - Tintin in America

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In North America, the series aired on HBO. A limited edition of Ellipse-Nelvana's The Adventures of Tintin TV cartoon series is scheduled for release on DVD in North America by Universal Studios Home Video around 2006.

Related Topics:
North America - HBO - Ellipse - Nelvana - TV cartoon series - DVD - Universal Studios Home Video - 2006

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The series is currently aired globally in over fifty countries.

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