Ferdy the Ant (TV series)
| Ferdy the Ant | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Adventure |
| Based on | Ferda Mravenec by Ondřej Sekora |
| Developed by | Entertaining Cartoon Productions |
| Screenplay by | Iva Hercíková Liane Novotny |
| Directed by | Jerry Hampeys Ralph Newman |
| Opening theme | "Ferdy is your Friend" (English dub only) |
| Composers | Evžen Illín Jiří Strohner |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom Germany Taiwan Czech Republic Liechtenstein |
| Original languages | English German Czech |
| No. of episodes | 52 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | SWR Fernsehen (Germany) ABC (Australia) |
| Release | 1984 – 1985 |
Ferdy the Ant (also simply referred to as Ferdy and Ferda) is a 1984 German-British children's animated television series based on the Ferda Mravenec series of picture books by Czech author Ondřej Sekora. The animation was handled by Far Eastern Productions.
There are three English dubs. The original British English dub, the short-lived Harmony Gold USA dub and a German-produced 2000 dub that uses English-speaking voice actors based in Germany.
The show is primarily aimed towards children from ages 3 to 10, and has been owned by Entertaining Cartoon Productions and Licensing AG since 2000. It was also an animation by Far Eastern Animation in Taiwan.
It was also broadcast on ABC & ABC Kids in Australia. The series also appeared on Nepal Television during the early 2000s. It was one of the few animated shows including Moomins that aired on the Nepal's national television at that time.