Walter and Tandoori (also known as Walter or Walter's World) is a Canadian animated children’s series created by Sylvain Viau and by Image Entertainment Corporation.[2] The show has 104 episodes running from 2009-2010[3]
Plot
The series centres on Walter, an inventor and fix-it specialist, and his friend Tandoori, a hyperactive chicken, who live together in the village of Trois-Montagnes (in the French version) or Hart's Landing (in the English version), and embark on various adventures designed to teach children about the environment and ecology [4]
Characters
- Walter: Walter is a likeable man with a youthful temperament. He loves to play, acts on instinct, and has child-like control of his impulses.
- Tandoori Walter’s sidekick, Tandoori is a hyper-active chicken with an Indian accent that often gets the pair into crazy predicaments.
Walter and Tandoori's Christmas
Main Article: Walter & Tandoori's Christmas
A 2011 Christmas themed Thriectal Production running of 85 Minutes in November 2011[5] The Movie is Image Entertainment Corporation Inc. First Film and Thriectal Film. The Film is distributed by Alivance Film.
The film also received a limited theatrical release outside of Canada, including a screening at the Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur in September 2012 and a brief run in Los Angeles in December of that year in an unsuccessful attempt to garner an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Feature.
Episodes
Main Article: List of Walter & Tandoori Episodes
Walter & Tandoori series produced a number of 104 episodes that were each 13 minutes long produced by Image Entertainmet Corporation Inc..
Broadcast
The series has since aired on a number of other broadcast networks, including Ici Radio-Canada Télé,[6] Télé-Québec, Vrak.TV[6] and Cartoon Network Latin America.[7]
Awards
The Series won a Prix Gémeaux for Best Animated Program or Series in 2011.[8]
References