Skippy: Adventures in Bushtown

Skippy: Adventures in Bushtown (also known as Skippy: Adventures in Bushland) is an Australian animated children's series created by Yoram Gross, set in a fictionalised Australian town. It is based on the character Skippy from the 1968 live-action series Skippy the Bush Kangaroo.

Skippy: Adventures in Bushtown
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GenreAnimated series
Created byJohn McCallum (original TV series)
Based onSkippy the Bush Kangaroo by Fauna Productions
Written byJohn Palmer
Paul Lacy
Sally Odgers
Carol Adams
Directed byYoram Gross
StarringJamie Oxenbould
Robyn Moore
Keith Scott
Music byGuy Gross
Opening theme"Skippy Adventures in Bushtown" by Keith Scott
Ending theme"Skippy Adventures in Bushtown" (instrumental)
Country of originAustralia
France
Germany
Original languagesEnglish
French
German
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes26
Production
Executive producersSandra Gross
Tim Brooke-Hunt
ProducerYoram Gross
Running time25 minutes
Production companiesYoram Gross-Village Roadshow
International Tele Images
Videal GmbH
Original release
NetworkNine Network
Release5 September 1998 (1998-09-05) 
26 February 1999 (1999-02-26)

It differs from the other Skippy series as it is animated and features anthropomorphic characters. Skippy, for example, is an anthropomorphic, male kangaroo who wears a baseball cap and is depicted as a Park Ranger of the fictional town of Bushtown.

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