Underplayed Gems

Once Upon a Time... The Explorers (1996)

Once Upon a Time... The Explorers poster
Original title
Il était une fois… les Explorateurs
Genre
educational entertainment, children's television series, historical television series
Country
France
Length
1 season, 26 episodes
Rated
NR
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 29 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This animated series teaches children about famous explorers from history. Each episode follows a group of characters as they learn about a different explorer's journey and discoveries.

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What happens

Once Upon a Time... The Explorers (French: Il était une fois... les Explorateurs) is an educational animated television series created and directed by Albert Barillé. It is the sixth series in the Once Upon a Time... franchise. The series was produced by French studio Procidis in co-production with FR3 and Canal+ (France), Televisión Española (TVE, Spain), Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Südwestrundfunk, and Sender Freies Berlin (WDR, SWR, and SFB, Germany), Mediaset (Italy), Radio Télévision Suisse Romande and Radiotelevisione della Svizzera Italiana (RTSR and RTSI, Switzerland), Radio-télévision belge de la Communauté française (RTBF, Belgium), and the French Centre national de la cinématographie. The series premiered in France on Canal+, beginning on 10 December 1996, and it was subsequently broadcast on the channels of the rest of the broadcasters that participated in the production dubbed into their own language. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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