Little Hippo

*Little Hippo*
Little Hippo
Also known as	Petit Potam
Based on	Petit Potam; by Christine Chagnoux
Written by	Robin Lyons ; Andrew Offiler ; Suzanne Bailly ; Annetta Zucchi ; Douglas Booth ; Françoise Boublil ; Joe Boyle ; Jill Brett ; Jamie Brown ; Herbert Carias-Freire ; Stan Cullimore ; Christophe Léger ; Paul Finch ; Alexandre Gelbert ; Jean Helpert ; Anthony Hodgson ; Lucy Daniel ; Béatrice Marthouret ; Michael Maurer ; Lavinia Murray ; Dennis O’Flaherty ; Stéphane Piera ; Claude Raymond ; Noëlle Septier-Saugout ; Annie Smyth ; Alexander Swinnerton ; Jamila Taxit ; Raymond de Thiebert ; Pierre-François Bertrand
Directed by	Bernard Deyriès
Composers	Bill Baxter; Olivier Lanneluc; Jacques Bastello
Country of origin	France; Germany; Belgium; United Kingdom
Original language	French
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	341
Production
Executive producer	Claude Berthier
Producer	Maureen Sery
Running time	13 minutes
Production companies	Marina Productions; EVA Entertainment; Neurones; Britt Allcroft (Development) Limited
Original release
Network	France 3
Release	1 September 1997 –; 1998[citation needed]

Little Hippo (French: Petit Potam) is an animated children's television series based on the French Petit Potam books by Christine Chagnoux. The series was an international co-production between Marina Productions, France 3, ZDF, EVA Entertainment, Neurones and The Britt Allcroft Company. The series debuted on France 3 in France on 1 September 1997.^[1]

Premise

Little Hippo is about Little Hippo, Tessie, Tim, and Tam who live in Muddy Wallow.

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	"L'equipe aero-potam"	Bernard Deyriès	Unknown	1 September 1997 (1997-09-01)

Little Hippo was broadcast circa 1998 on Disney Channel in the United Kingdom.^[2]

Petit Potam – Le film is a film based on the series.

^ "Petit Potam". Planète Jeunesse. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
^ "Disney Channel: Friday, June 26 1998". TV Live. Archived from the original on March 13, 2019. Retrieved January 24, 2017.