The Little Polar Bear

}} In the mid-1990s there was a TV adaptation for the BBC, WDR and AVRO , featuring the voice talents of Susan Sheridan and Jimmy Hibbert. The animation of the series was provided by Sinan Gungor. Voices • Susan Sheridan - Lars, Lena, Peeps, Mummy Polar Bear, • Jimmy Hibbert - Daddy Polar Bear, various male voices • Vanessa Feltz - Brownie Brown Bear Characters • Lars - the little polar bear, main character of the show • Frieda, Lars' mother • Mika, Lars' father • Lena - the Arctic hare • Peeps - the snow goose • Brownie - the little brown Bear Episodes ==Film==

For its first film, subtitled Der Kinofilm, Warner Bros. and animation studio Rothkirch Cartoon Film bought the rights to adapt the children's books into a feature-length film, released in 2001. Following the success of the feature, several direct-to-video features were released, one of the new characters included was a tiger cub. In 2005, another film, The Little Polar Bear 2: The Mysterious Island () was released and also proved successful. The score to The Little Polar Bear was composed by Nigel Clarke & Michael Csányi-Wills and recorded by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London and was nominated for several awards. The Japanese version uses Tomoko Tane's "Rainbow Song" as the ending theme. == Sequels ==

• The Little Polar Bear: Lars and the Little Tiger (2002) • The Little Polar Bear: The Dream of Flying (2003) • ''The Little Polar Bear: Nanouk's Rescue'' (2003) • The Little Polar Bear: A Visitor from the South Pole (2004) • The Little Polar Bear: The Mysterious Island (2005) ==References==