Fabeltjeskrant


Fabeltjeskrant is a Dutch children's television series featuring puppetry and stop motion. Created in 1968 by Leen Valkenier and produced by Thijs Chanowski and Loek de Levita, it ended in 1989 and was broadcast on the Dutch and Japanese channels NOS, RTL 4 RTL 8 and NHK and on Belgian channel VRT. From 1973 to 1975 it was broadcast also in the United Kingdom, on ITV, with the title ''The Daily Fable.

Plot

Each episode is based upon fables of Jean de La Fontaine, Aesop, Phaedrus and also by the series' scenographer Leen Valkenier. The main character, the owl "Meneer de Uil", introduces each episode reading a fable to other characters upon a tree. The scene is a forest inhabited by different anthropomorphic paper animals and the first episode was broadcast on 29 September 1968 on NOS.

Characters

All character surnames are referred to their species.
The show was adapted in some other countries under the following titles:
Lex Overeijnder wrote and drew a short-lived newspaper comic strip based on the TV show in 1969. In 1975 Dick Vlottes created another comic strip based on the series, which was published in the TV magazine Televizier in 1975.
In 1970, a film version, Onkruidzaaiers in Fabeltjesland, premiered in theaters.
In 2007 a musical adaptation was created by Ruud de Graaf and Hans Cornelissen.

Comeback

In November 2017, a new 3D animated series was announced. It was broadcast in 2019 on Netflix in the Netherlands.
In 2018 a book, an exhibition and a movie were launched to celebrate the 50th anniversary.