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Radical Sheep Productions

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Radical Sheep Productions
IndustryTelevision production
Founded1985; 39 years ago (1985)
FounderRobert Mills
Defunct2018; 6 years ago (2018)
Headquarters310 King Street East, ,
Canada
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
John Leitch (President)
ParentBoat Rocker Media (2016–2018)

Radical Sheep Productions was a Canadian television production company known for producing series including The Next Step, Stella and Sam, and The Big Comfy Couch, the latter a Gemini Award-winning series for preschoolers which produced seven seasons and aired for over ten years on YTV and Treehouse TV in Canada and public television stations in the United States.

Among its early work, Radical Sheep made puppets used in the early 1990s educational video series The Adventures of Ruffus & Andy, which marked early appearances of Ruffus the Dog. Founded in 1985 by Robert Mills, the company also once housed the Sheep Shop, which provided puppet construction and design services until 2002 when it closed its doors and Mills stepped aside from running the company. As president, John Leitch managed the business of Radical Sheep, acting as executive producer for all of Radical Sheep's productions and also overseeing the management and sales of Radical Sheep's properties, both domestic and foreign.

On March 31, 2016, Radical Sheep was acquired by Boat Rocker Media. As of 2018, the company now appears defunct.[1]

Filmography

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Title Creator(s) Year(s) Co-production with Network
1990s
The Adventures of Ruffus & Andy 1990–1991 Credit Valley Hospital Direct-to-video
Ali Baa Baa's Toy Box (pilot) 1991 Unaired
The Big Comfy Couch Cheryl Wagner 1992–2006 Owl Television (1992–1993)
Owl Communications (1994–1995)
YTV (1992–1996)
Treehouse TV (2002–2006)
PBS (1995–2006)
Ruffus the Dog Robert Mills 1998–1999 Hunky Dorey Entertainment YTV
Panda Bear Daycare Cheryl Wagner
Karen Valleau
Robert Mills
1998 YTV
Amigo & Me Cheryl Wagner
Robert Mills
1999–2000 CBC
2000s
Just for Laughs Gags Pierre Girard
Jacques Chevalier
2000 Just for Laughs TVA
CBC
The Comedy Network
TVOntario (Canada)
Land O' Hands Robert Mills 2001 Treehouse
Puppets Who Kill John Pattison 2002–2006 PWK Productions The Comedy Network
2010s
Stella and Sam Marie-Louise Gay 2010–2014 Bejuba! Entertainment Family Channel
Yup Yups Matthew Fernandes 2013 Industrial Brothers Family Jr.
The Next Step Frank Van Keeken 2013–present Temple Street Productions
Family Channel
Universal Kids (U.S.)
Family Channel (Canada)
Fangbone! Simon Racioppa
Richard Elliott
2016–2017 Pipeline Studios Family Chrgd (Canada)
Disney XD (U.S.)
Netflix (online)
The Bagel and Becky Show Dave Cooper 2016–2017 Jam Filled Toronto
BBC Worldwide
Teletoon
CITV (UK)
Ollie! The Boy Who Became What He Ate Sheena Macrae 2017–2019 Keyframe Animation Inc.
Mickey Rogers Media
CBC Kids
Universal Kids
Tee and Mo Dominic Minns 2018–2022 Zodiak Kids
Plug-In Media
CBeebies (UK)
TVOKids (Canada)

Puppet characters

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Commercials

References

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  1. ^ "Boat Rocker Media acquires Radical Sheep".
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