| Vic the Viking | |
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 French DVD cover for Season 1 | |
| Genre | |
| Based on | Vicky the Viking |
| Developed by |
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| Directed by | Éric Cazes |
| Country of origin | France Germany Austria Netherlands Australia |
| Original languages | English French German Dutch |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 78 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers |
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| Running time | 10 minutes |
| Production companies | ASE Studios Pty Limited Studio 100 Animation Flying Bark Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | TF1 (France) ZDF (Germany) Network Ten (season 1) Eleven (season 2) & ABC3 (Australia) |
| Release | 4 July 2013 – 21 June 2014 |
Vic the Viking is a children's animated television series, which premiered on Network Ten on 4 July 2013, and continued on Eleven on 5 October 2013. It is based on the 1974–1975 anime series Vicky the Viking, and the book series it was originally inspired.[1] The show aired 39 episodes for a total of 78 segments,[1] and ended in 2014.[2]
The main characters are Vic, a young, frail and ingenious Viking boy; his father Halvar, the Captain of the Drakkar and chief elect of Flake the home village,[1] and the villagers, mainly the other plunder crewmen, including druid Urobe, the ever-quarreling companions Tjure and Snorre, the simple giant Flaxe, squeaky-voiced navigator Gorm and bard Ulme; also Vic's bossy mother Ylva, mischievous urchin-rival Gilby, who is jealous that Vic is allowed to sail with the men, and Vic's equally inquisitive little cousin, Ylvi. Halvar's sworn enemy is the rascally captain Sven and his crew of incompetent oafs, but most episodes have other antagonists.
The series has been aired overseas,[3] as in Flanders by Ketnet since autumn 2013 (dubbed in Dutch). In the UK it is aired on Pop. There are also two Catalan language dubs, corresponding to Televisió de Catalunya and À Punt Mèdia, in València.[4][5]
Cast
[edit]French
[edit]- Marie Facundo
- Benoît Du Pac
- Magali Rosenzweig
- Lionel Tua
- Cyrille Monge
- Stéphane Ronchewski
- Thierry Kazazian
- Tanguy Goasdoué
- Nathalie Homs
Voice director: Nathalie Homs
Voice recording studio: Piste Rouge
English
[edit]- Kirstie Hutton as Vic and Ylvi
- Peter Callan as Captain Halvar
- Jane U'Brien as Ylva and Gilby
- Paul Davies as Urobe, Tjure and Sven
- Cam Ralph as Ulme, Faxe and Pox
- David Callan as Snorre and Gorm
Series overview
[edit]| Season | Episodes | Start date | End date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 | 4 July 2013 | 28 September 2013 |
| 2 | 52 | 5 October 2013 | 21 June 2014 |
Season 1 (2013)
[edit]| No. in series | No. in season | Title | Director | Written by | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Almost Treasure's Island" | Éric Cazes | Thierry Gaudin | 4 July 2013 |
| 2 | 2 | "Thor's Thunder" | Éric Cazes | Fabienne Gambrelle | 4 July 2013 |
| 3 | 3 | "Grist for the Mill" | Éric Cazes | Fabienne Gambrelle | 11 July 2013 |
| 4 | 4 | "The Magic Lantern" | Éric Cazes | Hadrien Soulez Larivière | 11 July 2013 |
| 5 | 5 | "Shooting Star" | Éric Cazes | Alexandre Révérend | 18 July 2013 |
| 6 | 6 | "The Highest Viking" | Éric Cazes | Alexandre Révérend | 18 July 2013 |
| 7 | 7 | "A Wind That'll Tear the Horns Off a Viking" | Éric Cazes | Alexandre Révérend | 27 July 2013 |
| 8 | 8 | "Knock on Wood" | Éric Cazes | Robin Lyons & Andrew Offiler | 27 July 2013 |
| 9 | 9 | "Trials of Halvar" | Éric Cazes | Robin Lyons & Andrew Offiler | 29 July 2013 |
| 10 | 10 | "The Monster" | Éric Cazes | Bettina Janischowski | 29 July 2013 |
| 11 | 11 | "Dagda's Cauldron" | Éric Cazes | Pascal Mirleau & Tony Scott | 6 August 2013 |
| 12 | 12 | "Beware of the Wolf" | Marc Wasik | Laurent Auclair | 6 August 2013 |
| 13 | 13 | "Judgement of Thor" | Éric Cazes | Robin Lyons & Andrew Offiler | 12 August 2013 |
| 14 | 14 | "Shape Shifting" | Éric Cazes | Robin Lyons & Andrew Offiler | 12 August 2013 |
| 15 | 15 | "Good Luck Charm" | Éric Cazes | Robin Lyons & Andrew Offiler | 24 August 2013 |
| 16 | 16 | "Son of Tjure" | Éric Cazes | Thierry Gaudin | 24 August 2013 |
| 17 | 17 | "Faxe and the Whale" | Marc Wasik | Kym Goldsworthy | 31 August 2013 |
| 18 | 18 | "Shallow Waters" | Marc Wasik | Matt Phipps | 31 August 2013 |
| 19 | 19 | "Taken" | Éric Cazes | Valérie Magis | 7 September 2013 |
| 20 | 20 | "Snorre Soaps Up" | Éric Cazes | Max Mamoud & Georges Tzanos | 7 September 2013 |
| 21 | 21 | "Stardust" | Éric Cazes | Michel Coulon & Fabienne Gambrelle | 14 September 2013 |
| 22 | 22 | "Ylva in Charge" | Marc Wasik | Rob George | 14 September 2013 |
| 23 | 23 | "Free Ylvi" | Marc Wasik | Cleon Prineas | 21 September 2013 |
| 24 | 24 | "The Tunnel" | Marc Wasik | Laurent Auclair | 21 September 2013 |
| 25 | 25 | "Andalusia" | Marc Wasik | Sam Meikle | 28 September 2013 |
| 26 | 26 | "Captain Gilby" | Éric Cazes | Fabienne Gambrelle | 28 September 2013 |
Season 2 (2013-14)
[edit]| No. in series | No. in season | Title | Director | Written by | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 1 | "The Canal" | Marc Wasik | Fin Edquist | 5 October 2013 |
| 28 | 2 | "The Invisible Treasure" | Éric Cazes | Roland Fauzer | 5 October 2013 |
| 29 | 3 | "A True Viking" | Marc Wasik | Cleon Prineas | 12 October 2013 |
| 30 | 4 | "Stink Bugs Attack" | Marc Wasik | Sean Nash | 12 October 2013 |
| 31 | 5 | "Gorm's Seagull" | Éric Cazes | Pascal Mirleau & Tony Scott | 17 October 2013 |
| 32 | 6 | "Chicken Pox" | Éric Cazes | Bettina Janischowski & Laurent Auclair | 17 October 2013 |
| 33 | 7 | "Victory Dance" | Marc Wasik | Cleon Prineas | 24 October 2013 |
| 34 | 8 | "The Forgotten Treasure" | Éric Cazes | Pascal Mirleau & Tony Scott | 24 October 2013 |
| 35 | 9 | "The Hammer in the Stone" | Marc Wasik | John Armstrong | 2 November 2013 |
| 36 | 10 | "The Cavern of Frozen Words" | Éric Cazes | Alexandre Révérend & Laurent Auclair | 2 November 2013 |
| 37 | 11 | "Sparkling Race" | Éric Cazes | Augusto Zanovello & Laurent Auclair | 9 November 2013 |
| 38 | 12 | "The Druid Needs a Ride" | Marc Wasik | Sean Nash | 9 November 2013 |
| 39 | 13 | "Siren Song" | Éric Cazes | Robin Lyons & Andrew Offiler | 16 November 2013 |
| 40 | 14 | "Castaways" | Marc Wasik | Laurent Auclair | 16 November 2013 |
| 41 | 15 | "He's My Son" | Éric Cazes | Alexandre Révérend & Laurent Auclair | 6 March 2014 |
| 42 | 16 | "Topsy Turvy" | Éric Cazes | Bruno Dupuis | 12 March 2014 |
| 43 | 17 | "Dance with the Wolf" | Éric Cazes | Valérie Magis & Laurent Auclair | 12 March 2014 |
| 44 | 18 | "Bear Up" | Éric Cazes | Jenz Opatz & Laurent Auclair | 19 March 2014 |
| 45 | 19 | "Silent Night" | Marc Wasik | David Evans | 19 March 2014 |
| 46 | 20 | "The Thief Among Us" | Marc Wasik | Sam Meikle | 26 March 2014 |
| 47 | 21 | "Trojan Snorre" | Marc Wasik | Suzie Wicks | 26 March 2014 |
| 48 | 22 | "Resort Island" | Éric Cazes | Bruno Dupuis | 2 April 2014 |
| 49 | 23 | "Trouble in Flake" | Éric Cazes | Jeffrey Kearney | 2 April 2014 |
| 50 | 24 | "The Julbock" | Éric Cazes | Robin Lyons & Andrew Offiler | 9 April 2014 |
| 51 | 25 | "War of the Berries" | Marc Wasik | Rob George | 9 April 2014 |
| 52 | 26 | "Arabian Nights" | Marc Wasik | Fin Edquist | 9 April 2014 |
| 53 | 27 | "Use Your Loaf" | Éric Cazes | Robin Lyons & Andrew Offiler | 19 April 2014 |
| 54 | 28 | "Licence to Sail" | Éric Cazes | Simon Lecocq | 19 April 2014 |
| 55 | 29 | "Princess Badoura" | Marc Wasik | Charlotte Hamlyn | 26 April 2014 |
| 56 | 30 | "Loki the Trickster God" | Marc Wasik | Charlotte Hamlyn | 26 April 2014 |
| 57 | 31 | "The Kraken" | Marc Wasik | Laurent Auclair & Zoe Harrington | 3 May 2014 |
| 58 | 32 | "The Olympic Games" | Marc Wasik | Sam Meikle | 3 May 2014 |
| 59 | 33 | "Stronger Together" | Éric Cazes | Sébastien Viaud | 10 May 2014 |
| 60 | 34 | "It's Not What You Sink" | Éric Cazes | Laurent Auclair | 10 May 2014 |
| 61 | 35 | "Moby Vic" | Éric Cazes | Bruno Dupuis | 17 May 2014 |
| 62 | 36 | "Oops a Daisy" | Éric Cazes | Robin Lyons & Andrew Offiler | 17 May 2014 |
| 63 | 37 | "Cow Express" | Éric Cazes | Thierry Soufflard | 24 May 2014 |
| 64 | 38 | "Grandpa Olaf" | Éric Cazes | Simon Lecocq | 24 May 2014 |
| 65 | 39 | "Mushroom Picking" | Éric Cazes | Marguerite Sauvage | 31 May 2014 |
| 66 | 40 | "The Tree House" | Éric Cazes | Marguerite Sauvage | 31 May 2014 |
| 67 | 41 | "Mistaken Eye-dentity" | Éric Cazes | Jeffrey Kearney & Laurent Auclair | 7 June 2014 |
| 68 | 42 | "Gilby the Pirate" | Éric Cazes | Marguerite Sauvage | 7 June 2014 |
| 69 | 43 | "Being a Leprechaun" | Éric Cazes | Anne Ricaud & Johanna Krawczyk | 14 June 2014 |
| 70 | 44 | "For the Love of Cake" | Éric Cazes | Bruno Dupuis | 14 June 2014 |
| 71 | 45 | "Who Let the Bear In" | Éric Cazes | Sébastien Viaud | 21 June 2014 |
| 72 | 46 | "Summer Residence" | Éric Cazes | Bruno Dupuis | 21 June 2014 |
| 73 | 47 | "Bamboo Surprise" | Marc Wasik | Sam Meikle | 19 April 2014 |
| 74 | 48 | "Up the River" | Éric Cazes | Laurent Auclair | 20 April 2014 |
| 75 | 49 | "The Invisible Sword" | Éric Cazes | Anastasia Heinzl | 20 April 2014 |
| 76 | 50 | "Back to Flake" | Éric Cazes | Bruno Dupuis | 20 April 2014 |
| 77–78 | 51–52 | "Strangers in a Strange Land" | Marc Wasik | Cleon Prineas | 19 April 2014 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Crump, William D. (11 March 2019). Happy Holidays--Animated!: A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland. p. 157. ISBN 978-1-4766-3646-7.
- ^ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 157. ISBN 9781476672939.
- ^ Sakr, Naomi; Steemers, Jeanette (4 October 2019). Screen Media for Arab and European Children: Policy and Production Encounters in the Multiplatform Era. Springer Nature. ISBN 978-3-030-25658-6.
- ^ CCMA (22 December 2022). "Vicky, el viking". CCMA (in Catalan). Retrieved 9 September 2023.
- ^ "Vicky el Viking". La Colla. Retrieved 9 September 2023.