Mr. Men in French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Dutch, Greek, Icelandic, Hebrew, Mandarin, Korean, Irish and others. These stories were published as Little Owl Storytime – "The Children's Choice". The Mr. Men characters were adapted into two animated television series in 1974 that consisted a total of 28 episodes. They were produced by Terry Ward's company, Flicks Films (formerly known as 101 Film Productions) in partnership with Trevor Bond and broadcast by the BBC. The voices and narration were provided by Arthur Lowe, best known from his role as Captain Mainwaring in the sitcom "Dad's Army," who used regional accents for some of
Timbuctoo on characters of books; the first later released on VHS as "Neigh Finds a New Home and Other Stories" in March 1999, and Series 2 released as "Woof Has Forgotten How to Bark and Other Stories" in February 2000. It was later rebroadcast by Nick Jr. in 2001 along with "Mr. Men and Little Miss". Timbuctoo Timbuctoo is a series of 26 children's books, written and illustrated by Roger Hargreaves, better known for his "Mr Men" series. It was published from 1978–79. The books tell the stories of a group of animals, each of whom is named after the sound