- "Hello, I'm Lucy. I live at 64 Zoo Lane. And I have some very special neighbours. Look!"
- ―Lucy
64 Zoo Lane is a British-French cartoon created by An Vrombaut. It premiered on Sprout on August 27th, 2012, airing during The Good Night Show at 6:45 PM & 12:30 AM ET, and aired until September 1, 2013. The series focuses on a young girl who lives next to a zoo, and hears bedtime stories from the animals who live there.
Plot
- "Meet Lucy, a 7-year-old girl who lives next door to a zoo. Join Lucy as she embarks on magical night-time adventures with her animal friends living at 64 Zoo Lane. 64 Zoo Lane premieres August 27 during The Good Night Show, only on Sprout!" (link)
Characters
- Lucy (voiced by Ciara Janson) – A 7-year-old human girl.
- Georgina the Giraffe (voiced by Diane Perry) - A yellow giraffe with blue dots.
- Nelson the Elephant (voiced by Keith Wickham) – A green elephant, who has a nephew named Nigel.
- Molly the Hippopotamus (voiced by Anna Bentinck) - A blue hippopotamus.
- Giggles and Tickles the Monkeys (voiced by Lorelei King and Emma Tate) - two playful monkeys though their pranks can sometimes cause trouble.
- Boris the Bear (voiced by Lewis MacLeod) - a brown bear who lives in the forests of North America.
History on Sprout
The show premiered on Sprout on August 27th, 2012, along with Olive the Ostrich and Wibbly Pig, during Sprout's Premiere Party. It aired during The Good Night Show at 6:45 PM & 12:30 AM ET. However, only the 2 original seasons, seasons 1 and 2, were broadcast. The reboot seasons, seasons 3 and 4, were never broadcast. The last time the show aired on the channel was on September 1, 2013.
After the series ended its broadcast on Sprout, it used to be available on both Sprout On Demand on some cable networks (such as Verizon FiOS) and Sprout NOW and a clip of Lucy sleeping was in Sprout's Snooze-a-Thon; however, the show was removed from the On-Demand service when the original Sprout channel closed in fall 2017.
Notes
- The US dub aired on Sprout like on Noggin's airings of the show instead of the original UK version. Some characters are given American accents. In addition, all words pronounced by British people are given American pronouncing.
- The distributor of Jay Jay the Jet Plane, PorchLight Entertainment released three DVDs of the series that have eight episodes in each of them.