Driver Dan's Story Train is a British children's series created and designed by Rebecca Elgar. The series stars a train conductor lion who reads stories to his animal friends.
Plot
- "Driver Dan's Story Train follows the adventures of a friendly group of characters who all love stories. Driver Dan drives the train and its magical book carriage into an exciting adventure, collecting characters along the way and heading to Story Corner, where the friends snuggle up and listen as Driver Dan reads to them." (link)
History on Sprout
The show premiered on Sprout on November 1st, 2010 (the same day Liz Filios started hosting The Sunny Side Up Show), replacing Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies, which itself had replaced showings of Dragon Tales a few months prior, on the Good Night Show schedule. It received a considerable amount of hype building up to its premiere due to the fact that it has a celebrity voice actor attached. The series joined Sprout On Demand in January 2011.[1]
The show aired at 6:30PM ET, moving to 8:30 when the fourth season premiered, and getting replaced in the former timeslot by Thomas & Friends. It also aired at 7:17, 10:17, and 1:17AM.
Games
Gallery
See Driver Dan's Story Train/Gallery
For Sprout
- Children's voices: Kendall Ashy, Ethan Baldwin, AJ Barber, Nalanie Council-Bourges, Max Cramer, Joey D'Ambrosio, Karson Hawthorne, Kloey Hawthorne, Ben Keller, Alec Jones, Julia LaConte, Ava Madara, Pierce Marra, Deja Martinez, Molly McCabe, Isobel Rose, Summer Valentine, Victoria Vile, Nicolas Weinstein
- Recorded at: Bad Animals Inc., Center City Film & Video
Notes
- Pat Monahan is the lead singer of the band Train. This is the first time he has voiced a cartoon character.
- After 2011, when the show aired during The Good Night Show, a background with the moon and stars on the sides of the screen was seen.