Arthur
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Key facts
- Genre
- Edutainment Slice of life
- Based on
- Characters, by Marc Brown
- Developed by
- Kathy Waugh Marc Brown
- Directed by
- Greg Bailey
- Voices of
- ( see below )
- Theme music composer
- Judy Henderson Jerry de Villiers Jr.
- Opening theme
- "Believe in Yourself", by Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers
- Ending theme
- "Believe in Yourself" (instrumental)
- Composer
- Ray Fabi
- Countries of origin
- United States Canada
- Original language
- English
- Number span no of episodes
- 253 (493 segments) ( list of episodes )
- Running time
- 26 minutes
- Production companies
- Marc Brown Studios (seasons 5–25; credited in seasons 7–8) Cookie Jar Group (seasons 1–15) 9 Story Media Group (seasons 16–19) Oasis Animation (seasons 20–25) WGBH Kids
- Network
- PBS Kids (United States) CBC Kids (Canada)
- Release
- October 7, 1996 ( 1996-10-07 ) –, February 21, 2022 ( 2022-02-21 )
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 26
- Official website
- pbskids.org/arthur
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- start time
- 1996-10-07
- number of episodes
- 253
- number of seasons
- 25
- title
- Arthur
- end time
- 2022-02-21
- social media followers
- 17149
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Arthur is an animated children's television series developed by Marc Brown and Kathy Waugh and produced by WGBH Boston for PBS. Based on Brown's Arthur book series, it is set in the fictional city of Elwood City and revolves around the lives of Arthur Read, an anthropomorphic aardvark, his friends and family, and their daily interactions with each other.
Production on the series was first announced in 1995 by WGBH and Montreal-based animation studio CINAR, and aired its first episode on October 7, 1996 on PTV, later renamed PBS Kids. During its 25-season run, the show broadcast 253 half-hour episodes. In June 2018, Arthur was renewed for four additional seasons, through its 25th season. It was subsequently announced on July 27, 2021 that the 25th season would be its last. The series concluded on February 21, 2022.