Tales of the Tooth Fairies (French: Souris Souris) is a children's television programme created by Françoise Caspan. It was co-produced by Siriol Productions, La Fabrique, EVA Entertainment, Cologne Cartoon, and Sofidoc S.A. for WDR and France 3. In the United Kingdom, it was aired on BBC One from 7 September until 14 December 1993, along with Noddy's Toyland Adventures and BBC Two on 20 October 1994.[1][better source needed]
Plot
In the series, Gisele and Martin are "tooth mice": mice who perform the duties of tooth fairies. When a child in need loses a milk tooth, the two mice (assisted by their friend Arthur), retrieve the tooth and give the child a fitting gift. They do this on orders from their Queen Elisa.
Characters
- Gisele (voiced by Sally Ann Marsh): One of the tooth mice, she is usually the one to collect a tooth and slip a present under a pillow.
- Martin (voiced by Mathonwy Reeves): Gisele's partner, he is usually the one to throw a grappling hook and line for Gisele to climb on.
- Arthur (voiced by David Kelly): A cormorant and the two mice's helper who gives them rides and prevents anyone from interfering with their job. He is also the narrator of every episode.
- Queen Elisa (voiced by Penelope Keith): The bossy and snappy queen of the Milk Teeth Kingdom, she decides what fitting presents Gisele and Martin must exchange for milk teeth. She is a little bad tempered, but always means well.
- Roland Rat: A thieving nuisance who likes to steal the two mice's presents for himself, but is always thwarted.
- Romuald the Reindeer (voiced by Nigel Planer)
Episodes
| No. | Title | Original release date | |
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| 1 | "Mission: Toothbrush" | 7 September 1993 | |
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The Tooth Mice are sent in bad weather to deliver toothbrushes to twins with bad teeth. | |||
| 2 | "The Silver Sleighbell" | 14 September 1993 | |
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The Tooth Mice deliver to an eskimo sleighbells for his dog sled, aided by the clumsy reindeer Romuald. | |||
| 3 | "The Golden Scissors" | 21 September 1993 | |
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The Tooth Mice deliver to a girl named Fabienne a small pair of scissors. | |||
| 4 | "Flying Feathers" | 28 September 1993 | |
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The Tooth Mice procure a goose feather to substitute a feather pen for a fountain pen specially for a girl named Anna. | |||
| 5 | "A Proud Candle" | 5 October 1993 | |
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The Tooth Mice venture in a flooding storm to give a boy named Vincent a special flashing candle, with help from a stray cat named Rammy. | |||
| 6 | "Magic Chimes" | 12 October 1993 | |
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The Tooth Mice pick a rare bluebell flower for a girl named Sophie, almost getting caught by an owl, but rescued by Arthur. | |||
| 7 | "Jonathan Loses His Tooth" | 19 October 1993 | |
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The Tooth Mice bring an absent-minded boy named Jonathan a special diary, and in the process get the tooth mouse teacher her job back. | |||
| 8 | "Stolen Present" | 9 November 1993 | |
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As the Tooth Mice try to deliver a whistle for a boy named Fabian, it is taken by Ronald Rat, but Arthur helps them recover it. | |||
| 9 | "The Bell Doll" | 16 November 1993 | |
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Gisele does not return from her tooth exchange job, so Arthur delivers a bell doll to a girl named Emily and rescues Gisele from a cage. | |||
| 10 | "The Book of Leaves" | 23 November 1993 | |
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As the Tooth Mice deliver a leaf book to a girl named Sandree, Marad the Buzzard captures Gisele, but Gisele soothes her to sleep with the book. | |||
| 11 | "Mr. Sun, Mrs. Rain" | 30 November 1993 | |
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The Tooth Mice bring a girl named Audrey a comb, but have trouble as Audrey's pet cat shows up. | |||
| 12 | "Sky Scraper" | 7 December 1993 | |
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The Tooth Mice go to the 60th floor of a sky scraper to bring a boy named Charles a clockwork bird, running into Roland Rat on the way. | |||
| 13 | "Cat's Enough" | 14 December 1993 | |
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The Tooth Mice bring a ring to a girl named Julie, taking a risk from her vicious pet cat Leo, but get some help from Julie herself. | |||
Availability
- VHS - "Tales of the Tooth Fairies: Mission Toothbrush"
- VHS - "Crayola Presents Tales of the Tooth Fairies VHS"[2]
References
- ^ "BBC Programme Index".
- ^ "Buy Crayola Presents Tales of the Tooth Fairies VHS". www.familyvideo.com. Archived from the original on 23 February 2015.