Louie (in France known as Didou or sometimes its long title: "Didou, Dessine-Moi!") is a French animated television series produced by Millimages. The series is an adaptation based upon the work of Yves Got. The series was created and developed by Isabeau Merle and directed by Frédéric Mege, Frédérick Chaillou, and François Narboux. The original voice cast consists of Marceau Villand as Didou and Bonnie Lener as Sophie, whereas the English voice cast consists of Emma Tate as Louie, Shelley Longworth as Yoko, Matt Wilkinson as the male additional drawings, Sue Elliott Nicholls as the other drawings, and The Hot Kool Kids as off-screen voices.
The series aired on France 5 in Zouzous, Nickelodeon, Super RTL, Discovery Kids Latin America (whose Latin American rights passed to Nickelodeon itself, starting on August 6, 2012 - seven months after the Discovery Kids broadcast ended), Disney Channel, ABC, CITV, and CBeebies - the former aired the show from February 12, 2006 to September 4, 2011.
A spin-off series, titled "Didou, Construis-Moi!" (in English: "Louie & Yoko: Build!"), debuted on March 6, 2020, on the Okoo platform of France Télévisions.
Contents
Episodes
Series 1 (2006-2007.)
Louie, Draw Me a House (12 February 2006)
Louie, Draw Me a Snail (13 February 2006)
Louie, Draw Me a Camel (14 February 2006)
Louie, Draw Me a Dog (15 February 2006)
Louie, Draw Me a Flower (16 February 2006)
Louie, Draw Me a Rhinoceros (17 February 2006)
Louie, Draw Me a Penguin (19 February 2006)
Louie, Draw Me a Dolphin (20 February 2006)
Louie, Draw Me a Car (21 February 2006)
Louie, Draw Me a Boat (22 February 2006)
Louie, Draw Me a Dragon (23 February 2006)
Louie, Draw Me a Robot (24 February 2006)
Louie, Draw Me a Rocket (26 February 2006)
Louie, Draw Me an Ostrich (27 February 2006)
Louie, Draw Me a Crocodile (28 February 2006)
Louie, Draw Me a Sheep (1 March 2006)
Louie, Draw Me a Horse (2 March 2006)
Louie, Draw Me a Slide (5 March 2006)
Louie, Draw Me an Aeroplane (6 March 2006)
Louie, Draw Me a Cow (7 March 2006)
Series 2 (2007-2008.)
Louie, Draw Me a Butterfly (10 February 2007)
Louie, Draw Me a Pig (11 February 2007)
Louie, Draw Me a Tow Truck (12 February 2007)
Louie, Draw Me a Scarecrow (13 February 2007)
Louie, Draw Me a Parrot (14 February 2007)
Louie, Draw Me a Giraffe (17 February 2007)
Louie, Draw Me a Hippopotamus (18 February 2007)
Louie, Draw Me a Lighthouse (19 February 2007)
Louie, Draw Me a Sledge (20 February 2007)
Louie, Draw Me a Mouse (21 February 2007)
Louie, Draw Me a Crane (24 February 2007)
Louie, Draw Me a Submarine (25 February 2007)
Louie, Draw Me a Koala (26 February 2007)
Louie, Draw Me a Wolf (27 February 2007)
Louie, Draw Me an Owl (28 February 2007)
Louie, Draw Me a Whale (3 March 2007)
Louie, Draw Me a Crab (4 March 2007)
Louie, Draw Me a Flying Saucer (5 March 2007)
Louie, Draw Me a Helicopter (6 March 2007)
Series 3 (2008-2011.)
Louie, Draw Me a Pigeon (15 February 2008)
Louie, Draw Me a Loch Ness Monster (16 February 2008)
Louie, Draw Me a Narwhale (17 February 2008)
Louie, Draw Me an Igloo (18 February 2008)
Louie, Draw Me an Eagle (19 February 2008)
Louie, Draw Me a Spider (22 February 2008)
Louie, Draw Me a Pirate (23 February 2008)
Louie, Draw Me a Peacock (24 February 2008)
Louie, Draw Me a Tepee (25 February 2008)
Louie, Draw Me a Cockerel (26 February 2008)
Louie, Draw Me a Clown (1 March 2008)
Louie, Draw Me a Magpie (2 March 2008)
Louie, Draw Me a Saint-Bernard (3 March 2008)
Louie, Draw Me an Otter (4 March 2008)
Louie, Draw Me a Spectacled Cobra (5 March 2008)
Louie, Draw Me a Fairy (8 March 2008)
Louie, Draw Me a Scooter (9 March 2008)
Louie, Draw Me a Hang-glider (10 March 2008)
Louie, Draw Me a Panda (11 March 2008)
Production
Didou is directed by Frédéric Mège, Frédérick Chaillou, François Narboux
Producers : Roch Lener, Jonathan Peel, Marie-Caroline Villand
Head of production : Marc Dhrami, Antoine Vimal, Séverine Modzelewski
1st assistants : Yann Popelier, Caroline Audebert
Music : Eduardo Makaroff, Paul Lazar, Shawn Lee
Storyboarders : Pierre Cerruti, Wilson Dos Santos, Mohamed Labidi, Eric Gosselet, Michael Armellino
Background Artists : Nicolas Viegeolat, Eric Gosselet, Delphine Huard, Pascal Badin
Head of animation : François Narboux
Animation : Capucine Latrasse, Christophe Calissoni, Barbara Maleville, Marie-Hélène Vernerie, Graziella Petrini, Sophie Dupont, Laetitia Dupont, Stéphane Cronier, Christophe N'Guyen, Maeva Saiz, Vang Xiong, Yannick Zanchetta
Editing : Alain Lavallé, Thibaud Caquot
Sound design : Bruno Guéraçague
Sound mix : Bruno Mercère