Wilbur

Mercury Filmworks

English     10     2014     Canada

Overview

Wilbur is a TV show who first aired on Discovery Kids and Ready Set Learn on TLC. Produced in San Diego, California by EKA Productions, the series debuted April 16, 2007. Wilbur is a production of Mercury Filmworks, in association with Chilco Productions, EKA Distribution, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Egmont Imagination, and Discovery Kids. The show originally was a pilot produced by Cuppa Coffee in 2001. Wilbur, the main character of the TV series, is a young calf who uses books to find ideas and solve problems. Knowing that books have all the answers, Wilbur guides his friends Dasha the duck, Ray the rooster and Libby the lamb, through various stories to help them find the answers they are searching for. Wilbur aired once weekly in the early morning hours of Monday on Hub Network from June 6, 2011 to June 25, 2012.

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