Animal Shelf is a children's model animation

Animation

Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...

 series that airs on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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 (ABC) in Australia, and Kidzone on TVNZ 6

TVNZ 6

TVNZ 6 was a digital-only, commercial-free television channel operated by Television New Zealand. It was available in 60.3% of New Zealand homes on the Freeview and SKY Television Digital platforms...

 in New Zealand. It used to air on Playhouse Disney (UK & Ireland), now on CITV (Children's ITV) there. The concept for the program was initially taken from the book series written and illustrated by British writer Ivy Wallace

Ivy Wallace

Ivy Lilian Wallace was a British artist, actress and authoress, best known for writing the Pookie series of illustrated children's stories.- Background :...

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In the UK, it was released on videos in 1997-1999 from Walt Disney Home Video and in early 2000s by Carlton Home Entertainment

Carlton Television

Carlton Television was the ITV franchise holder for London and the surrounding counties including the cities of Solihull and Coventry of the West Midlands, south Suffolk, middle and east Hampshire, Oxfordshire, south Bedfordshire, south Northamptonshire, parts of Herefordshire & Worcestershire,...

 and Video Collection International. Animal Shelf is aimed at a pre-school audience.

It was made by Cosgrove Hall Films

Cosgrove Hall Films

Cosgrove Hall Films was a British animation studio based in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, that once was a major producer of children's television programmes. Cosgrove Hall's programmes are still seen in over eighty countries...

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Characters

• Gumpa the bear
• Woeful the monkey
• Stripey the woollen zebra
• Getup the giraffe
• Little Mutt, baby bear

Episode Guide

1. Stripey To The Rescue
2. Gumpa And The Paintbox
3. Getup Crusoe
4. Kinker Visits The Animal Shelf
5. Treasure Hunt
6. The Animals' Garden
7. Woeful And The Waspberries
8. Gumpa Solves A Jigsaw Puzzle
9. Tidying Timothy's Bedroom
10. The Trail
11. The Model Monster
12. The Mystery Of The Pictures
13. Timothy's Guest
14. Little Mut Finds An Egg
15. Kinker's Camping Holiday
16. Timothy's Homework
17. The Hottest Day Of The Year
18. The World In The Wood
19. Woeful Flies To The Moon
20. Captain Gumpa
21. The Alarm Clock
22. Little Mut Goes Flying
23. Babysitting for Mrs Mole
24. Timothy's Pet Balloon
25. Music in the Woods