Why Bees Sting
- Studio
- Tiger Aspect Productions.
In Conjunction With: Homeboyz Entertainment - Distributor
- Classic Media, Entertainment Rights
Synopsis
There was a time when Bees didn't sting. All the animals loved the Bees and they especially loved their sweet and yummy honey. The trouble was all the precious honey was disappearing and there is a honey crisis in Tinga Tinga. Something had to be done. Luckily clever old Tortoise has a cunning plan.
Characters
Red Monkey, Orange Monkey, Yellow Monkey, Queen Bee, Lion, Hippo, Tortoise, Elephant, Tickbird, Giraffe, Crocodile, Aardvark, Owl
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Richard Jeffery
Producing
- Producer
- Claudia Lloyd
Writing
- Writer
- Edward Gakuya, Bruce Hobson, Bridget Hurst, Claudia Lloyd
- Story Editor
- Ford Riley
- Creator
- Ford Riley
- Script Coordinator
- Leona Beckert
Voices
- Voice
- Eugene Muchiri (Red Monkey), Karuga Ngigi (Orange Monkey), Faraaz Meghani (Yellow Monkey), Penelope Keith (Queen Bee), Patrice Naiambana (Lion), Johnnie Fiori (Hippo), Shaun Parkes (Tortoise), Lenny Henry (Elephant), Tameka Empson (Tickbird), Miriam Margolyes (Giraffe), Edward Kwach (Crocodile), Johnny Daukes (Aardvark), Meera Syal (Owl)
Music
- Music
- Eric Wainain, Mike Himelstein, Michael Turner
- Theme Music
- Mike Himelstein, Ford Riley
Animation
- Animator
- Lyoung Hui Kim
- Technical Director
- Michael Tyau
- Animatic Editor
- Pieter Kaufman
- Animatic Scanner
- Sergio Armendariz
- Timing Directors
- Terry Lennon, Joanna Romersa, Mircea Mantta
Art Department
- Storyboard Artists
- Viki Anderson, Flamarion Ferreira, Holly Forsyth, Sharon Forward, Stark Howell, Kelly James, Larry Leker, Heiko Drengenberg, Miyuki Hoshikawa, Mike Kunkel, Mark Pudleiner, Chong Lee, Linda Miller, David S. Smith, Patricia Wong
- Storyboard Revisions
- Miyuki Hoshikawa, Stark Howell, Kelly James, Kristen Lester, Lonnie Lloyd, Angela Mueller, Robb Pratt
Editing
- Editor
- Pieter Kaufman
- Assistant Film Editor
- Donnell Ebarrete
Sound
- Supervising Sound Editor
- Timothy Borquez
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Timothy Borquez
- Assistant Dialogue Recording Engineer
- James Lafferty
- Foley Recording Mixer
- Robert Crew
- Sound Post-Production
- Studiopolis
Production Management
- Production Manager
- Brian Doell
- Production Supervisor
- William C. Turner
- Post-Production Supervisor
- Mark Bollinger
- Digital Coordinator
- Karen Wong
- Talent Coordinator
- Heather Henry-Parker, Heather Henry-Parker
- Production Associate
- Willie E. Sims Jr
- Production Secretaries
- Amy Lou I. Ferrer, Denise Kress
- Continuity Coordinator
- Kitty Schoentag
- Post-Production Coordinator
- Treasure Rawson
- Post-Production Facilities
- Studiopolis
Crew
- Educational Consultants
- Christine Griswold, Karen Leavitt, M.S. Rachel Manes, M.A. Tara Martin, Iris Sroka
Companies and other credits
- Script Clearance: Mosquito Productions
Production notes
This TV series is scheduled to run for 52 episodes.
Based upon animal creation stories from all over the African continent, Tinga Tinga Tales brings to life tall tales of how your favorite animals came to be the way they are today.
Created for a global audience of 3 to 6 year olds and inspired by traditional African Folktales and the Tingatinga art of Tanzania, Tinga Tinga Tales opens up a fantastical world of colour, characters and transformation.
Why do zebras have stripes and leopards spots, rhinos horns and camels humps? Tinga Tinga Tales tells a modern, young audience what really happened.
It's a world where you can fly too close to the sun, jump off clouds, and summon musical storms; where you can sing and dance with the dawn chorus, or fall asleep under the Tinga stars. A magical world where animals transform before your very eyes.
The show was visually inspired by the Tingtinga art of Tanzania, hence the name Tinga Tinga Tales.
The Tingatinga artists paint wonderful animals in bright colors with an intricate use of pattern and design. The Tingatinga collective grew from the work of one man - Eduard Saidi Tingatinga - over 40 years ago. Now there are over 700 Tingatinga artists in Tanzania. Tiger Aspect is working with artists from the Tingatinga Arts Co-Operative based at Morogoro Store in Dar es Salaam.
Produced on location in Kenya by Tiger Aspect Productions in conjunction with Homeboyz Entertainment, the show draws upon the inspiring talent of local artists and musicians and is expertly computer-animated using beautiful, hand-painted imagery.
Based upon animal creation stories from all over the African continent, Tinga Tinga Tales brings to life tall tales of how your favorite animals came to be the way they are today.
Created for a global audience of 3 to 6 year olds and inspired by traditional African Folktales and the Tingatinga art of Tanzania, Tinga Tinga Tales opens up a fantastical world of colour, characters and transformation.
Why do zebras have stripes and leopards spots, rhinos horns and camels humps? Tinga Tinga Tales tells a modern, young audience what really happened.
It's a world where you can fly too close to the sun, jump off clouds, and summon musical storms; where you can sing and dance with the dawn chorus, or fall asleep under the Tinga stars. A magical world where animals transform before your very eyes.
The show was visually inspired by the Tingtinga art of Tanzania, hence the name Tinga Tinga Tales.
The Tingatinga artists paint wonderful animals in bright colors with an intricate use of pattern and design. The Tingatinga collective grew from the work of one man - Eduard Saidi Tingatinga - over 40 years ago. Now there are over 700 Tingatinga artists in Tanzania. Tiger Aspect is working with artists from the Tingatinga Arts Co-Operative based at Morogoro Store in Dar es Salaam.
Produced on location in Kenya by Tiger Aspect Productions in conjunction with Homeboyz Entertainment, the show draws upon the inspiring talent of local artists and musicians and is expertly computer-animated using beautiful, hand-painted imagery.