Between the Lions (2017 TV series; season 1)

The first season of the 2017 Between the Lions revival (also referred to as Season 11) aired between June 9, 2017 and August 12, 2017 on PBS member stations in the United States and in Canada. The season was produced in with François Cossmann and Donatien Vaugeois as executive producers.

The season began production after and  renewed their partnership with Sirius Thinking, Ltd. and Between the Lions in September 2016.

Production
The original Between the Lions series aired it's final season in 2010, a year later in 2012 producers Sirius Thinking, Ltd. were purchased by the Canadian investment firm Seagrounds Financial Group. Seagrounds produced a new television series, Between the Lions: Let's Explore, from 2013-2016 for without any involvement from,  and/or.

On September 4, 2016, Seagrounds announced in a press release that the and  had renewed their partnership with Sirius Thinking, Ltd. for Between the Lions, revealing plans to revive the television series for the 2017-18 TV season. The new series featured more new characters and brand new sets, but retained much of the previous performers. Executive producer Donatien Vaugeois stated "We're really glad to be working with PBS once more for the Between the Lions production." The new characters were revealed in a January 2017 press conference in, , at Seagrounds' head offices.

Production on the first season of the revival ran from February to May of 2017 at Mel's Cité du Cinéma 2 in the Technoparc Montréal complex. The first episode aired on June 9, 2017 on the PBS Kids channel in the United States and June 10, 2017 on CBC Television in Canada. Chuck Chesney was the puppet captain and head puppet wrangler.

Guest stars included, , and.

The Library

 * as Theo Lion
 * as Cleo Lion
 * as Leona Lion
 * Chuck Chesney as Lionel Lion
 * Jeannie Bagarella as Click
 * as Clay Pigeon
 * Jim Kroupa as Walter Pigeon
 * April Saults (puppet) and Martin Berger (voice) as Heath the Thesaurus
 * as Arty Smartypants, Dr. Watson
 * as Marmy Smartypants
 * as Dr. Nitwhite
 * Adam Gruijters as Barnaby B. Busterfield III

Lionel & Leona's Friends

 * Carmen Osbahr as Sierra the Mountain Lion
 * as Kendrick the Lamb
 * Kristian Michaels as Noel the Panther
 * Adam Chesney as Adam the Skunk
 * Elizabeth Smith as Jerrica the Lynx
 * as Franky the Poodle

Others

 * as Himself