Le Programme de Paul Taylor

 is the Canadian French (Québécois) co-production of It's the Paul Taylor Program!. The program originally ran from 1987-1992 on and was taped at.

History
Producer Jacques Pettigrew of was inspired by the Paul Taylor franchise. Hearing the popularity of the show among both Anglophone & Francophone children across inspired him to pursue the rights to produce an Québécois adaptation of the show. He approached Sjoerd Broekhuizen in late 1985, but was initially denied, told that he was only allowed to air the show dubbed. He felt that "putting French words into Anglophone kids' mouths" wouldn't work. Realizing that Sjoerd Broekhuizen was an adopted native of and a supporter of Quebec autonomism, he asked Sjoerd "what if Paul Taylor hung out with Francophone friends?" This sealed the deal, and under strict guidelines, the show could be produced. One of these guidelines was that the episodes could only be adapted from their Anglophone counterparts, with very few script changes. When the agreement went through, it cost CinéGroupe and Radio-Canada $70,000 per episode to produce (Only $800 per episode went to S.B. Studios and RKO Pictures), making it one of the most expensive children's shows produced in at the time.

The producers of the American version liked Pierre Balland's character of Hugo enough that he was added into the original English-language show, as Balland is bilingual. The Francophone Mindy Taylor's actress Judith Kolisch would also perform the Anglophone Mindy Taylor in the Paul Taylor's Musical Magical World Tour and The SuperTaylors Tour live tours.

Videos
Radio-Canada released  VHS tapes in the late 1980s. In the mid-2000s kaboom! Entertainment released some episodes on DVD.

Cast

 * Barney Hartikainen Park as Paul Taylor
 * Jacek Fiedorowicz as Ray Taylor
 * Judith Kolisch as Mindy Taylor
 * Élise Lantz as Eloise
 * Pierre Balland as Hugo
 * Jean-Robert Gilliéron as Jean-Robert
 * Carole Cissé as Carole
 * Maël Lémery as Patrick
 * Norbert Motte as Norbert