Melanie (TV series)

Melanie is a Kuboian traditionally animated preschool television series created by Hollis Davies. Produced by Twinkle, the show premiered on KT in April 2005.

Premise
The show centres around Melanie, a blonde seven year-old girl who often causes trouble due to her impulsive and mischievous behaviour. Episodes normally involve Melanie being faced with a problem or conflict and having to use wit and other problem solving skills to overcome it.

Development
Production on Melanie began in early 2003 shortly after production on Olly, another show created by Davies, ended. Although the show was initially produced by Red Grape Studios, production was put to a temporary hault when the studio was closed after its founder Ruth Tucker decided to partially retire. Davies ended up setting up his own studio, Twinkle, in order to complete production on the first series. Melanie's voice actress, Suzie Hersham, was chosen through auditions that took place in the spring of 2003.

Melanie is the third television show part of the "Heatherwood" series, and as such, takes place in the same timeline as Ouraine and Olly. Melanie herself draws similarities to an unnamed baby character who makes a non-speaking cameo in an episode of Olly sleeping. In 2020, Davies confirmed that the two were the same character. Both Ouraine and Olly make appearances in a series three episodd, with Emily Merletta and Jack Carole reprising their roles as the respective characters. Ouraine also makes a cameo in the first series, appearing on a poster in an episode.