"Tourtel, an assistant editor of the ""Daily Express"". Tourtel devised Rupert Bear shortly after the end of World War I, in 1920, when the ""Daily Express"" was in competition with ""The Daily Mail"" and its then popular comic strip “Teddy Tail” (featuring a mouse called “Teddy Tail”), as well as with the comic strip “Pip, Squeak and Wilfred” (respectively, these are the names of a dog, penguin, and rabbit) in the ""Daily Mirror"". Each panel of Tourtel's comic strip story was accompanied by a narrative in rhymed verse. These are the very first (""Daily Express"", 8 November 1920): The title"
"the series The Two Ronnies (Season 7: 1978-1979) showed a parody sketch of Rupert Bear. It was titled ""Rupert Baird"" with Ronnie Corbett playing the part of Rupert and Ronnie Barker playing the role of a journalist/newsreporter. The whole of the dialogue in the sketch was composed of the rhyming prose that appears in the stories. The sketch also included the ""Tell 'em about the honey Mummy"" monster which at the time was a television advert. Rupert Bear Rupert Bear is a children's comic strip character created by the English artist Mary Tourtel and first appearing in the ""Daily Express"""
"Bear character from the ""Daily Express"". There are plans for a film, books, Limited Edition Prints and DVDs that will see Rupert joined by new friends in addition to established characters. Every year since 1936, a Rupert Bear annual has been released, even during the years of World War II, during a paper shortage. All of these books were written and illustrated by Mary Tourtel and originally published from 1928–1936, by Sampson Low. There were 46 books in the original series. Some of the titles were later published for the Woolworth's retail chain, with only 18 of the original titles."
"Newspapers was sold to publisher Richard Desmond in 2000, and the names of the newspapers reverted to ""Daily Express"" and ""Sunday Express"". In 2004, the newspaper moved to its present location on Lower Thames Street in the City of London. On 31 October 2005, UK Media Group Entertainment Rights secured majority interest from the ""Daily Express"" for Rupert Bear. They paid £6 million for a 66.6% control of the character. The ""Express"" retains minority interest of one-third plus the right to publish Rupert Bear stories in certain Express publications. In 2000, Express Newspapers was bought by Richard Desmond, publisher of"
"8 November 1920. The early strips were illustrated by Mary and captioned by her husband, and were published as two cartoons a day with a short story underneath. Rupert was originally a brown bear until the ""Express"" cut inking expenses giving him his iconic and characteristic white colour. In 1931 Herbert Tourtel died in a German sanatorium, and Mary retired four years later in 1935 after her eyesight and general health deteriorated. The Rupert Bear strips were continued by a ""Punch"" illustrator, Alfred Bestall. Mary Tourtel died on 15 March 1948, aged 74, at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital and"
"Mary Tourtel Mary Tourtel (born Mary Caldwell on 28 January 187415 March 1948) was an English artist and creator of the comic strip Rupert Bear. Her works have sold 50 million copies internationally. Tourtel was born Mary Caldwell, the youngest child of Samuel Caldwell, a stained-glass artist and stonemason, and his wife Sarah. Mary studied art under Thomas Sidney Cooper at the Sidney Cooper School of Art in Canterbury (now the University for the Creative Arts), and became a children's book illustrator. In 1900 she married an assistant editor of ""The Daily Express"", Herbert Bird Tourtel, at Eton. Rupert Bear"
"the series. About 50 million copies have been sold worldwide. The comic strip was, and still is, published daily in the ""Daily Express"", with many of these stories later being printed in books, and every year since 1936 a Rupert annual has also been released. Rupert Bear has become a well-known character in children's culture in the United Kingdom, and the success of the Rupert stories has led to the creation of several television series based on the character. The character also has a large fan following, with such groups as ""The Followers of Rupert"". Rupert is a bear who"
"Bobby Bear Bobby Bear was a British comics character in the ""Daily Herald"" newspaper starting in 1919. He was a young male bear character based on the Steiff teddy bear that was popular at the time. His friends were Ruby Rabbit and Maisie Mouse. Later Percy Porker the pig became a regular character as well as Freddy Fox on occasion. He was the first bear to appear as a cartoon character, pre dating Rupert Bear by a year. There were annuals issued from the early 1920s, in small format thin paperback volumes which collected their adventures. These are known to"
"Bestall finished his studies at the Central School of Art and was hired to illustrate books by Enid Blyton. He also began doing paintings for The Amalgamated Press and did illustrations for ""Punch"" and ""Tatler"", as well as for over 50 books. In 1935, Bestall was selected to take over the ""Daily Express""’s Rupert Bear stories from Mary Tourtel. Bestall improved the stories and plots of Rupert, but more importantly, he created the most beautifully crafted illustrations in the Rupert Bear annual publications. Much of the landscape in Rupert is inspired by the Snowdonia landscape of North Wales, notably around"
"However, the titles and numbers for this series did not relate to the earlier published series. Brainwaves Limited of Basingstoke, Hampshire, produced a series of Rupert storybooks in 1991 (no author or artist credited): In addition, they published other Rupert series: Rupert first appeared on television in an ITC series produced for the ITV network that ran for over 100 ten-minute episodes. The characters were all puppets, although the opening sequence featured a toy Rupert bear sitting in a live-action child's bedroom. Rupert's friends and flying chariot appeared straight from the ""Daily Express"" pages, although he was joined by some"
"The Adventures of Rupert Bear The Adventures of Rupert Bear (My Little Rupert in the US) was a live-action puppet television series, based on the Mary Tourtel character Rupert Bear, produced by ATV. It aired from 28 October 1970 to 24 August 1977 on the ITV network, with 156 11-minute episodes produced over four series. The characters were all puppets, although the opening sequence featured a toy version of Rupert Bear sitting in a live-action child's bedroom. Rupert's friends and flying chariot appeared just as they had in the pages of the ""Daily Express"", although he was joined by some"
"of this very first “Rupert Bear” newspaper comic strip was “Little Lost Bear”. It also had a short explanatory subtitle: “Mrs. Bear sends her little son Rupert to market”. Rupert Bear had the body of a human boy, and the head of a bear. Many of his friends had human bodies and animal heads, although other characters included humans, dwarves, ogres, and talking birds. Although Rupert, his family, and neighbourhood friends, live in Nutwood, an otherwise ordinary English village, Rupert often found himself stepping into fairy tale regions or distant lands. When Tourtel retired from creating Rupert Bear stories in"
"Alfred Bestall Alfred Edmeades ""Fred"" Bestall, MBE (14 December 1892 – 15 January 1986) wrote and illustrated ""Rupert Bear"" for the London ""Daily Express"", from 1935 to 1965. Bestall was born in Mandalay, Burma. As a schoolboy, Bestall attended Rydal Mount in Colwyn Bay from 1904 to 1911. He won a scholarship to the Birmingham Central School (later College) of Art and later attended the LCC Central School of Arts and Crafts in Camden. He served in World War I in the British Army in 1915 in Flanders, where he transported troops in red double-decker London buses. Following the war,"
"Alfred Bestall Alfred Edmeades ""Fred"" Bestall, MBE (14 December 1892 – 15 January 1986) wrote and illustrated ""Rupert Bear"" for the London ""Daily Express"", from 1935 to 1965. Bestall was born in Mandalay, Burma. As a schoolboy, Bestall attended Rydal Mount in Colwyn Bay from 1904 to 1911. He won a scholarship to the Birmingham Central School (later College) of Art and later attended the LCC Central School of Arts and Crafts in Camden. He served in World War I in the British Army in 1915 in Flanders, where he transported troops in red double-decker London buses. Following the war,"
"of its Lunchbox program. A selection of the episodes have been released on a number of VHS videos, no official DVD releases are so far available as of 2017. In 1991, Rupert Bear got his own 2D cartoon British, French and Canadian animated television series with 65 episodes over five seasons (13 per season) produced by Nelvana (Canada), Ellipse (France) and Television South (TVS) for the first season (13 episodes), with Scottish TV taking over control from season 2 when Television South lost its ITV franchise. The show greatly followed the style and tone Bestall established in the Rupert newspaper"
"of the story ""Little Lost Bear"" written and drawn by Tourtel. Bestall expanded the stories and plots of Rupert; and in addition to precise and detailed drawings for the ""Daily Express"" panels he also created beautifully crafted illustrations in the Rupert Annuals. Bestall drew the Rupert stories for the ""Daily Express"" until 1965; and continued to illustrate the covers for the annuals until his retirement in 1973. Much of the landscape in Rupert is inspired by the Vale of Clwyd in North Wales (Alfred Bestall himself lived for many years in the north Welsh village of Beddgelert)(the Professor's castle is"
"held many of The Beaney's exhibits during its refurbishment, including the ""Sir Basil Dixwell"" by Van Dyck bought for £1 million by Canterbury in 2004. The Rupert Bear Museum was opened in 2003 with a £500,000 Heritage Lottery Fund grant. The creator of Rupert Bear, Mary Tourtel, grew up and attended art school in Canterbury, and a 1921 first-edition Rupert annual is one of the exhibits. The Rupert Bear Museum involves activities for children on the themes of play, entertainment and education. It includes the Bagpuss and Clangers display with items from the original television shows, such as the Emily"
"artists drew the characters resulting in variations in style through the decades, with Bobby Bear being aimed at very young children by the 1960s. The 'Golden Years' of this character are the 1932-1939 annuals, with the pre 1932 annuals having solely Bobby Bear content. Bobby Bear Bobby Bear was a British comics character in the ""Daily Herald"" newspaper starting in 1919. He was a young male bear character based on the Steiff teddy bear that was popular at the time. His friends were Ruby Rabbit and Maisie Mouse. Later Percy Porker the pig became a regular character as well as"
"serif typeface) with a more modern Rupert to tie-in with the CGI-animation ""Rupert Bear, Follow the Magic..."", began. The Rupert Annual for 1960 contained a story called ""Rupert and the Diamond Leaf"", in which he visits ""Coon Island"", whose inhabitants are little ""Coons"". The Coons previously appeared on the cover of ""The New Rupert: The Daily Express Annual, 1954"" and in the interior story ""Rupert and the Castaway"". The first appearance was in the 1946 soft cover summer special ""Rupert on Coon Island"". Rupert appeared in Paul McCartney's 1984 music video ""We All Stand Together""; McCartney also made an animated"
"while living in Beaconsfield, Montreal he began a thrice-weekly cartoon feature for the Montreal Gazette called """"Simpkins' Montreal"""". He eventually moved to Toronto where he continued freelancing to the Toronto Star, ad agencies, book illustration, and numerous magazines in Canada and the US. His most famous creation was the cartoon Jasper the Bear which appeared in Maclean’s magazine for over 20 years and became extremely popular across Canada. The character first appeared in the November 15, 1948 issue and ran as a regular feature until 1968. It was then syndicated by Canada Wide Features running in newspapers across Canada for"
"was buried with her husband at St Martin's Church, Canterbury; they had no children. In 2003, the Canterbury Heritage Museum, which closed in 2018, opened a special wing dedicated to Rupert Bear. The complete listing may be found at Rupert Little Bear Library. Mary Tourtel Mary Tourtel (born Mary Caldwell on 28 January 187415 March 1948) was an English artist and creator of the comic strip Rupert Bear. Her works have sold 50 million copies internationally. Tourtel was born Mary Caldwell, the youngest child of Samuel Caldwell, a stained-glass artist and stonemason, and his wife Sarah. Mary studied art under"
"English Heritage blue plaque at 58 Cranes Park, Surbiton, London, where he lived for 30 years. As confirmed in his biography (written in 2003 by his niece and god-daughter, Caroline Bott), he also lived in Beaconsfield House, 44 Ewell Road, Surbiton KT6 6HY, from 1966 to 1977. Bestall died on 15 January 1986, aged 93, at Wern Manor Nursing Home in Porthmadog, Wales. He is buried in plot 100 of Brookwood Cemetery. ""The Rupert Bear Story"" aired on Channel 4 on 9 December 1982. It was directed by Terry Jones of Monty Python. Jones's favourite children's story was Rupert Bear."
"video starring Rupert called ""Rupert and the Frog Song"". The short film, produced by McCartney won the British Academy Award. Tourtel's home was in Canterbury in Kent, and the Rupert Bear Museum, part of the Museum of Canterbury, has collections that cover much of the history of Rupert and his friends, as well as Tourtel and other illustrators. The museum is geared toward families and those interested in the general history of Rupert. On 31 October 2005, UK Media Group Entertainment Rights (which was later bought by Boomerang Media and then DreamWorks Animation) purchased a majority interest in the Rupert"
"lives with his parents in a house in Nutwood, a fictional idyllic English village. He is drawn wearing a red jumper/sweater and bright yellow checked trousers, with matching yellow scarf. Originally depicted as a brown bear, his colour soon changed to white to save on printing costs, though he remained brown on the covers of the annuals. Most of the other characters in the series are also anthropomorphic animals (animals with humanoid forms). They are all scaled to be about the same size as Rupert, regardless of species. Rupert's animal friends are usually referred to as his ""chums"" or ""pals."""
"he wrote for Gene Pitney and Bobby Shafto in 1964 respectively and which both achieved moderate Billboard Chart success in the US. However his most successful song-writing credit came when he wrote the theme to the children's TV Show ""The Adventures of Rupert Bear"" in 1971 together with lyricist Ron Roker. ""Rupert"" (which included the erroneous lyric ""Rupert the Bear"" to help the lyrics to fit the beat of the song – although Rupert never had the definite article in his name) reached 14 in the British charts in 1971 and was sung by Jackie Lee (Beadle's ex-wife) who also"
"Rupert (TV series) Rupert is an animated television series based on the Mary Tourtel character ""Rupert Bear"", which aired from 1991 to 1997 with 65 half-hour episodes produced. Rupert is a very intelligent and witty white bear, and he has many friends from every corner of the world. Although he lives in a small medieval origins village called Nutwood, he enjoys traveling around the world, discovering new cultures, living great adventures, unraveling mysteries and unmasking villains. The Nordic culture of the European countries, influences the visual of the cartoon, with many castles, citadels and clothes, besides personages, like elves and"
"been changed into a girl named Freda. There are new characters like Miranda the mermaid; but characters Podgy Pig, his self-obsessed sister Rosalie and the timid Willie Mouse make no appearances. ""Rupert Bear, Follow The Magic ..."" was broadcast on Five from 8 November 2006 to 1 February 2008. Fifty-two ten-minute episodes were broadcast and subsequently repeated. The British 1980s video games publisher, Quicksilva adapted Rupert Bear for the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum 8-bit computers. This company published two game installments, the 1985 ""Rupert and the Toymaker's Party"" and the 1986 ""Rupert and The Ice Castle"". An episode of"
"and cable channel Tiny Pop. As of 2009 the show also airs daily on Qubo channel, although only the latter 26 episodes are currently being shown. In South America, the series was broadcast in Brazil by the TV Cultura channel between 1998 and 2008. According to the BBC News portal, in 2000 the Canadian producer Nelvana made plans to produce a feature film about Rupert at Hollywood studios, but the project was not implemented. In 2006 a new Rupert Bear stop-motion-animated television series was produced, skewing almost entirely towards small children. Notable changes to the characters are that Rupert wears"
"March 2018. The paper's editorial stances have often been seen as aligned to the UK Independence Party (UKIP), Euroscepticism and other right-wing factions including the right-wing of the Conservative Party. On 9 February 2018, Trinity Mirror said it would acquire the Daily Express' parent company, Northern and Shell Media, in a deal worth £126.7m. In addition to its sister paper, Express Newspapers also publishes the red top newspapers the ""Daily Star"" and ""Daily Star Sunday"". The ""Daily Express"" was founded in 1900 by Sir Arthur Pearson, with the first issue appearing on 24 April 1900. Pearson, who had lost his"
"apples in the trees. Playhouse Disney has also aired Rupert in the early 2000s in the United States, but used the original intro. According to BBC News, in 2000 Nelvana made plans to produce a feature film about Rupert at Hollywood studios but the project was not implemented. The film would be released possibly between 2001 and 2002. Rupert (TV series) Rupert is an animated television series based on the Mary Tourtel character ""Rupert Bear"", which aired from 1991 to 1997 with 65 half-hour episodes produced. Rupert is a very intelligent and witty white bear, and he has many friends"
"Rupert usually sets out on a small errand for his mother or to visit a friend, which then develops into an adventure to an exotic place such as King Frost's Castle, the Kingdom of the Birds, underground, or to the bottom of the sea. Sometimes one of the Professor's inventions opens the door to one of Rupert's adventures. At the end of the story Rupert returns to Nutwood, where all is safe and well, and where his parents seem perfectly sanguine about his adventures. Unlike most modern comic strips, Rupert Bear has always been produced in the original form of"
"Teddy Tail Teddy Tail was a British newspaper comic strip about a cartoon mouse featured in ""The Daily Mail"" from 5 April 1915. It was the first ""daily"" cartoon strip in a British newspaper (being also the first to use speech balloon rather than captions), The character survived until the 1960s with several artists drawing newspaper strips and the varied annuals. Such was his popularity that other newspapers created their own cartoon characters, the Daily Express with ""Rupert Bear"" and the Daily Mirror with ""Pip, Squeak and Wilfred"". The first variant of Teddy Tail was drawn by Charles Folkard (1878–1963)"
"1982, and were featured as toys, on clothing and in film. Around the world, many children—and some adults—have teddy bears, stuffed toys in the form of bears, named after the American statesman Theodore Roosevelt when in 1902 he had refused to shoot an American black bear tied to a tree. Bears, like other animals, may symbolize nations. In 1911, the British satirical magazine ""Punch"" published a cartoon about the Anglo-Russian Entente by Leonard Raven-Hill in which the British lion watches as the Russian bear sits on the tail of the Persian cat. The Russian Bear has been a common national"