Radical Sheep Productions

Canadian production company

Radical Sheep Productions

Industry| Television production
Founded| 1985; 39 years ago (1985)
Founder| Robert Mills
Defunct| 2018; 6 years ago (2018)
Headquarters| 310 King Street East,

Toronto, Ontario

Canada

Area served

| Worldwide

Key people

| John Leitch (President)
Parent| Boat Rocker Media (2016–2018)

Radical Sheep Productions was a Canadian television production company known for producing series including The Next Step, Stella and Sam, and The Big Comfy Couch, the latter a Gemini Award-winning series for preschoolers which produced seven seasons and aired for over ten years on YTV and Treehouse TV in Canada and public television stations in the United States.

Among its early work, Radical Sheep made puppets used in the early 1990s educational video series The Adventures of Ruffus & Andy, which marked early appearances of Ruffus the Dog. Founded in 1985 by Robert Mills, the company also once housed the Sheep Shop, which provided puppet construction and design services until 2002 when it closed its doors and Mills stepped aside from running the company. As president, John Leitch managed the business of Radical Sheep, acting as executive producer for all of Radical Sheep's productions and also overseeing the management and sales of Radical Sheep's properties, both domestic and foreign.

On March 31, 2016, Radical Sheep was acquired by Boat Rocker Media. As of 2018, the company now appears defunct.[1]

## Filmography

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Title | Creator(s) | Year(s) | Co-production with | Network

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1990s
The Adventures of Ruffus & Andy |  | 1990–1991 | Credit Valley Hospital | Direct-to-video
Ali Baa Baa's Toy Box (pilot) |  | 1991 |  | Unaired
The Big Comfy Couch | Cheryl Wagner | 1992–2006 | Owl Television (1992–1993)
Owl Communications (1994–1995)  | YTV (1992–1996)
Treehouse TV (2002–2006)
PBS (1995–2006)
Ruffus the Dog | Robert Mills | 1998–1999 | Hunky Dorey Entertainment | YTV
Panda Bear Daycare | Cheryl Wagner
Karen Valleau
Robert Mills | 1998 |  | YTV
Amigo & Me | Cheryl Wagner
Robert Mills | 1999–2000 |  | CBC
2000s
Just for Laughs Gags | Pierre Girard
Jacques Chevalier  | 2000  | Just for Laughs | TVA
CBC
The Comedy Network
TVOntario (Canada)
Land O' Hands | Robert Mills | 2001 |  | Treehouse
Puppets Who Kill | John Pattison | 2002–2006 | PWK Productions | The Comedy Network
2010s
Stella and Sam | Marie-Louise Gay | 2010–2014 | Bejuba! Entertainment | Family Channel
Yup Yups | Matthew Fernandes | 2013 | Industrial Brothers | Family Jr.
The Next Step | Frank Van Keeken | 2013–present | Temple Street Productions
Family Channel | Universal Kids (U.S.)
Family Channel (Canada)
Fangbone! | Simon Racioppa
Richard Elliott | 2016–2017 | Pipeline Studios | Family Chrgd (Canada)
Disney XD (U.S.)
Netflix (online)
The Bagel and Becky Show | Dave Cooper | 2016–2017 | Jam Filled Toronto
BBC Worldwide | Teletoon
CITV (UK)
Ollie! The Boy Who Became What He Ate | Sheena Macrae | 2017–2019 | Keyframe Animation Inc.
Mickey Rogers Media | CBC Kids
Universal Kids
Tee and Mo | Dominic Minns | 2018 | Zodiak Kids
Plug-In Media | CBeebies (UK)
TVOKids (Canada)

### Puppet characters

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* Spirit of the Forest
* Alligator Pie (1991) (television special)
* Canadian Sesame Street
* Polka Dot Shorts
* Noddy
* Zoboomafoo (1999–2001)
* The Longhouse Tales

Commercials

* Petro-Canada
* Zellers
* Sleep-Eze D
* Robaxacet
* Concerned Children's Advertisers (1993)

## References

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1. ^ "Boat Rocker Media acquires Radical Sheep".

## External links

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* Ruffus the Dog website
* Ruffus Christmas Carol website
* Robert Mills website

Authority control databases

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* VIAF

National|

* United States

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