Trivia / Tinga Tinga Tales

• Acting for Two:
  • Lenny Henry voices Elephant and Buffalo.
  • Felix Dexter voices Vulture and Hare.
  • Johnny Daukes voices Snake, Puff Adder and Aardvark.
  • Eddie Kadi voices Zebra and Parrot.
  • Miriam Margolyes voices Giraffe and Squirrel.
  • Terence Reis voices Jackal, Rhino, the dopey Wildebeests, Crab and the Wind.
  • Stephen K. Amos voices Hyena and Millipede/Pediless.
  • Ninia Benjamin voices Eagle and Mosquito.
  • Derek Griffiths voices Cricket and Skunk.
  • Akiya Henry voices Caterpillar/Butterfly and Flea.
• Crossdressing Voices: Vulture, despite being an established female, is voiced by the late Felix Dexter in the original UK dub
• Descended Creator:
  • Series creator Claudia Lloyd voices the impalas, the bees and the fish.
  • In the first season, Mama Cheetah was voiced by production manager Angelina Koinange.
• Keep Circulating the Tapes: The American redub of the show is nearly impossible to find.
• International Coproduction: By Tiger Aspect Productions in the United Kingdom and Homeboyz Animation in Kenya.
• The Other Darrin: In the second season, Sophie Okenedo replaces Angelina Koinange as the voice of Mama Cheetah.
• Same Language Dub: When Disney Junior aired the series, many of the characters, most notably Red Monkey, were redubbed with American accents, using both actual and Fake American actors. To be fair, many of the characters sounded American in the original, like Hippo and Warthog (both were voiced by American actors based either in Britain.) Canada apparently got both dubs. Interestingly, the Disney Junior version also had a longer ending, in which Red Monkey and Lion would discuss the moral of the story.

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