Kathryn Mullen
Director
Between the Lions (2000)
Season 5
Between the Lions is a PBS Kids puppet television series designed to promote reading. The show is a co-production between WGBH in Boston and Sirius Thinking, Ltd., in New York City, in association with Mississippi Public Broadcasting, in Mississippi. The show has won seven Daytime Emmy awards between 2001 and 2007. The target audience is children 4 to 7 years old. It has the same puppet style as Sesame Street and several season 2 episodes, notably in Dance in Smarty Pants, had a few characters from Sesame Street guest appearing. Between The Lions started its 10th and final season on September 20, 2010. The Show Ended in November, 22 2010 Along with Reading Rainbow
Released April 3, 2000
Episode 30 min
4+
Genres: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Kids
Keywords: imdb.picture-book, imdb.children-s-literature, imdb.reading, imdb.educational, imdb.lion, imdb.library, imdb.book + 9 more, imdb.intelligence, imdb.mother-son-relationship, imdb.mother-daughter-relationship, imdb.father-son-relationship, imdb.father-daughter-relationship, imdb.animal-in-title, imdb.animal-in-series-title, imdb.practical-effects, imdb.three-word-title
Production Companies: WGBH Boston, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, Sirius Thinking
Network: PBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S5E1 - Pigs, Pigs, Pigs!/The Three Little Pigs
Theo and Leona don pig snouts for another reading of Pigs Apelnty, Pigs Galore first read in the episode ""Pigs Aplenty."" Midway into the show, Lionel dons three pig snouts as he reads to Leona The Three Little Pigs, heard previously in the episode ""Huff and Puff.""
April 18, 2005, midnight
S5E2 - The Carrot Seed/The Empty Pot
From their roof garden, Lionel and Theo marvel at a flower that gets at Theo's sinuses. Includes re-readings of stories first heard in the episodes
April 25, 2005, midnight
S5E3 - Wings/What's in the Box?
First up: Leona warns Lionel not to lean back on his chair, provoking a flashback reading of a Greek myth first read in Icarus's Wings (from Season 2). Then the library, seen from the inside for the first time this season, receives a reprint (and a reread) of Pandora's Box.
May 2, 2005, midnight
S5E4 - A Shower of Stars/Two Moons and One Lagoon
It's nighttime at the library roof garden as Theo gives an energetic Leona a reread from the episode Shooting Stars. Then, under a full moon, Cleo gives Lionel and Leona a story from the episode Touching the Moon.
May 9, 2005, midnight
S5E5 - The Golden Meaty Awards
None
May 16, 2005, midnight
S5E6 - Click, Clack, Moo/The Little Red Hen
Built from material first seen in Clickety-clack, Clickety-clack! (from Season 2) and Help! (from Season 3).
May 23, 2005, midnight
S5E7 - Sylvester and the Magic Pebble/I Miss You, Stinky Face
None
May 30, 2005, midnight
S5E8 - A Tasty Piece of Cheese/The Lion and the Mouse
None
June 6, 2005, midnight
S5E9 - Earl's Too Cool/When I Was 5
None
June 13, 2005, midnight
S5E10 - It's Red! It's Green!
None
Oct. 14, 2002, midnight
S5E11 - I Don't Want a Birthday Party/Knuffle Bunny
None
S5E12 - Sylvester And the Magic Pebble:
None
June 19, 2005, midnight
S5E13 - I Miss You, Stinky Face:
None
June 26, 2005, midnight
S5E14 - A Tasty Piece of Cheese:
None
July 3, 2005, midnight
S5E15 - The Lion And the Mouse:
None
July 10, 2005, midnight
S5E16 - Earl's Too Cool:
None
July 17, 2005, midnight
S5E17 - When I Was 5:
None
July 24, 2005, midnight
S5E18 - It's Red! It's Green!:
None
July 31, 2005, midnight
S5E19 - Joseph Had A Little Overcoat:
None
Aug. 7, 2005, midnight
S5E20 - The Coyote And the Rabbit:
None
Aug. 14, 2005, midnight
S5E21 - The Gingerbread Man:
None
Aug. 21, 2005, midnight
Network: PBS
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 4200 min.
Released: April 3, 2000
Last Air Date: Nov. 22, 2010, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
Common sense age: 4+
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