Once Upon a Time... Space

*Once Upon a Time... Space*
Once Upon a Time... Space
Created by	Albert Barillé
Developed by	Procidis
Voices of	Roger Carel; Annie Balestra; Vincent Ropion; Alain Dorval
Composer	Michel Legrand
Country of origin	France
No. of episodes	26
Production
Running time	26 minutes
Original release
Network	FR3
Release	1982

Once Upon a Time… Space (French: Il était une fois… l'Espace) was a French animated TV series from 1982, directed by Albert Barillé.

Synopsis

Once Upon a Time... Space differs from the rest of the Once Upon a Time titles in the sense that the series revolve on a dramatic content rather than an educational premise. The series still has a handful of educational information (such as an episode discussing the rings of the planet Saturn).

The series succeeds Once Upon a Time... Man. It reprises almost the entire totality of the characters of the previous series and adapts them into a science-fiction context. It features the adventures of Peter (son of colonel Pierre and president Pierrette) and his friend Psi.

The story tells about the confrontation of many big galactic powers. Among them there is the Omega Confederation (of which Earth is a member), the military republic of Cassiopeia (led by the general The Pest) and a powerful supercomputer which controls an army of robots. A group of super powerful creatures called the Humanoids later appear in the series.

Characters

Colonel Pierre … Roger Carel
President Pierrette … Annie Balestra
Lieutenant/Captain Peter … Vincent Ropion
Psi (Mercedes) … Annie Balestra
Positronic brain android Métro … Roger Carel
Commander Jumbo … Alain Dorval
Petit Gros
Grand Ordinateur
Professor Maestro … Roger Carel
20th century Maestro
General The Pest … Alain Dorval
The Dwarf … Roger Carel

Spacecraft

The French illustrator Philippe Bouchet (better known as Manchu) worked on some of the spacecraft and set designs.

Omega Confederation:

Flea
Hummingbird
Spider
Dragonfly
Omega Cruiser
Omega Shuttle
Cosmopolitan

Cassiopeia:

Nautilus
Murene
Battle cruiser

Earth:

Ursus

Episodes

The Planet Omega
The Saurians
The Green Planet
Towards Andromeda
The Cro-Magnons
The Revolt of the Robots
The Planet Mytho
The Long Voyage
In Cassiopea
A Planet Blown to Pieces
Shipwrecked in Space
The Giants
The Incas
In the Land of the Dinosaurs
The Rings of Saturn
The Unstoppable Menace
Earth
Atlantis
The Strange Return to Omega
The Revenge of the Robots
The Humanoids
An Hostile World
City in Flight
The Great Computer
The Battle of the Titans
The Infinity of Space

Broadcast Information

Country	Television broadcasts
France	FR3 **
Finland	MTV3
Australia	SBS
Canada	CBC Television, Télévision de Radio-Canada **
Italy	RAI **
Greece	ERT
Spain	Televisión Española (TVE) **
Netherlands	Katholieke Radio Omroep (KRO) **
Switzerland	SSR (French)
Belgium	RTBF, BRT
Argentina	Crustel S.A. /*
Japan	Eiken Co. Ltd. /*
Norway	NRK, Norsk Rikskringkasting
West Germany	WDR, SWF
Austria	ORF
Sweden	SVT
Portugal	RTP
Republic of Ireland	RTÉ
Iceland	Sjónvarpið (RÚV)
United Kingdom	Channel 4
Israel	Logi
Poland	Telewizja Polska (TVP), TV Puls
South Africa	SABC
Taiwan	Taiwan Television (TTV)
Hungary	Minimax
Czech	ČT1