Dandelooo begins production on season two of "Billy The Cowboy Hamster"

Dandelooo, in collaboration with France Televisions, has announced that a second season of the hit preschool series "Billy the Cowboy Hamster" has been greenlit. Building on the huge success and popularity of Season 1, which premiered on France 5 in 2023, France Televisions has commissioned a second season of 48 x 11-minute episodes and 2 x 22-minute TV specials.

The new season is co-produced by Belgian independent production company Bardaf! Productions and RTBF, the public broadcaster serving Belgium’s French-speaking community. The majority of the production will take place at Dandelooo’s in-house animation studio Ooolala in la Cartoucherie, Valence (France), with delivery slated for Autumn 2026.

With Cedric Guarneri on board as director for Season 2, "Billy the Cowboy Hamster" continues to delight its core audience of 4- to 7-year-olds. This 2D animation series is based on the eponym series of eight books by Dutch author and illustrator Catharina Valckx, published by l’école des loisirs. With over one million books sold in France and internationally, including Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, China and Japan, the stories follow Billy and his best friends, Jean-Claude the worm and Suzie the ferret as they embark on thrill-seeking adventures.

GLOBAL HIT
Season 1 and the TV specials have resonated with young audiences around the globe and continues to grow in popularity, with a number of broadcasters across Europe on board. Sales to date include RAI (Italy), Super RTL (Germany), TV5 Monde (France), SVT (Sweden), Pop UK (UK), NRK (Norway), YLE (Finland), RTS (Switzerland), Arte Editions, (France), Bentky (USA), VME (USA), BeIN (MENA), Ceska TV (Czech Republic), ERR (Estonia), LRT (Lithuania), HRT (Croatia), LTV (Latvia) MTVA (Hungary), STVR (Slovakia), TVP-ABC (Poland), DR (Denmark), RTVS (Slovenia), STOD 2 (Iceland), among others.