('Sesame Neighborhood') is the Spanish co-production of the American children's television series Sesame Street, produced by (TVE) and Children's Television Workshop (CTW) from 1979 to 2000. All characters adopted Spanish names while for the title of the series a more appropriate Spanish name was chosen: barrio (neighborhood) instead of street (calle).

(1974–1978)

From 3 November 1974 to 29 March 1978, sketches of the original American Sesame Street were acquired by (TVE) and dubbed into Spanish to be aired with the title (es. Open Sesame) as part of its program "container" called .

(1978–1988)

Season 1 (1978–1981)

In 1978, TVE and Children's Television Workshop (CTW) agreed the terms for a co-production, after years where TVE simply aired the original Sesame Street dubbed segments. The new episodes included a 15 minute segment of dubbed footage, and another 15 minute segment of original footage.

Duncan Kenworthy from CTW was in charge of the American production and Enrique Nicanor was assigned by TVE as director of the Spanish segments and designer of the two Spanish new original Muppets: the hen Caponata and the snail Perezgil.

  • was a red, orange and yellow feathered hen with curly pink hair similar in height () to Big Bird. Actress Emma Cohen operated and voiced the full-body Muppet. Caponata has the psychology of a six-year-old girl, naïve and curious about everything.
  • was a large green snail with round glasses and curly green hair. He was a reader, writer, poet, and advisor of everybody in the neighborhood. Actor Jesús Alcaide operated and voiced the Muppet.

Human characters includes:

  • Nisi (Juan Margallo): the bar owner
  • Angela (Petra Martínez), Nisi's wife

(1981–1983)

From 1981 to 1983, a different TVE children's program, , included some dubbed sketches from Sesame Street. This program was directed by Muppet fan Lolo Rico and featured some actors who would later appear in Barrio Sésamo, mainly , , and the child-actress Ruth Gabriel.

Seasons 2–4 (1983–1988)

The Sesame Street sketches in were so successful with their young audience that was given another chance in 1983. Only José Riesgo returned from the first season as Julián. Caponata and Perezgil were replaced by two new full-body Muppets totally designed and constructed by CTW: and . Espinete was a large pink hedgehog operated and voiced by Chelo Vivares. of the banned first season was called by the station and was appointed as new Head of the Children' Programmes Unit and later Director of the TVE-2 channel.

The show finished around April 1988 and was replaced by , a similar program fully produced by TVE, featuring two extraterrestrial characters.

(1996–2000)

In 1996, the show returned to TVE, this time being produced in both Catalan and Spanish in its production center in Catalonia.

New characters included Bluki (a blue full-body cat-like Muppet), Vera (a female yellow monster Muppet who speaks in the third person, similar to Elmo), Bubo (an owl Muppet), and Gaspar (a red-haired human Muppet). Additional characters that made occasional appearances included a wild monster with red fur and a healthy appetite — portraying a role similar to Cookie Monster's — and a tan Anything Muppet that could be turned into characters (such as a baby, a girl friend of Vera's, a clumsy man with a moustache, and a pig). The show's directors were Enrique Nicanor, Antonio Torets, and Jose María Vidal (co-director).

Later Spanish dubs

Since 2006, , the Castilian Spanish dub of Play with Me Sesame, has been broadcast on Antena 3.

Since 2008, , the Castillian Spanish dub of Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures, has been broadcast on .

Since 2012, is a 5 to 7-minute series focuses on activities and foods that keep one healthy. Sesame Workshop produced 26 episodes in English, which initially aired dubbed in Spain on Antena 3 as a mini-series called Monstruos Supersanos.

On April 28, 2016, , the Castilian Spanish dub of The Furchester Hotel, was broadcast in Spain on Clan.

The American Sesame Street is part of the HBO programming in Spain, with dubbed episodes of the HBO seasons from 2017 to present.

Episode list

List of 1979–80s series episodes

  • ”Programa piloto” (1979) (broadcast in 01/01/80)
  • ”Primer programa” (12/24/79)
  • ”Segunda programa” (1979)

The rest of the episodes are in the website RTVE but they’re titled of the date.

List of 1980s series episodes

  • "La bicicleta" (6- 4-1983)
  • "Vamos a jugar" (7-4-1983) (7-11-1983)
  • "Dietética sana" (8-4-1983) (19-12-1983)
  • "El invento de Don Pimpón" (13-4-1983) (23-11-1983)
  • "Las cosquillas" (15-4-1983) (22-11-1983)
  • "El cubo" (20-4-1983)(20-12-1983)
  • "Fiesta de piñata" (21-4-1983)
  • "Hay que divertirse" (22-4-1983) (14-11-1983)
  • "La tortuga" (2-5-1983)
  • "Los mayores saben jugar" (3-5-1983)(2-9-1983)
  • "El plátano" (4-5-1983)(5-8-1983)
  • "El cumpleaños de Teresa" (5-5-1983)
  • "El juego" (6-5-1983)(9-2-1984)
  • "La familia Pelaez" (9-5-1983) (30-11-1983)
  • "La vaca" (10-5-1983)
  • "Los cubiertos" (11-5-1983) (1-8-1983) (30-1-1984)
  • "Socorro" (12-5-1983)
  • "Singular persecución" (13-5-1983) (7-12-1983)
  • "La familia Ortiz" (18-5-1983) (14-12-1983)
  • "Los sacos" (19-5-1983) (22-2-1984)(20-5-1987)
  • "La electricidad" (20-5-1983) (2-8-1983) (1-2-1984) (11-5-1987)
  • "El teatro" (25-5-1983) (25-7-1983)(11-1-1984) (2-7-1987)
  • "Inventando juegos" (19-7-1983)(21-12-1983)
  • "La imprenta de patata" (20-7-1983)(26-12-1983)
  • "Don Pimpón tiene calor" (21-7-1983)(9-1-1984)
  • "Singular persecución" (22-7-1983)(4-1-1984)
  • "La huerta de Julian" (27-7-1983) (18-1-1984) (7-7-1987)
  • "Viendo la televisión" (28-7-1983)
  • "Los gorros" (29-7-1983)
  • "El extranjero" (3-8-1983)
  • "La higiene del cuerpo" (4-8-1983) (6-2-1986)
  • "La bolera" (18-8-1983)
  • "Una tarde en casa" (30-8-1983) (22-2-1984)
  • "El enfado de Espinete" (31-8-1983)
  • "Los faroles" (1-9-1983)
  • "La cuerda" (20-10-1983)
  • "Bromas" (25-10-1983) (28-12-1983)
  • "El cohete de Espinete" (1-11-1983)
  • "La puerta" (2-11-1983)
  • "Verdad o mentira" (3-11-1983) (12-4-1984)
  • "El cuadro de Espinete" (4-11-1983) (26-4-1984)
  • "Son como niños" (8-11-1983) (11-4-1984)
  • "El día de la compra" (11-11-1983) (18-5-1984)
  • "La máquina" (16-11-1983)
  • "El mensaje secreto" (18-11-1983)
  • "El encantador de serpientes" (25-11-1983)
  • "Jugando al circo" (29-11-1983) (22-5-1984)
  • "La caseta" (28-11-1983)
  • "Espinete de La Mancha" (2-12-1983) (21-5-1984)
  • "El sillin nuevo" (5-12-1983)
  • "La película de Espinete" (8-12-1983) (27-4-1984)
  • "Espinete tiene hipo" (12-12-1983)
  • "La taquilla" (13-12-1983)
  • "El muñeco mecánico" (22-12-1983) (21-5-1984)
  • "Espinete y el bosque" (31-1-1984) (12-6-1984)
  • "La viejecita simpática" (16-2-1984)
  • "El gato" (20-2-1984)
  • "Jugando con palabras" (23-2-1984) (11-6-1984)
  • "El mural" (29-2-1984)
  • "Personajes famosos" (1-3-1984)
  • "La pelota se pincha" (5-3-1984)
  • "Mi zapato" (7-3-1984)
  • "Profesiones" (8-3-1984)
  • "Majo,Mimo,mago" (14-3-1984) (28-6-1984) (20-7-1987)
  • "El chatarrero" (15-3-1984) (26-6-1984)
  • "La riña de Espinete" (19-3-1984) (8-7-1984)
  • "Las bromas de Don Pimpón" (21-3-1984) (27-6-1984)
  • "La cometa" (29-3-1984)
  • "El sillon" (5-4-1984) (19-6-1984)
  • "Conozcamos a los animales" (10-4-1984)
  • "Que desbarajuste" (19-4-1984) (24-11-1987)
  • "Circuitos y Espinete" (20-4-1984)
  • "Qué cisco de circo" (8-6-1984)
  • "Espinete y el arbol del tesoro" (1-10-1984)
  • "Noche de reyes" (4-1-1985)
  • "La bola" (1-7-1985)
  • "Pregunta y acierta" (26-3-1986)
  • "Máquina de disfraces" (7-4-1986) (19-11-1986)
  • "Espinete lobo de mar" (14-4-1986) (13-11-1986) (1-2-1988)
  • "El globo de Espinete" (1-5-1986) (5-4-1988)
  • "La curiosidad de Espinete" (13-5-1986) (30-9-1986)
  • "Concurso de disfraces" (19-6-1986) (18-12-1986) (18-2-1988)
  • "Gambas con gabardina" (24-6-1896)
  • "Abrete Sésamo" (25-6-1986) (18-12-1986) (14-3-1988)
  • "La naranjada" (2-10-1986) (5-11-1986) (14-4-1988)
  • "Espinete domador" (8-10-1986) (4-12-1986) (25-1-1988)
  • "El mundo del reves y Espinete" (14-10-1986) (16-12-1986) (7-3-1988)
  • "El viaje de Espinete" (3-11-1986)
  • "Espinete bebé" (17-11-1986) (28-1-1988)
  • "No te manches" (26-11-1986) (28-3-1988)
  • "El hermano de Espinete" (9-12-1986) (11-2-1988)
  • "Espinete Superstar" (19-12-1986) (30-3-1988)
  • "El show de Barrio Sésamo" (1-1-1987)
  • "La inauguración" (8-1-1987)
  • "El guaperas" (13-1-1987)
  • "El vendedor ambulante" (11-2-1987)
  • "Visto y no visto" (13-2-1987)
  • "Los trogloditas" (19-2-1987)
  • "Llama que te llama" (23-2-1987)
  • "Los trogloditas atacan de nuevo" (9-3-1987)
  • "La banda y Espinete" (3-7-1987)
  • "El balón de Espinete" (1-10-1987)
  • "Espinete y el buzón" (5-10-1987)
  • "Los trucos de Espinete" (16-11-1987)
  • "El trabalenguas" (26-11-1987)
  • "Vivan los novios,Espinete" (1-12-1987)
  • "El tren de Espinete" (2-12-1987)
  • "Las palabras" (3-12-1987)
  • "Especiál navidad" (24-12-1987)
  • "Especial reyes" (5-1-1988)
  • "Espival de Sesamot" (6-1-1988)
  • "La amiga de Espinete" (7-1-1988)
  • "El hipnotizador y Espinete" (12-1-1988)
  • "Los sombreros" (13-1-1988)
  • "La bruja Piruja" (19-1-1988)
  • "El reloj de cuco" (20-1-1988)
  • "Don Pimpón y los piratas" (26-1-1988)
  • "El maharaja de Kapuratala" (27-1-1988)
  • "Ojo, mancha" (2-2-1988)
  • "Mama Momias" (3-2-1988)
  • "Espinete guardia urbano" (4-2-1988)
  • "El armario de luna" (9-2-1988)
  • "Gran jefe indio" (10-2-1988)
  • "El doctor Herborin" (16-2-1988)
  • "Espinete escayolado" (17-2-1988)
  • "Camúflate Espinete" (23-2-1988)
  • "Arroz para todos" (24-2-1988)
  • "El mono titiritero" (25-2-1988)
  • "El médico y Espinete" (2-3-1988)
  • "El hombre del maletin" (3-3-1988)
  • "El zoo de Espinete" (4-3-1988)
  • "Espinete quiere ser camarero" (8-3-1988)
  • "La máquina de los disfraces" (9-3-1988)
  • "Voy a navegar" (10-3-1988)
  • "Las pesas" (15-3-1988)
  • "Un día tranquilo" (16-3-1988)
  • "Con tenedor y cuchara" (17-3-1988)
  • "El grillo" (22-3-1988)
  • "Problemas con la decoración" (23-2-1988)
  • "Palomitas de maíz" (24-32-1988)
  • "Espinete y su grupete" (29-3-1988)
  • "La visita del medico" (30-3-1988)
  • "Bebe nuevo" (6-4-1988)
  • "Los sonámbulos" (7-4-1988)
  • "Las pintadas" (12-4-1998)
  • "Misterio en el bazar" (13-4-1988)

References

  • Barrio Sésamo on Muppet Wiki
  • Barrio Sésamo episode 22 jan 1980