Chloe's Closet is a British animated children's series produced by MoonScoop Entertainment (now Splash Entertainment, LLC) and Telegael Teoranta. The series is mainly aimed for children ages 2 to 7 years old.
The show premiered in the United States on PBS Kids Sprout (now Universal Kids) on July 12, 2010, and later aired in the United Kingdom on Channel 5's Milkshake, CITV and Cartoonito.
Plot[]
The adventures of a young girl (Chloe) and her friends (Tara, Jet, Danny, Riley, Lillian, Mac and Carys) and her toys (Lovely Carrot, Wizz and Soggy) as they go on magical adventures while playing dress-up in her closet in her room.
Characters[]
- Chloe Corbin is the main protagonist of the series. She is a young Welsh girl with a big imagination. She's created her own imaginary world that she and her friends regularly use when playing dress-up and having adventures in a closet in her room, and has designs on being a historian. Chloe has a kind heart and is always up for adventure. Her catchphrases are "Lollipops!", "Pickles!", "Anything is possible in my world.", "Not in my world.", "They are in my world." and "Anything can happen in my world.". She is voiced by Eleanor Webster.
- Lovely Carrot is a plush toy and security blanket that Chloe owns, and is her imaginary friend. He's a small yellow blanket, with a toy duck head attached. In Chloe's imaginary world, Lovely Carrot comes to life. He's always trying to help Chloe out and look after her, but he can be a bit of a klutz. He is a brave, friendly and gentle gentleman. His catchphrases are "No worries!" and "Flying feathers!". He is voiced by Paul Tylak.
- Tara Jansen is Chloe's best friend who is a red-headed Irish girl. Being half a year older than her friends, she considers herself to be older and wiser. Sometimes, Tara can be a bit bossy and usually tries to take charge on adventures. She never quite seems to get that's Chloe's job, though. She is voiced by Siobhán Ní Thuiraisg.
- James "Jet" Horton is Chloe's British best friend who is male. He usually tries to turn play time towards more boyish games, but is always there to help her out. He has a crush on Danny. He is voiced by Oisín Kerans.
- Daniela "Danny" Rylant is Chloe's Scottish tomboy friend. She prefers puddle jumping rather than playing with dolls and also loves preparing food. She's always up for an adventure, but can be a bit too competitive for her own good at times. She is voiced by Charly Ann Brookman in season 1 and Hana Evans in season 2.
- Riley Harris is Chloe's friend who is a Black British boy. He is voiced by Derry McCafferey.
- Lillian "Lil" McGwire is Chloe's friend who is Welsh. She loves more girly activities. She tends to criticize herself and sometimes needs to be convinced to give new things a try. She is voiced by Jasmine Belson.
- Marcus "Mac" McGwire is Lillian's younger brother. He's still learning to talk, but usually manages to get the point across. Mac looks up to his sister and the two tend to get along fairly well. He is voiced by Daniel Keogh in season 1 and Lola Davies in season 2.
- Carys Mozart is Chloe's friend who is a Welsh girl and she likes ponies. She only appeared in season 2, and is voiced by Anna Webster.
- Soggy is Chloe's toy frog, who mostly communicates in croaks and sound effects.
- Wizz is Chloe's mechanical toy dog. His vocal effects are provided by Dan Russell
- Hootie-Hoo is Chloe's toy owl. His vocal effects are provided by Paul Tylak.
- Regina "Gina" Corbin and Paul Corbin are Chloe's parents who appear at the end of the episodes. They are voiced by Teresa Beausang and Paul Tylak.
Jade Yourell provided voices for additional guest characters in almost every episode, with additional voice work from all mentioned actors above except Charly Ann Brookman, Hana Evans, and Daniel Keogh. Emma Tate provided voices for additional guest characters in the second season between the episodes "Faster Than a Speeding Ostrich" and "A Root Awakening". Evans earlier did the voice of Chloe in the first season of the show's Welsh dub.
Guest voice actors have included Ian Palmer, Cathy Ni Fhlaithearta and Eoghan O Riada in Season 1 and Jack Simmons in Season 2
Episodes[]
For the complete list of episodes, see these pages for Season 1 and Season 2 respectively.
Credits[]
For full credits lists of the show, see here.
Development[]
Mike Young and her daughter Sarah Finn conceptualized the show in mid-2004. Finn's eldest daughter (Chloe Cheshire, born January 2003, now a filmmaker), inspired the main protagonist of the series. Production for the first season ran from 2007-2008.
Broadcast[]
The show premiered in Asia through Playhouse Disney as early as 2010.
In 2011, the series was purchased by Zouzous on France 5 (later France 4), Tiji, Piwi+, Oznoz and Playhouse Disney in France, PBS Kids Sprout (now Universal Kids) Hulu, Sensical, Amazon Prime Video and Kabillion in the United States, Cartoonito and Boomerang in Italy, Channel One, Carousel, Teremok TV, Cufo and Oznoz in Russia, KiKA and Sat.1 in Germany, CITV, S4C (in Welsh) and Milkshake on Channel 5 in the United Kingdom, Disney Channel, Playhouse Disney and Clan TV in Spain, TVP1 (season 1) and MiniMini+ (season 2) in Poland and CBeebies, Oznoz and Semillitas in Latin America. Within that time, Turner Broadcasting System Europe acquired the British cable rights to the series for it to air on their Cartoonito channel for broadcast in the Summer of 2011.
The series also aired on TVOKids, TFO and Videotron in Canada, Cúla4 in Ireland, Canal Panda and Zig Zag on RTP2 in Portugal, TVNZ in New Zealand, Hop! Channel, HOT VOD Young and NEXT TV in Israel, Yle TV2 and C More Juniori (now MTV Juniori on MTV3) in Finland, EBS, Bravo Kids, Genie TV and Oznoz in Korea, RTL Telekids and Pebble TV in the Netherlands, EBC Yoyo in Taiwan, Digi Online in Romania, Okto in Singapore, Thai PBS and TrueVisions in Thailand, BPTV3 - ANT, BTV 11 and An Viên - BTV9 in Vietnam, Chutti TV in India, MBC3, Basma, HADIF.TV and Albunyaan in the Middle East, E-Junior in the UAE, Pixel TV in the Ukraine, Pop TV in Slovenia, Star Channel, Mega TV and Smile TV in Greece, Cufo in Albania, RTS 2 and Pink Super Kids in Serbia, RSI in Switzerland (aired in Italian), NRK Super in Norway, Minika in Turkey and VTV in Indonesia.
Trivia[]
- According to a TV Kids Digital Magazine issue from April 2015 highlighting the show and its production company, Splash Entertainment, LLC, a third season was announced to be in development alongside other projects. However, this third season never came to fruition in any form and is mostly deduced to be scrapped due to Splash's financial issues and focuses on other shows and movies.
- Most of the songs featured in this series are dominated by nursery rhyme adaptations, with a few original songs thrown in from time to time.
- Most of the episodes in this series also feature anthropomorphic characters (e.g. animals) in the dress-up adventures.