"What a wonderful kind of day!"

1996- 2022

25 Seasons

493 Episodes

7.0(186 votes)

Ended

Animation

Comedy

Kids

Family

Overview

The show revolves around the lives of 8-year-old Arthur Read, an anthropomorphic aardvark, his friends and family, and their daily interactions with each other.

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Episodes

No episodes found for this season.

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Bruce Dinsmore

Mr. Read / Binky Barnes / Bailey (voice)

Jodie Resther

Francine Frensky (voice)

Daniel Brochu

Buster Baxter (voice)

Melissa Altro

Muffy Crosswire (voice)

Sonja Ball

Mrs. Read (voice)

Arthur Holden

Mr. Ratburn / Bionic Bunny (voice)

Tracy Braunstein

Baby Kate (voice)

Simon Peacock

Pal (voice)

Tamar Kozlov

Prunella (voice)

Mitchell David Rothpan

George (voice)

Creative team

Created by: Marc Brown

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