Hallo Spencer is a German children's television series, created by Winfried Debertin and produced by Norddeutscher Rundfunk from 1979 until 2001. Over these 22 years, 275 episodes were filmed, including several 'specials' featuring the characters in traditional fairy tale and nursery rhyme themed stories. It is a puppet-based show, featuring characters created and operated in a manner similar to Jim Henson's Muppets and Sesame Street, with some of the show's staff being former employees of the German version of Sesame Street. To this day, the series remains popular and beloved in its home country, to the extent that the theme park Heide Park has a themed area dedicated to the show. The series has been rerun on the commercial channels Nickelodeon Germany and on the pay-TV channel Premiere. Episodes were regularly aired on regional broadcast stations until March 2011.
