With Julie Lemieux, Valerie Boyle, Guy Bannerman, Torquil Campbell. Rupert's initial purpose was to win sales from the rival Daily Mail and Daily Mirror.In 1935, the stories were taken over by Alfred Bestall, who was previously an illustrator for Punch and other glossy magazines. Other characters appearing regularly in The Adventures of Rupert Bear included Bill Badger, Podgy Pig, Pong Ping the Pekinese, Edward Trunk the elephant boy, Willy Wisp, Mr Grimnasty and fox twins Freddie and Ferdie. The Adventures of Rupert Bear (My Little Rupert in the US) was a live-action puppet television series, based on the Mary Tourtel character Rupert Bear, produced by ATV.It aired from 28 October 1970 to 24 August 1977 on the ITV network, with 156 11-minute episodes produced over four series. He was so popular that during World War II the British Government asked the Daily Express to keep him going for the public morale. Prins Rupert, Ruprecht van de Palts; Rupert Bear, de Engelse naam van Bruintje Beer. The scariest of all the characters was … Rupert Bear is a children's comic strip character created by English artist Mary Tourtel and first appearing in the Daily Express newspaper on 8 November 1920. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. LATEST HEADLINES. The Adventures of Rupert, the Little Lost Bear. The 1st "The Adventures of Rupert, the Little Lost Bear" book, was published in 1921 by Thomas Nelson & Sons. 13 likes. )Rupert (Also known as:'The all new adventures of Rupert' and/or'The adventures of Rupert') is an British-Canadian animated television series based on the Mary Tourtel character Rupert Bear, which aired from 1991 to 1997 with 65 half-hour episodes produced. A formative part of many childhoods and the definitive television adaptation of the Daily Express's much-loved cartoon strip, The Adventures of Rupert Bear was a massively successful puppet series by Mary Turner and John Read. A formative part of many childhoods and the definitive television adaptation of the Daily Express's much-loved cartoon strip, The Adventures of Rupert Bear was a massively successful puppet series by Mary Turner and John Read. Welcome to the Rupert the Bear Wikia Administrators • Our Rules • Categories • Manual of Style • Help Wiki This wikia is dedicated to everyone's favorite bear from Nutwood and his many adventures since his first appearance in the Daily Express Newspaper on November 8, 1920. Here is where I will post the things that I do. The Adventures of Rupert Bear (My Little Rupert in the US) was a live-action, puppet television series, based on the Mary Tourtel character, Rupert Bear, produced by the ATV Network, and aired from 28 October 1970 to 24 August 1977 on the ITV network, with …