Under the Umbrella Tree
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| Created by | Noreen Young |
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| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 270 (plus 15 specials) |
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| Production locations | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Running time | 15 minutes 30 minutes (specials) |
| Production company | Noreen Young Productions |
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| Release | October 5, 1987 – June 20, 1993 |
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Under the Umbrella Tree is a Canadian children's television series created by Noreen Young that originally aired on CBC Television from 1987 to 1993. It was produced by CBC and Noreen Young Productions, and later broadcast on The Disney Channel in the United States beginning on May 7, 1990.
The series centers on a quartet of main characters who share a house on Spring Street in a suburb of Ottawa, Ontario. The characters include Holly (a human), Iggy (an iguana), Jacob (a blue jay), and Gloria (a gopher). The show's title is derived from the fact that the characters live together in a home featuring a prominent indoor umbrella tree.
When production of the show ended in 1993, syndication continued on The Disney Channel and Canal Famille until 1997. Twenty-seven episodes of the show were released to DVD by Cinerio Entertainment in partnership with Noreen Young in 2006, following a long wait for expiration of ownership rights. In 2019, Gloria, Iggy and Jacob were featured in episode 1 of Cavendish, in Andy and Mark's childhood bedroom. In 2020, the original cast (Holly Larocque, Noreen Young, Stephen Brathwaite and Bob Stutt) reunited to make a video called Under the Umbrella Tree: The Mask Special, which was uploaded to YouTube and Facebook.