Tom and the Slice of Bread with Strawberry Jam and Honey
television series
Tom and the Slice of Bread with Strawberry Jam and Honey (German title: Tom und das Erdbeermarmeladebrot mit Honig) is a German animated television series created by Andreas Hykade, running from 2005 until 2012.
An English dub of the show was created in 2009, with Ben Miller being the voice actor. In 2016, the dub changed its voice actor to Jimmy Hibbert, and was distributed by British company Cake Entertainment in the UK. The series also aired in the United States in Spanish on TV network V-me.
The first season consisted of 13 episodes. From 2008 onwards, three more seasons were created, each with 13 episodes, resulting in 52 episodes. Every episode, including the English dub, is now on YouTube.
The series won an Honourable Mention in the Television Made for Children category at the 2009 Ottawa International Animation Festival. It received the Grimme Online Award in 2009 and won best animated TV series at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in 2013.
Premise
The titular protagonist of the show is Tom, who is always on the lookout for a slice of bread with strawberry jam and honey, almost ends up with exactly half a loaf that "tastes as good as if it were a whole" and spends the rest of the day, thinking about nothing at all. On his searches, Tom regularly meets various friends.
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