The Jungle Book Information

Production

Plot

Characters

• Mowgli (voiced by Emma Tate) - A young Man-cub raised by wolves in the jungle, He has a tiger claw which he keeps as a pendant after he took it from a battle from the man-eating tiger Shere Khan. The son of Akela.
• Bagheera - A black panther. He is Mowgli's best friend. Unlike his counterpart in the Disney film, Bagheera is not very strict, like in the book.
• Baloo (voiced by Jimmy Hibbert) - A sloth bear. In the series, he is bipedal, wears glasses and he is Mowgli's mentor. He likes to tell stories of the jungle.
• Shere Khan (voiced by David Holt) - A man-eating Bengal Tiger, who plans to kill and eat Mowgli but often fails in his attempts. He has a scar on his left eye.
• Kaa - An Indian Anaconda. Like in the book, he is friends with Mowgli, Bagheera and Baloo.
• Akela (voiced by Joseph J Terry) - An Indian Wolf. He is the most trusted leader of the Seeonee Wolf Pack. The father of Daruka, Raksha, Bala and Lali.
• Daruka, Raksha, Lali, and Bala - They are Mowgli's wolf family that raised him as a child. In the Disney film, Daruka's name is Rama. Although Mowgli usually lives with Baloo and Bagheera, he visits them sometimes. Lali is voiced by Richard Epcar and Bala was voiced by Danny Katiana
• Phaona - A wolf who is the younger brother of Akela. He dislikes Mowgli being in the wolf pack and tries every attempt to banish him on the pack.
• Hathi - An Indian Elephant. In the series, he has two kids named Appu and Heetah and has a wife named Kachini. In the Disney film, Kachini's name is Winifred.
• Tabaqui (voiced by Nigel Pilkington) - An Indian Jackal. He is as devious as Shere Khan and also he is the sidekick of the evil tiger, but lacks to the courage to disagree with him.
• Darzi (voiced by Teresa Gallagher) - A tiny solid-red bird without a mate or nest. Brave for his size and friendly, but poor as a messenger (as in the book).
• Kala - A black panther, like Bagheera, but spotted and helpful nor even friendly, highly territorial and particularly hostile to Baheera and Mowgli.
• Rikki-Tikki-Tavi - An Indian Mongoose. Here he lives in the jungle with the other animals. Very cute-faced, ferret-sized and fearless (once even fought with Shere Khan in order to defend Mowgli).
• Ikii - A Porcupine.
• Oo and Boo - Two Turtles.
• Jacala - A Crocodile.
• Chil - A Kite.
• Masha and the Banderlogs- A group of langur monkeys who like to cause trouble for Mowgli and his friends. They live in the Cold Lair temple ruins and they are led by mean monkey queen Masha.
• Ponya - A Red Panda.
• Langur - A Himalayan monkey.

Episode list

Season 1

International broadcast