Ebb and Flo

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| creator = Jane Simmons

| director = Thomas Voigt

| narrated = Fiona Shaw

| country = United Kingdom
Germany

| language = English
German

| runtime = 5 minutes

| company = Canning Factory
Hahn Film AG

| first_aired = {{Start date|2005|11|14}}

| last_aired = {{End date|2006|01}}

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Ebb and Flo is an animated short series co-produced by Canning Factory Productions from the UK and {{ill|Hahn Film AG|de|Hahn Film|vertical-align=sup}} from Germany.{{cite web |last1=DeMott |first1=Rick |title=VGI Entertainment Brings 3 Pre-School Series to MIP-TV |url=https://www.awn.com/news/mip-tv-news-vgi-entertainment-brings-3-pre-school-series-mip-tv |website=Animation World Network |access-date=9 June 2021}} Kate Canning and Gerhard Hahn were the supervising directors and producers.{{cite web |title=Ebb and Flo (2006) |url=http://www.toonhound.com/ebb.htm |website=Toonhound |access-date=9 June 2021}}

The show is based on the books by children's author Jane Simmons.{{cite web |title=Jane Simmons Books & Reviews |url=https://toppsta.com/authors/profile/jane-simmons |website=Toppsta |access-date=9 June 2021}} Simmons, who won a silver Nestle Smarties Book Prize for Come On, Daisy! wrote the first Ebb and Flo book, Ebb's New Friend, in 1998.{{cite web |title=Children's Book Review: Ebb and Flo and the New Friend by Jane Simmons |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-689-82483-8 |website=Publishers Weekly |access-date=9 June 2021}} Three more books followed, all published by Orchard.

The show aired on Five in the United Kingdom and on Noggin in the United States.{{cite web |title=Ebb and Flo (tv series) |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/c2ndp/ebb-and-flo/ |website=Radio Times |access-date=9 June 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/u-k-s-five-eyes-more-ebb-and-flo/|title = U.K.'s Five Eyes More Ebb and Flo|date = 20 May 2005}} It features the narration of Fiona Shaw.{{cite web | url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2004/02/channel-5-goes-with-ebb-flo/ | title=Channel 5 Goes with Ebb & Flo | date=11 February 2004 }}