In the UK? SmoothPebble wrote: According to the BFI it was Stingray (1965) - though I find this hard to believe... http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/wild/learn/animators/anderson.html BBC2 first broadcast (in colour) on 1July 1967. Wimbledon was in colour that year, but does that count as a series? Don't think so!