101 Dalmatian Street centers around a large family of 99 Dalmatian puppies whose names begin with the letter "D", and their parents, Doug and Delilah, the latter of whom is a great-great granddaughter of Pongo and Perdita. They often leave the eldest siblings, Dylan and Dolly, in charge while they are busy at work. The dalmatians live by themselves at 101 Dalmatian Street, located in Camden Town, London in the 21st century, with no human supervision as their owner Dodie Smith, an eccentric billionaire, left them her house and went to live on an island.
101 Dalmatian Street is based on a pitch by Anttu Harlin and Joonas Utti of Finland's Gigglebug Entertainment to Disney's original animation team in London. The team developed the plot with Passion Animation Studios, which produces the series. Animation on the episodes was done by Atomic Cartoons, a Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada-based studio, while a number of shorts starring the characters were produced by Gigglebug. All of the episodes and shorts together are animated with the Toon Boom Animation software. A total of 26 half-hours of 52 11-minute episodes have been made as a part of the first season, with five two-parters. The creators claimed at the Annecy film festival that they purposefully never watched the, live-action movies or, and only watched the original movie. They often had to cheat when it came down to keeping up with 99 dogs, so there are some shots where the number of puppies go way beyond 101. The series is directed by Miklos Weigert. Episodes without him directing have episodic directors, the ones being Jez Hall, Frédéric Martin and Joonas Utti. Maria O'Loughlin is the head writer. Cara Speller serves as the executive producer.
Episodes
Shorts
''Gigglebug Guarantee'' (2018–19)
As a part of the first season, there has been a total of ten shorts made. They were released worldwide, but only 6 were released in the UK so far. The last four shorts though are currently seen on the two-part clipshow "Puppy Dreams".
''Animals vs. Humans'' (2019)
Animals vs Humans is a series of short internet videos that are published on YouTube by Disney Channel. Each episode shows the two main characters, Dylan and Dolly watching some funny live-action videos about humans and animals. A total of 15 shorts were released worldwide so far, but only 4 were released in the UK.
Release
Broadcast
The series was originally going to be released sometime in 2018, but was delayed for unknown reasons. However, it did had a sneak peek on Disney Channel in the UK and Ireland on December 14 that year with the episode "Dog's Best Friend" and the short "Merry Pups". Disney Channel in Germany also premiered a sneak peek of the series on December 15 with the first two episodes, and other Disney Channels across Europe followed suit. The rest of the series launched in the United Kingdom and Ireland on March 18, 2019 with other countries following after, like Africa on April 1, 2019, Australia and New Zealand on June 1, 2019, being on Disney Junior, and Southeast Asia on October 5, 2019. The first season concluded airing in the UK and Ireland on February 22, 2020.
Streaming
Though the series was originally going to be released on Disney Channels worldwide, on June 11, 2019, the Annecy Film Festival reported that the series would have an American streaming release on Disney+. On January 23, 2020, Jack Binstead announced that the series would also have a streaming release in Canada. The entire first season was released in both countries on February 28, 2020, following the UK airdate of the first season finale. The episodes released have been combined into two segments.
Songs
Merchandise
In October 2018, Disney announced they would be partnering with Mattel to launch a toy line for the series across Europe in mid-2019.
