The Smurfs (French: Les Schtroumpfs) was the first animated adaptation of the popular Belgian comic book series The Smurfs.
The show was produced by TVA Dupuis and aired on RTB (Radio Télévision Belge de la Communauté Française) from 1961 to 1967. Some of the television episodes from this series were chosen and became a part of the film Les Aventures des Schtroumpfs. The film was released in 1965 in Belgium.Some of the recovered episodes are exhibited in the Belgian Comic Strip Center in Brussels, Belgium.