MUMBAI: This Summer Discovery Kids is airing animated adventure movies based on the stories of Tintin.

The movies will air every Sunday at 10 am.

The films are ?Tintin and the Lake of Sharks? on 19 May and ?Tintin and the Prisoners of the Sun? on 26 May.

The films are about young reporter Tintin and his aide Snowy travelling around the world accompanied by the likes of Captain Haddock, Professor Calculus and the detective Twins Thompson and Thomson.

Discovery South Asia senior VP and GM Rahul Johri said, "This summer vacation kids will be presented with an exciting line-up of television entertainment with the biggest animation series, Transformers Prime and three Tintin movies from Discovery Kids. Tintin will entertain, engage and enlighten the kids with his clever and curious adventures all through the month of May."