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Andy Blythe And Marten Joustra
Andy Blythe and Marten Joustra are British composers who have collaborated on various TV, Production Music and game projects as part of their company, Swallow Studios. Their specialty is jazz, although they have also written in other genres. They are also known as Blythe Joustra. Career Blythe and Joustra have been composing music together for 25 years and in that time they have composed over 1000 pieces of music for television, radio, film, production music libraries and video. Joustra's background is as a classically trained pianist. He is a jazz pianist and has played in a variety of orchestras, rock bands, jazz quartets and a TV House band. Blythe's background is in recording and production. Having started out as a drummer in various rock and pop bands, he opened and ran a commercial recording studio. It was through this that he and Joustra met. They quickly established a mutual ambition to write music for television and initially gained experience composing soundtracks for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands within the British Isles. Northern Ireland shares a land border with the Republic of Ireland; otherwise, the United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea. The total area of the United Kingdom is , with an estimated 2020 population of more than 67 million people. The United Kingdom has evolved from a series of annexations, unions and separations of constituent countries over several hundred years. The Treaty of Union between the Kingdom of England (which included Wales, annexed in 1542) and the Kingdom of Scotland in 170 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toy Story (video Game)
''Toy Story'' is a side-scrolling platform game released by Disney Interactive Studios in 1995 for the Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, and Microsoft Windows. It is based on the film of the same name, and follows its plot. The game was followed by a sequel based on the second film, called '' Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue''. Gameplay Players control Woody through several stages that encompass the entire plot of the film. Several obstacles lie between the player and the goal of each level, including an assortment of enemies. Woody is equipped with a pullstring whip, which will temporarily tie up opponents, letting Woody pass by unharmed. It cannot, however, kill enemies (with the lone exception of Nightmare Buzz, the only boss in the game to be permanently defeated through the whip). This whip can also latch onto certain hooks, letting Woody swing above perilous terrain. The game occasionally changes genres for a stage. Players control R.C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Slammer
''The Slammer'' (also known as ''The Slammer Returns'' for its final two series) is a children's talent show sitcom that was broadcast on BBC One and CBBC from 22 September 2006 until 26 July 2014. Set in a fictional prison called HM Slammer, this programme follows a variety show format where "prisoners" (who have been arrested for "showbiz"-related crimes) compete, by performing to an audience, who decide which act should be released. The show is produced by Steve Ryde, who also produced CBBC's ''Dick and Dom in Da Bungalow'' and its subsequent spin off, ''Harry Batt''. It was based on an item from Dick and Dom called 'The Strangely Talented': a game in which contestants performed their specialised acts in front of the "Bungalow Heads" to try to win the title of Strangely Talented Champion. Some of the supporting cast of ''Dick and Dom in Da Bungalow'' appear in ''The Slammer''; Dave Chapman, Ian Kirkby, Lee Barnett and Melvin Odoom. The show returned, after a two-year abse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
How Clean Is Your House?
''How Clean Is Your House?'' is a British entertainment/lifestyle television programme in which expert cleaners Kim Woodburn and Aggie MacKenzie visit dirty houses and clean them up. The thirty-minute show was produced by Talkback Thames, the UK production arm of Fremantle (itself part of the RTL Group), and aired on Channel 4 from 2003 to 2009. Though a ratings success, Channel 4 announced that they had decided to cancel the series in 2009 in order to make way for new programming. Format Each episode of the programme followed the same formula. Accompanied by a dramatic score of horror movie music, Woodburn and MacKenzie explore the abode on their own, examining the extent of the mess and looking for any particularly horrible areas. They then meet the resident before the cleaning begins, assisted by several professional cleaners. During this process, which takes up the bulk of the show, tips are shared for tackling particular cleaning tasks with the residents, often relying o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick & Dom In Da Bungalow
''Dick & Dom in da Bungalow'' is a British children's television series presented by the duo Dick and Dom (Richard McCourt and Dominic Wood). The series was broadcast on weekend mornings on various BBC television channels for five series, running between 31 August 2002 and 11 March 2006. Creation McCourt and Wood met whilst presenting CBBC's The Broom Cupboard, and were invited to create a new Saturday morning show to air on CBBC's new digital channel. The name In da Bungalow was suggested by the BBC as a parody of Ali G Indahouse, and aired directly against SM:TV Live with H and Claire from Steps, and The Saturday Show on BBC One with Fearne Cotton and Simon Grant. After six months, da Bungalow had half a million viewers and moved to BBC One. Show format Much of the programme revolved around a loose game show format involving six studio contestants (or ''Bungalow Heads''). These were all children in Series 1–4, whilst in Series 5, five children and one celebrity were the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tonight (1999 TV Programme)
''Tonight'' (often referred to as ''The Tonight Programme'') is a British current affairs programme, produced by ITV Studios (formerly Granada Television) and ITN for the ITV network, replacing the long-running investigative series ''World in Action'' in 1999. Previously airing twice-weekly, on Monday and Friday evenings at 8.00pm (ITV Wales, STV and UTV would often air the programme at different times or different days, to make way for regional programming), the show runs the gamut from human interest-led current affairs to investigative journalism. ''Tonight'' has conducted interviews with a plethora of political and public figures, including U.S. President George W. Bush, Prime Minister Tony Blair and former U.S First Lady Hillary Clinton. From 1999 to 2007, the programme was known as ''Tonight with Trevor McDonald''. The programme currently airs in the Thursday night timeslot, usually at 7.30pm on ITV1 and 10.45pm on STV, with Julie Etchingham as host until February ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waffle (game Show)
''Waffle'' is a British game show that aired on ITV from 24 March to 24 June 1998. It was hosted by Nick Weir and was Weir's first nationally broadcast game show. The guests in the first episode were Lisa Riley, then-host of fellow Granada-produced show ''You've Been Framed!'', and Jonathan Kerrigan from ''Casualty''. Other contestants over the run of the series included Claudia Winkleman, Michael Willson (A.K.A. Cobra) from ''Gladiators'' and actor Kevin Lloyd from ''The Bill'' who died in 1998 whilst both shows were still running. He was a contestant in several episodes. Cheryl Andrews, comedian John Martin and television presenter Lionel Blair also appeared as contestants. Format The concept behind the game is that contestants identify individual words through rebuses, rather than well-known phrases in ''Catchphrase''. It's based on the board game ''Hudson's Rebus''. The prizes on the show are comically cheap and humorous, with the winning prize being a waffle toaster and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finding Nemo (video Game)
''Finding Nemo'' is a 2003 action-adventure video game based on the film of the same name by Disney and Pixar. The GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions were developed by Traveller's Tales, whilst the Game Boy Advance version of the game was developed by Vicarious Visions, and its Microsoft Windows and Mac versions were developed by KnowWonder. All versions were published by THQ. Gameplay The goal is to complete different levels under the roles of film protagonists Nemo, Marlin or Dory. It includes cutscenes from the movie, and each clip is based on a level, e.g. hopping through a batch of jellyfish. The Game Boy Advance version of Finding Nemo mostly consists of side-scrolling adventure/puzzle stages, along with several minigames interspaced across its length. Each level and minigame is based on a specific scene from the film. The game does not support saving in its Game Boy Advance version, instead opting for a password system to maintain progress. Plot Nemo the clownfish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Call Of The King
Call or Calls may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Games * Call, a type of betting in poker * Call, in the game of contract bridge, a bid, pass, double, or redouble in the bidding stage Music and dance * Call (band), from Lahore, Pakistan * Call, a command in square dancing, delivered by a caller * "Call / I4U", a 2011 single by Japanese music group AAA * "Call", a 2002 song by Ashanti from her album '' Ashanti'' * "Call" (Stray Kids song), 2021 Film * ''Call'' (film), or ''The Call'', 2020 South Korean film * ''Calls'' (film), 2021 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film Television * ''Calls'' (TV series), a mystery thriller TV series on Apple TV+ Finance * Call on shares, a request for a further payment on partly paid share capital * Call option, a term in stock trading Science and technology Computing * Call, a shell command in DOS, OS/2 and Microsoft Windows command-line interpreters * Call, a method of starting a subroutine * Computer-assisted lang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wrath Of Cortex
''Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex'' is a 2001 platform game developed by Traveller's Tales and published by Universal Interactive. It was first released for the PlayStation 2 and later ported to the Xbox, and GameCube, with Eurocom developing the GameCube version. It is the fourth main installment and the sixth overall in the '' Crash Bandicoot'' video game series, being the first of the series to not be released solely for a PlayStation console. The plot centers on the appearance of Crunch Bandicoot, a genetically advanced bandicoot created by the main antagonist of the series, Doctor Neo Cortex, who has harnessed the power of a group of destructive mask spirits known as the Elementals. Crash Bandicoot and his sister Coco must travel the world and gather special Crystals that will return the Elementals to a hibernated state, and thwart Cortex's plans to use Crunch as a weapon for world domination. Critical reception of the game was mixed, with many reviewers opini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muppet RaceMania
''Muppet RaceMania'' is a PlayStation racing game that was developed by Traveller's Tales and released in 2000. The game includes the choice of 25 muppet characters driving 25 vehicles. They race on 34 tracks based on locations in ''Muppet'' films and TV programs. This game marked the first vocal appearance by Janice since the death of Richard Hunt in 1992. She and Scooter were performed by Matt Vogel, the only time when he voiced these characters. It is also the first vocal appearance of Link Hogthrob since the death of Jim Henson in 1990, as performed by Steve Whitmire, as well as the final time Frank Oz voiced all of his characters before retiring from The Muppets. Reception The game received average reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. Three reviewers of ''GameFan ''GameFan'' (originally known as ''Diehard GameFan'') was a publication started by Tim Lindquist, Greg Off, George Weising. and Dave Halverson in September 1992 that provided co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buzz Lightyear To The Rescue
''Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue!'' is a platform game developed by Traveller's Tales and published by Activision and Disney Interactive. Based on Disney/ Pixar's 1999 computer animated film '' Toy Story 2'', It was released for the Nintendo 64, PlayStation, Microsoft Windows, and Macintosh in late 1999, while a Dreamcast version followed in 2000. The computer versions were released under the title ''Disney/Pixar's Action Game, Toy Story 2''. A different version, a side-scrolling platform game titled '' Toy Story 2'', was also released for the Game Boy Color in 1999. ''Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue!'' has been re-released several times as a downloadable game for PlayStation consoles, including the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable in 2011, the PlayStation Vita in 2012, and the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 in 2022. Gameplay The home console and computer version puts the player in control of Buzz Lightyear as he goes across fifteen levels (cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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