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BB3B
''BB3B '' was an animated UK children's television series produced by Tell-Tale Productions in 2005. The entire series consists of thirteen episodes of twenty minutes each. It is shown on CBBC in the UK and ABC Kids in Australia. It first went on air in 2005. It was created by Iain Lauchlan and Will Brenton, who also created and produced ''Tweenies'', '' Boo!'', ''Fun Song Factory'' and ''Jim Jam and Sunny''. Plot The series centres on the life of twin children, a brother and sister, Lucy and Louie, and their fears about their new baby brother, Billy Bob. BB3B actually stands for Billy Bob 3rd Baby. The plot generally involves a circumstance where the twins suspect the brother as usual of being an extraterrestrial, and they go on a wild adventure trying to prove it and stop him from launching an invasion. The twins are babysat by Chubba, a teenage boy with a fondness for pizza. Chubba often goes along with the idea of an alien brother, sometimes very seriously, and at one poin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bis (Scottish Band)
Bis ( ) (stylised as bis) are a Scottish indie pop band composed of Steven Clark (Sci-Fi Steven), John Clark (John Disco), and Amanda MacKinnon (Manda Rin), formed in 1994. The band's name, rhyming with 'this', derives from "black iron skyline", a lyric from the song "Twilight of a Champion" by The The. After releasing numerous cult EPs and three studio albums (1997's ''The New Transistor Heroes'', 1999's ''Social Dancing'', and 2001's '' Return To Central'') the band broke up in 2003, but re-formed briefly in 2007 for a series of concerts. In 2009 they once again re-formed (adding a bass player and a drummer to the band lineup) and released the album ''data Panik etcetera'' in 2014. The album ''Slight Disconnects'' was released in February 2019 with the band lineup returning to the original core three-piece. An archival album, ''Music For Animations'', consisting of music recorded in 2004 for CBBC kids TV show ''BB3B'', was released in 2020. In 2021 the band self-released a cas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tell-Tale Productions
Wish Films (formerly Tell-Tale Productions) is an animation and live-action studio, established by Will Brenton and Iain Lauchlan in 1994. The company first produced live shows, and later went on to produce TV shows. History As Tell-Tale Productions On September 14, 2001, Tell-Tale signed a deal with Gullane Entertainment for the production on two new shows, called ''Ella'', and ''Sprogs'', with the latter company distributing the series. On July 26, 2002, the BBC picked up the UK broadcasting rights to '' Boo!'' for a broadcast in September 2003. On September 1, it was announced that Universal Pictures had acquired worldwide distribution rights to the series. On September 18, 2002, Tell-Tale announced the production of a cross 2D/3D series titled ''WARP''. On the same day, it was confirmed that the distribution rights to ''Ella'' and ''Sprogs'' reverted to Tell-Tale after the deal with Gullane fell through due to HIT Entertainment's purchase of Gullane, alongside the producti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Brenton
Will Brenton is a writer/ producer-director who has worked in many areas of television and theatre, primarily through his companies Tell-Tale productions and Wish Films, both of which he founded with Iain Lauchlan. Together they gained six BAFTA nominations, as well as many other awards for their work together. They won a 2000 BAFTA, Best Pre-School Live Action. They first met as presenters on the BBC children's programme ''Playbus'', where they presented the Tent Stop together. From there they went on the write and appear in the pantomimes at the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry, from 1991 up to 2000. These pantomimes are still performed all over the UK today by Imagine Theatre. During that time they created and produced many of the UK's favourite TV shows for children, including ''The Tweenies'', ''Fun Song Factory'', '' Boo!'' and ''BB3B!'' Later, as Wish Films, they also created 'Jim Jam and Sunny' for ITV. Brenton also directed ''Coronation Street'' and ''Emmerdale'' in the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boo! (TV Series)
''Boo!'' is a British children's television series that was broadcast in the United Kingdom on the CBeebies channel, and originally on BBC Two. It features several cartoon characters who play a game similar to hide and seek in a variety of settings. The commentary is performed by an adult male and female narrators and a chorus of children. It was produced by the independent production company Tell-Tale Productions, which was also responsible for ''Tweenies''. From 2007 to 2012, reruns of the show were broadcast in the USA on Qubo. The series aired for a total of 104 episodes and one Christmas special was nominated for a BAFTA in 2002–03. At the end of the programme, a song is sung, usually about matching characters or objects to their shapes or colours. The visual style of ''Boo!'' is very distinctive, using 3D CGI with rounded shapes and cel-shading. The music and songs are generally in an early-70s funk/R&B idiom. Characters * Boo - a pear/eggplant-shaped patchwork creat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teresa Gallagher
Teresa Gallagher is an American-born British actress. Career Gallagher is known for her role as Ellen Smith in ''The Bill'', for her appearances on radio in ''No Commitments'', ''Salem's Lot'', and '' Memorials to the Missing''. She played Sarah in ''Footballers' Wives'', and Alison Canning in ''Casualty''. She presented the children's BBC show ''Playdays'', and has provided the voices for others children's series including ''The Mr. Men Show'', ''Alphablocks'', ''Numberblocks'', and ''The Octonauts''. She has recorded redubs for several anime films such as ''Laughing Target'', '' X'', '' Bounty Dog'', ''Demon City Shinjuku,'' and ''Cyber City Oedo 808'' and later returned to do voice acting for anime with the English dubbed version of the TV series '' Ronja, the Robber's Daughter''. In 2003, she voiced Amalia, the female lead in Rita Dove's drama '' The Darker Face of the Earth'', opposite Chiwetel Ejiofor in the play's BBC radio adaptation. In 2010, she voiced Queen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Martin (actor)
Gary David Grant (born 18 June 1958), known professionally as Gary Martin, is a British actor who has been in the acting industry since the early 1980s. His first recorded acting credit is as a chauffeur in the television series ''Nobody's Perfect''. He has since gone on to perform in over 60 roles, either as a voice actor or actor. Martin is well known for his vocal range, and has recorded voiceovers for multiple American and British commercials and film trailers. Martin provides the English dub voice of Judge Bergan in the PlayStation 2 video game '' Final Fantasy XII''. Filmography Animation * '' Alice in Wonderland: What's the Matter with Hatter?'' ('' BKN Classic Series'') * '' BB3B'' – Dad (Simon), Announcer * ''The Beano Video'' – Talent Contest Host, Pa, Hank, Narrator #1 * ''The Beano Videostars'' – Alien #2, Gnosher Narrator, Minnie’s Dad’s Boss, Plumber, Police Officer #1, Plug (singing), Pa, Hank, Party Sounds from Beano Town Narrator * '' Bimble's Bucket' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Entertainment Rights PLC
Entertainment Rights PLC (formally known as Sleepy Kids) was a British multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate that specialized in TV-shows and cartoons, children’s media, films, and distribution. In May 2009, the company was acquired by Boomerang Media and merged into its own subsidiary Classic Media. History Early history In 1989, "Sleepy Kids" was founded by Martin and Vivien Schrager-Powell. It was created in order to produce '' Midnight Patrol: Adventures in the Dream Zone'' (''Potsworth and Co.'' in the UK), a children's animated series. Schrager-Powell's business partner was Hanna-Barbera. Within months of its founding, Sleepy Kids became a public company. It produced '' Dr. Zitbag's Transylvania Pet Shop'' and '' Budgie the Little Helicopter''. In December 1998, the company merged with The Richard Digance Card Company, Clipper Films and Ridgeway Films, and after these mergers, the company was renamed SKD Media PLC. In 1999, the company acquired Sir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tweenies
''Tweenies'' is a British live action Puppet children's television series created by Will Brenton and Iain Lauchlan. The programme is focused on four pre-school aged characters, known as the "Tweenies", playing, singing, dancing, and learning in a fictional playgroup in England. They are cared for by two adult Tweenies and two dogs. 390 episodes were broadcast between 6 September 1999 and 25 July 2002. In 2000, the show won a BAFTA award for Best Pre-school Live Action series, and singles featuring exclusive songs spent some weeks in the charts during the early 2000s. The series premiered on the BBC's children's block, and aired reruns on CBeebies from the channel's launch in 2002 until 2016. In the United States, it was shown on Noggin, a sister channel to Nickelodeon. It also aired on Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. block from 18 July to 25 September 2003. Overview and history The idea for the programme came from Will Brenton and Iain Lauchlan, a pair with a track record of being i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manda Rin
Manda Rin (real name Amanda MacKinnon, born 22 March 1977) is a Scottish singer, artist and songwriter. She is the singer and keyboard player of the Scottish indie rock band Bis, later fronted the Kitchen and also released a solo album. She also co-hosted a radio show on BBC Scotland called ''Air''. Rin was the only person ever to appear in two of the line up rounds on ''Never Mind the Buzzcocks''. Her first appearance was never shown: one of the contestants on the programme was Russell Brand who, shortly after taping, became embroiled in a tabloid row after leaving messages on the answerphone of Andrew Sachs for his radio programme, resulting in Brand being banned from the BBC. Music career Bis In 1994, Rin, along with the brothers Steven Clark (Sci-fi Steven) and John Clark (John Disco), formed the band Bis in Glasgow, Scotland. In March 1996, Bis performed their single "Kandy Pop" on ''Top of the Pops'' twice, which charted at number 25 in the UK Singles Chart. The lead s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network (often abbreviated as CN) is an American cable television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. It is a part of The Cartoon Network, Inc., a division that also has the broadcasting and production activities of Boomerang, Cartoonito, Adult Swim, and Toonami under its purview. Founded by Ted Turner (who appointed Betty Cohen as the first president of the network), the channel was launched on October 1, 1992, and primarily broadcasts animated television series, mostly children's programming, ranging from action to animated comedy. It currently runs from 11 a.m. - 9 p.m. ET/ PT on weekdays and 6 a.m. - 9 p.m. ET/PT on weekends. Cartoon Network primarily targets children aged 6–14, while its early morning Cartoonito block is aimed at preschoolers and kindergarteners aged 2–6, and the channel shares channel space with its sister network Adult Swim, which targets older teenagers and young adults, 18–34. Cartoon Network offers an alternate Spanish-language au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Powerpuff Girls
''The Powerpuff Girls'' is an American superhero animated television series created by animator Craig McCracken and produced by Hanna-Barbera (later Cartoon Network Studios) for Cartoon Network and distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television. The show centers on Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup, three kindergarten-aged girls with superpowers. The girls all live in the fictional city of Townsville with their father and creator, a scientist named Professor Utonium, and are frequently called upon by the city's mayor to help fight nearby criminals and other enemies using their powers. While attending his second year at CalArts in 1992, series creator Craig McCracken created a short film, ''Whoopass Stew!'', about a trio of child superheroes called the ''Whoopass Girls'', which was only shown at festivals. Following a name change to ''Powerpuff Girls'', McCracken submitted his student film to Cartoon Network, who aired the series' refined pilot in its animation showcase progr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 British Television Series Debuts
5 (five) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number, and cardinal number, following 4 and preceding 6, and is a prime number. It has attained significance throughout history in part because typical humans have five digits on each hand. In mathematics 5 is the third smallest prime number, and the second super-prime. It is the first safe prime, the first good prime, the first balanced prime, and the first of three known Wilson primes. Five is the second Fermat prime and the third Mersenne prime exponent, as well as the third Catalan number, and the third Sophie Germain prime. Notably, 5 is equal to the sum of the ''only'' consecutive primes, 2 + 3, and is the only number that is part of more than one pair of twin primes, ( 3, 5) and (5, 7). It is also a sexy prime with the fifth prime number and first prime repunit, 11. Five is the third factorial prime, an alternating factorial, and an Eisenstein prime with no imaginary part and real part of the form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
