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Fimbles
''Fimbles'' is a British children's television series created and produced by Novel Entertainment. The series has 200 episodes, airing from 2002 to 2004 with repeats of the series airing until early 2012 on CBeebies. The Fimbles are Fimbo, Florrie and Baby Pom, magical characters who all live in a bright, lush, and colourful place called Fimble Valley. The production of the show itself was filmed at Bray Studios in Berkshire. The programme has been broadcast in over 100 countries, including Canada, China and all the countries in mainland Europe. About The series features three magical hippo/pig/ tapir-like hybrid creatures called the "Fimbles", who are portrayed by "skin" actors in complex, fluffy animatronic suits and all look quite similar apart from their colour and size. The characters explore Fimble Valley and can find things through a special " sixth sense". When the Tinkling Tree tinkles its bell-like blossoms, it makes the nose, fingers and topknot of one or more Fimbles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBeebies
CBeebies is a British free-to-air public broadcast children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is also the brand used for all BBC content for children aged 6 years and under. Its sister channel CBBC is aimed at older children ages 6–12. It broadcasts every day from 6:00 am to 7:00 pm, timesharing with BBC Four. History On November 20, 2001, the CBeebies name was officially revealed as part of the split of the already-existing CBBC block, and would be used as both a pre-school block and a digital channel. The CBeebies channel officially launched on 11 February 2002 alongside the CBBC channel, as a spinoff from the BBC's children's television strand. The first four shows to air on the channel were ''Teletubbies'', ''Binka'', '' Step Inside'', and ''Pingu''. CBeebies domestically broadcasts from 6 am to 6:58 pm, broadcasting 7 days per week, and as a result, it timeshares with fellow BBC channel BBC Four, which is on air after this channel goes off air for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Roly Mo Show
''The Roly Mo Show'' is a British children's television series featuring a cast of puppets; it is a spin-off of '' Fimbles'', similarly to how the series parodied Sesame Street, Rainbow and Ni Ni's Treehouse and was created by Novel Entertainment. The series consists of 104 episodes, each of 10 minutes in length. It was broadcast on CBeebies. In addition, there are 20 storytimes and 10 Christmas storytimes. The series was broadcast between 13 June 2005 and 10 January 2006. Roly Mo was a regular storyteller character in the better known ''Fimbles'' show, and ''The Roly Mo Show'' draws heavily on this. The show is noted for its particularly gentle and pleasant characters and plots. A show called ''Christmas Storytime'' aired on the CBeebies channel in December 2005. In the Irish republic, ''The Roly Mo Show'' was broadcast on Network 2 (later changed to RTÉ2 in 2004) as part of a lineup of programmes for younger children called '' The Den''. Format Each episode follows ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shelley Longworth
Shelley Nicola Longworth (born 22 March 1976) is a British actress. She is best known for playing the role of Sam Wood in ''Benidorm'', from 2011 to 2012 and from 2017 to 2018. Career In 2010, she joined the cast of ''Benidorm'' for the fourth series playing loud-mouthed Sam Wood. She returned for the fifth series in 2012 and then departed from the show. In 2016, it was confirmed that Longworth would reprise her role as Sam for the ninth series, the first episode of which aired on 1 March 2017. She has appeared in the comedy sketch shows ''Tittybangbang'' on BBC Three and ''Angelo's'' on Five, voiced characters in the children's show ''Fimbles'', and starred in her own comedy series with her brother Adam Longworth, '' It's Adam and Shelley'', which was broadcast on BBC Three in 2007. She played Ms Wall in '' Bad Girls'' in 1999, featuring in two episodes. Filmography External linksShelleyLongworth.com(Adobe Flash Adobe Flash (formerly Macromedia Flash and FutureSplash) is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan MacDonald (writer)
Alan MacDonald (born in 1958 in Watford) is a children's writer living in Nottingham, England. Writing Alan MacDonald has worked in a team of writers on TV shows such as '' Tweenies'', '' Horrid Henry'' and '' Fimbles''. He is also the author of a number of books including ‘Triffic Chocolate’, the popular ''Dirty Bertie'' series with illustrator David Roberts, other works include ''The Sign of the Angel'', ''Beware of the Bears'' and ''Pig in a Wig''. He also wrote Gavin Peacock's biography, and many plays in his earlier career. Television *'' Tweenies'' *'' Fimbles'' *'' Horrid Henry'' *''Old MacDonalds Farm'' *'' The Shiny Show'' *'' Numberjacks'' *'' Sooty'' *''The Roly Mo Show'' *''Ni Ni's Treehouse'' *''A House That’s Just Like Yours'' *''Big Cook Little Cook ''Big Cook, Little Cook'' is a British children's television series created by Adrian Hedley for BBC television. The programme is set in the kitchen of a café, with two chef characters; Big Cook Ben/Je ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamsin Heatley
Tamsin Heatley is a British actress. She has appeared on television programmes such as The Bill, The Young Ones, Horrid Henry, Fimbles, Tweenies, Big & Small and various other children's television shows. Her father was Norman Heatley, a biochemist who helped pioneer early penicillin research. Films and TV *2002 - Fimbles ''Fimbles'' is a British children's television series created and produced by Novel Entertainment. The series has 200 episodes, airing from 2002 to 2004 with repeats of the series airing until early 2012 on CBeebies. The Fimbles are Fimbo, Florri ... References External links Living people English television actresses Year of birth missing (living people) {{England-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Harbour
Kate Harbour is an English voice actress who provides many voices for the television series ''Bob the Builder'', including Wendy, Dizzy, Mrs. Potts, Mrs. Broadbent, Mrs. Percival, and Pilchard. Biography She is the daughter of actor Michael N. Harbour, whose appearances included '' Heartbeat'', ''Casualty'', ''Doctors'', ''Dixon of Dock Green'' and ''Midsomer Murders''. Career She also provided the voice of Lyca in ''Lavender Castle'', as well as Anita Knight and Doctor Doctor in ''The Secret Show''. Her other roles include ''Oakie Doke'', ''Shaun the Sheep'', ''Fimbles'', '' Boo!'' (as Laughing Duck), ''PB Bear and Friends'', ''The Magic Key'', ''Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto!'', ''Enid Blyton's Enchanted Lands'' (''The Magic of the Faraway Tree''), ''Nick & Perry'' and ''Brambly Hedge''. She also supplied voices for the popular CBeebies children's series ''Timmy Time''. She also voiced the third Enemy Keeper in the video game ''Dungeon Keeper 2 ''Dungeon Keeper 2'' is a stra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mazz Murray
Mazz Murray (born 26 November 1974) is an English stage and TV actress, voice artist and singer with a three octave range. As an actress she is known for her theatre roles, including portrayals of Patsy Cline, Dusty Springfield and Vivian Ellis in tribute shows. Career She portrayed the Killer Queen in the West End production of the musical ''We Will Rock You''. She is the longest-running cast member to be involved in the show, having been in the original ensemble when the musical opened in May 2002. She took over the principal role of Killer Queen from Sharon D. Clarke in April 2004. In 2010, she formed a girl group, ''Woman'', with her sister Gina, Anna-Jane Casey and Emma Kershaw, debuting their single "I’m a Woman". In 2015, she joined the cast of the London production of '' Mamma Mia!'' as Tanya, a role which was subsequently taken over by Kate Graham when Murray departed in 2017. It was announced that she would join the cast of ''Chicago'' from 2 July 2018 until 11 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Pope
Philip R. J. Pope is a British composer and actor. He is best known for role as Tony Angelino in Only Fools And Horses. He was educated at Downside School and New College, Oxford. Performer Pope appeared in the Oxford Revue in Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1978 and 1979, both with Angus Deayton. He performed in the BBC radio comedy series '' Radio Active'' (1980–87) and has also starred in a number of television comedy series, including ''Who Dares Wins'' (1983–88), ''Chelmsford 123'' (1988–90), ''Round the Bend'' (1989–91) and '' KYTV'' (1989–93). He made guest appearances in ''Blackadder'' as the painter Leonardo Acropolis, and in '' Shelley'' as pop star Hobo (with Hywel Bennett as James Shelley). Pope also appeared as Tony Angelino, the singing Dustman in the ''Only Fools and Horses'' episode "Stage Fright", in 1991. Pope toured the UK as a member of the cast of ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Radio Series Live!'', for which he was also musical director. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jules De Jongh
Jules de Jongh is an American voice actress. She provided the voices of Yugo and Evangelyne in the first 2 seasons of '' Wakfu: The Animated Series'', the voice of the protagonist Faith from the video game ''Mirror's Edge'', and the voice of several characters in ''Thomas & Friends''. She also voiced Skunk, the protagonist from the Irish animated series ''Skunk Fu!''. Life and career She was born in California, and raised in Visalia. Following training at the California Institute of the Arts in theater, she went on to appear in a number of Hollywood films but disliked moving from one location to another during production. Filmography Films and television Video games Jules de Jongh has also provided various voices for numerous commercials, for clients including TGI Friday's, Diet Pepsi and J2O J2O is a still soft drink made from fruit juices. It is manufactured by Britvic and sold in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Its launch in 1998 was led by Sheraz Dar who joined ... [...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] |
Simon Davies (Welsh TV Presenter)
Simon Davies (born 7 May 1957) is a Welsh television presenter actor and writer, hailing from Cardiff, South Wales. He is married to Laura Jeffery. He presented the BBC television programme ''Tikkabilla'', has been on '' Corners'' (1989) television series as himself, and narrated the second series of ''Our Planet'' shown on CBeebies in 2006. Before that he presented '' Play School'' and was a bus driver in the series ''Playdays''. He also did the KS2 National Tests Revise Wise. Davies played The Sheriff of Nottingham in the Christmas 2007 (7 December 2007 – 6 January 2008) pantomime 'Robin Hood' at the Connaught Theatre in Worthing, West Sussex West Sussex is a county in South East England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the shire districts of Adur, Arun, Chichester, Horsham, and Mid Sussex, and the boroughs of Crawley and Worthing. Covering an ar .... He can sometimes be seen presenting on Speedauction TV. Davies also wrote for a bunc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bray Studios (UK)
Bray Studios is a British film and television facility in Water Oakley near Bray, Berkshire. It is best known for its association with Hammer Film Productions. History Down Place Down Place, a large Thamesside house in the Berkshire hamlet of Water Oakley, was built in the 1750s for Richard Tonson, the Member of Parliament for Windsor and relative of publisher Jacob Tonson. After Tonson's death in 1772, the house was owned by the Dukes of Argyll and subsequently by John Barker Church. A later owner, Mr Hudleston, sold the property to Henry Harford in around 1807. The Harford family continued to occupy the house at the time of the 1901 census. At some point after this, the house was vacated except for the west wing where the Davies family resided. Subsequently, the main building largely fell into dereliction. Hammer Film Productions (1951–1970) In 1951, Hammer Film Productions bought Down Place, a location they had used in 1950 to film '' The Dark Light''. The premis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |