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Room 785
{{Unreferenced, date=December 2009 ''Room 785'' was a children's television programme broadcast on the BFBS 1 channel, part of the British Forces Broadcasting Service. It had a similar format to CBBC (TV channel), CBBC in that the presenters were situated in a small studio and introduced the programmes from there. There was more emphasis on emailing and texting in to the show, as it was broadcast wherever BFBS was received and allowed children to send messages to their parents who may have been on Military operation, operations. The show, which took its name from the British Forces Post Office number used as its address, was previously known as Children's SSVC. Similar to the output of the BFBS channels in general, the show's broadcasts were taken directly from those shown on CBBC, CITV and Channel 5 (UK), Channel 5. Programmes 0-9 *''50/50 (British game show), 50/50'' *''64 Zoo Lane'' A *''Captain Pugwash, The Adventures of Captain Pugwash'' *''The Adventures of Paddington Bea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Forces Broadcasting Service
The British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) provides radio and television programmes for His Majesty's Armed Forces, and their dependents worldwide. Editorial control is independent of the Ministry of Defence and the armed forces themselves. It was established by the British War Office The War Office was a department of the British Government responsible for the administration of the British Army between 1857 and 1964, when its functions were transferred to the new Ministry of Defence (MoD). This article contains text from ... (now the Ministry of Defence) in 1943. In 1944, it was managed by Gale Pedrick. History Originally known as the Forces Broadcasting Service (FBS), it was initially under the control of the British Army Welfare Service, its first effort, the Middle East Broadcasting Unit, being headquartered in Cairo. Before and after the end of the Second World War various radio stations were set up, some using the FBS name, others using the name British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Pandy
''Andy Pandy'' is a British children's television series that first appeared on BBC Television in summer 1950. Originally live, a series of 26 filmed programmes was shown until 1970, when a new series of 13 episodes was made. A revival of the show was made in 2002. The show was the basis for a comic strip of the same name in the children's magazines '' Robin'' and ''Pippin''. Original 1950 and 1970 versions The original version of ''Andy Pandy'' premiered on BBC TV in 1950, on either 11 July or 20 June, as part of the ''For the Children'' strand (later ''Watch with Mother'') narrated by Maria Bird who also narrated the black & white 1950s original broadcasts of Flower Pot Men, The Woodentops and Bizzy Lizzie. Initially it was broadcast live, but it was realised that if the programmes were filmed, they could be repeated. 26 fifteen-minute episodes were filmed on 16mm [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barmy Aunt Boomerang
Barmy Aunt Boomerang is a children's comedy television series broadcast on BBC1 in the United Kingdom from 16 September 1999 to 21 December 2000. Sebastian's world is turned upside down by the arrival of his unconventional Australian aunt Boomerang. It is revealed in the first episode that Aunt Boomerang is in fact a ghost who was starring in an Australian soap when she was killed on set. She now acts as something of a "fairy godmother" to Sebastian. The show ran for two series. Alex Harvey (born October 1959), the son of the Scottish musician of the same name, played the part of police sergeant Keen. Series guide * Series 1 - 15 episodes broadcast 16 September 1999 – 23 December 1999 * Series 2 - 15 episodes broadcast 14 September 2000 – 21 December 2000 (Source : BBC Motion Gallery) Cast *Toyah Willcox as Aunt Boomerang * Kern Falconer as Mr Diplock * Terry Neason as Mrs Belcher *Laura McKenzie as Meryl * Lawrie McNicol as Kevin Simpkins *Richard Madden Richard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balamory
''Balamory'' is a British live-action children's programme on BBC One, BBC Two and CBeebies for pre-school children, about a fictional small island community off the west coast of Scotland, named ''Balamory''. Four series were produced between 2002 and 2005 by BBC Scotland, with 253 episodes made (including a DVD-exclusive Christmas episode). The programme was created by Brian Jameson. To celebrate the show's 20th anniversary, 25 episodes from Series 4 were added to BBC iPlayer on 30 August 2022. Characters There are eight central characters in ''Balamory''. Each character wears a distinctive colour of clothing and lives in a house of the same colour. * Miss Hoolie (played by Julie Wilson Nimmo) is the Balamory Nursery teacher. She is the main framing character and acts as a narrator for each episode. Her main colour is green and she lives in a green cottage, the inside of which is not seen as much as the others. * Archie (played by Miles Jupp) is an inventor who builds zan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atomic Betty
''Atomic Betty'' (retitled ''Atomic Betty: Mission Earth'' for its third and final season) is a Canadian-French Flash animated television series produced by Atomic Cartoons, Breakthrough Entertainment and Tele Images Kids, along with the Marathon Group joining for the third season. Additional funding for production is provided by Teletoon in Canada, Phil Roman Entertainment (uncredited) in the U.S. and M6 (seasons 1-2) and Télétoon (season 3) in France. In Canada, the show originally aired from August 29, 2004 until January 29, 2008 on Teletoon, lasting for three years. In France, the series aired on M6 from 2004 until 2005 and then on Télétoon+ from 2006 until 2008. In the U.S, the series aired on Cartoon Network on September 17, 2004 until May 22, 2005 and The Hub (now known as " Discovery Family") from 2010 until 2011, along with its third and final season. Synopsis Betty Barrett is a typical 12-year-old girl who enjoys school, daydreaming about living in outer spa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astro Boy (2003 TV Series)
is a remake from the 1963 anime series of the same name created by Osamu Tezuka. Produced by Tezuka Productions, Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan, Animax, Dentsu, and Fuji TV, it was directed by Kazuya Konaka, with Marc Handler as the story editor, Shinji Seya designing the characters, Shinji Aramaki and Takeshi Takakura designing the mechanical elements, Keiichirō Mochizuki serving as chief animation director, and Takashi Yoshimatsu composing the music. The anime was created to celebrate the birthdate of Atom/Astro Boy, as well as the 40th anniversary of the original TV series. It kept the same classic art style as the original manga and anime, but was renewed and modernized with more lush, high-quality, near-theatrical animation and visuals, combining the playfulness of the early anime with the darker, more serious and dramatic science fiction themes of the manga and the 1980 series. The anime was broadcast in Japan on Fuji TV from April 6, 2003, to March 28, 2004, ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur (TV Series)
''Arthur'' is an animated Educational entertainment, educational television series for children ages 4 to 8, developed by Kathy Waugh for PBS, and produced by WGBH-TV, WGBH. The show is set in the fictional U.S. city of Elwood City, and revolves around the lives of Arthur Read, an anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic aardvark, his friends and family, and their daily interactions with each other. The television series is based on the ''Arthur'' book series written and illustrated by Marc Brown (author), Marc Brown. WGBH-TV, WGBH Boston along with Montreal-based Cinar (now WildBrain) began production of the animated series in 1994, and aired its first episode on October 7, 1996. During its 25-season run, the show has broadcast List of Arthur episodes, 253 half hour episodes. A pilot for the spin-off series ''Postcards from Buster'' aired in December 2003 as a Arthur (season 8)#ep111, season 8 episode of ''Arthur''. ''Postcards from Buster'' aired from October 11, 2004, to November ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Attack
''Art Attack'' is a British children's television programme revolving around art, currently hosted by Lloyd Warbey on Disney Junior, and originally airing on CITV hosted by Neil Buchanan from 1990 to 2007. The original programme aired on CITV between 15 June 1990 and 19 May 2007, and was presented by one of its creators, Neil Buchanan, throughout. Buchanan also wrote and produced the programme, and came up with a majority of the creative ideas. A new series launched on Disney Junior (UK & Ireland) on 6 June 2011 and was presented by Jassa Ahluwalia. Each show involved Ahluwalia voicing-over footage of an artist producing three works of art, taking the viewer through the various stages of production step by step. Ahluwalia was later replaced with Lloyd Warbey at the start of the British second revived series. History The programme was originally a TVS production, devised by two TVS employees, Neil Buchanan and Tim Edmunds. Buchanan and Edmunds met each other at Southern Tele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archibald The Koala
''Archibald the Koala'' is a 1998 British animated children's television series produced by Millimages in association with HiT Entertainment. The show began in September 1998 and starting airing on ITV on its children's block CITV. The show itself is based on the books written by Paul Cox. The show was made in both French and English versions. In the United States, the show was seen on Cartoon Network's international showcase program aimed at pre-schoolers, '' ''Small World''''. Plot This series is set on a secluded island called "Rastepappe", which is populated by anthropomorphic Koalas and Badgers. Its city, Koalaville is filled with various strange characters including a nervous mayor, a hopeless inventor, a lazy fisherman, a short-tempered chef and a bossy painter. The stress of the mayor's job causes him to have trouble with migraines, or "meeegranes" as he still pronounces it. There are always strange things going on in Rastepappe, so Archibald, the trustworthy det ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Ant
''Anthony Ant'' is a 1999 animated television series based on a book of the same name by Graham Philpot and Lorna Philpot. It takes place in "Antville," an underground city. Anthony and his friends must avoid being stepped on by the "Bigfeet" (humans) who live on the surface. Characters and voice cast *Anthony Ant (voiced by Alan Marriott) - The main character who lives with his family who work with the queen, his father and grandfather work in the museum, while he and his friends help solve problems caused by Count Mosquito. *Count Mosquito (voiced by Bob Saker) - The main antagonist in the programme who often tries to cause chaos with his nephews, the Gnat brothers, he is shown to be the princess's tutor, even though he is a mosquito. *Miss Weevil - (voiced by April Ford) - An anti-hero who often tries to use magic to get others to know her, such as the orb (marble), which was actually Anthony tricking her to wear a pizza pie on her head, which makes her a comic relief characte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animal Stories
''Animal Stories'' is a British pre-school animated television series. It also aired on Disney Channel's Playhouse Disney block in the United States from 1998 to 2001 and on Disney Channel (Asian TV channel), Disney Channel in the rest of Asia. The series gained a 2001 Children's BAFTA for Best Pre-school Animation. Plot Every episode of the series focuses on a different individual animal, who is unique in personality. The entire episode rhymes. Episodes Season 1 (1998) Season 2 (1999) Season 3 (2000) Season 4 (2001) DVD release Mill Creek Entertainment released ''Animal Stories- The Complete Series'' on DVD in Region 1 on 18 May 2010. References External links *{{IMDb title, 1449882Animal Stories at Toonhound ITV children's television shows Television series by ITV Studios 1998 British television series debuts 2001 British television series endings 1990s British children's television series 2000s British children's television series English-language television sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animaniacs
''Animaniacs'' is an American animated comedy musical television series created by Tom Ruegger for Fox Broadcasting Company's Fox Kids block in 1993, before moving to The WB in 1995, as part of its Kids' WB afternoon programming block, until the series ended on November 14, 1998. It is the second animated series produced by Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment in association with Warner Bros. Animation, after ''Tiny Toon Adventures''. It initially ran a total of 99 episodes, along with a feature-length film, ''Wakko's Wish''. Reruns later aired on Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, and Discovery Family, which was at the time The Hub Network. ''Animaniacs'' is a variety show, with short skits featuring a large cast of characters. While the show had no set format, the majority of episodes were composed of three short mini-episodes, each starring a different set of characters, and bridging segments. Hallmarks of the series included its music, satirical social commentary, pop c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
