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Squeak!
''Squeak!'' is a children's TV show made by SMG Productions (now known as STV Productions) for the ITV network children's strand CITV. The series re-broadcast in 2007 on STV, on their ''wknd@stv'' strand, and from 2014 as part of the "''Weans' World''" block on STV Glasgow and STV Edinburgh. There is a DVD boxset available which features all the episodes. Currently, ''Squeak!'' is also broadcast in the United States on BabyFirst TV. The show follows three young mice Tizzy, Toot and Tog. They live in the "Tick Tock Clock". References External links ''Squeak!''on STV Player STV Player is a video on demand service owned by STV Group and available free-of-charge across the UK, online, on mobile and on all major TV platforms, including Sky Glass, Amazon Fire TV, Roku, Apple TV, Android TV, Freeview Play and Virgin Me ...BBC ALBA - Bigeil ITV children's television shows Television shows produced by Scottish Television British television shows featuring puppetry Televisio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Linz
Peter Linz (born June 28, 1967) is an American puppeteer. His most prominent role is being the performer for the character Walter who was introduced in the 2011 feature film ''The Muppets''. Since 1991, Linz has performed on ''Sesame Street'', where he later took on the roles of Herry Monster and Ernie on ''Sesame Street'' in 2017. Linz recounts receiving the role of Walter as his favorite; "Apart from my wedding day and birth of my children, being cast as Walter was one of the greatest moments of my life. I was beyond happiness." He has performed many characters on children's television shows: perhaps some of his best known performing roles are Snook in ''It's a Big Big World'', Tutter and Pip in ''Bear in the Big Blue House'', Pooh in ''The Book of Pooh'', Tizzy on '' Squeak!'' (season 1), and Theo Lion in ''Between the Lions'', though he has also performed in ''Blue's Room'', ''Sesame Street'',SamBlu-ray, DVD Release: The Muppets DiscDish.com, January 19, 2012. and '' The Pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sondra James
Sondra James (July 21, 1939 – September 12, 2021) was an American sound coordinator and actress. Early life Sondra James was born Sondra Weil on July 21, 1939, in the Lower East Side, New York City. She graduated from the Bronx High School of Science in 1955 before taking a double major in anthropology and archeology at City College of New York. Career James began work as an actor, first starring in ''Mighty Aphrodite'' in 1995. Following this, she consistently worked as a character actor and voice actress across film, television, and stage, including the national tour of '' Funny Girl'' in 1996. In the 1990s, she founded the loop recording company Speakeasy, which provides audio recording for film and television. Within Speakeasy, James took on various sound department roles, including loop coordinator, voice casting, and ADR casting. She was often involved with casting Coen brothers films. As of 2021, the company has provided audio for over 500 films and television show ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BabyFirst TV
BabyFirst (stylized in all lowercase since 2019) is an American TV channel that produces and distributes content for babies from 0–3 years and their parents through television, the internet, and mobile applications. The channel is owned by First Media US. The content is intended to develop an infant's skills, such as color recognition, counting and vocabulary. The network is based in Los Angeles, California and is available in over 120 million homes in 33 countries and in 13 languages. History Origins BabyFirst was founded in 2004 by Guy Oranim and Sharon Rechter. The network was launched on 11 May 2006 on DirecTV and made available through EchoStar's Dish Network in June 2006. It is based in Los Angeles and was initially funded by Regency Enterprises, Kardan and Bellco Capital. The channel was controversial as the first 24-hour channel for children six months to three years in age, but it was popular among parents and grew quickly. Distribution expansion In the 2000s, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wknd@stv
''wknd@stv'' was a short-lived children's programming strand on Scottish television channel, STV (TV channel), STV. The block aired on Saturdays and Sundays, usually starting at 9:25am (the first ever edition began at 9:55am). It began on Saturday 17 January 2009 with a three-hour edition. The majority of editions were one to two hours in length. The first series was originally scheduled to run for twelve weeks (to Sunday 12 April 2009), but STV subsequently decided to extend the run, which eventually ended on 21 June, just before the Scottish school summer holidays. A second series of ''wknd@stv'' began on Saturday 15 August 2009; this ran for six weeks, ending on 20 September 2009. Featured programming consisted of cartoons, live-action drama/comedy and gameshows, principally archive output produced or co-produced by STV (TV channel), Scottish/Grampian (formerly ''SMG Productions'' or ''Scottish Television Enterprises''); there was also some imported programming to which STV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandra Dickinson
Sandra Dickinson (née Searles) is an American-British actress. She trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. She has often played characters who fell into the trope of a dumb blonde with a high-pitched voice. Early life Dickinson was born in Washington, D.C. and grew up in Maryland with her younger brother. Her father, Harold F. Searles, was a psychoanalyst. Her mother, Sulvii "Sylvia" Manninen, of Finnish descent, was a nurse. Career In 1973, at the age of 24, she made her acting debut as a waitress in the 1973 British film ''The Final Programme''. She is perhaps most well-known for her role of Trillian in the TV series of Douglas Adams's ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy''. She has appeared in films including ''Superman III'', ''Supergirl'', '' StagKnight'', ''Ready Player One'' and ''The Batman''. She has provided the American voice of Jemima Puddle-Duck in the British animated children's television series ''The World of Peter Rabbit and Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SMG Productions
STV Studios (previously STV Productions, SMG Productions, and originally known as Scottish Television Enterprises) is the television production arm of the STV Group, STV Group plc. Headquartered in Glasgow, Scotland, and with an office in London, England, the company's output includes drama, factual and entertainment programming for broadcast on television stations worldwide. A key programming supplier to the television industry in the United Kingdom, STV Studios' output is aired on all UK terrestrial networks as well as major satellite and cable stations. Company details Founded in 1957 by Canadian newspaper magnate Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet, Roy Thomson, Scottish Television Enterprises was the main content provider for the group's flagship ITV franchise STV (TV channel), STV. In the 1960s, its productions were often criticised for perceived low quality, with its parent company almost losing the ITV franchise as a result. By the 1970s, fortunes had improved and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ITV Network
ITV is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network. It was launched in 1955 as Independent Television to provide competition to BBC Television (established in 1936). ITV is the oldest commercial network in the UK. Since the passing of the Broadcasting Act 1990, it has been legally known as Channel 3 to distinguish it from the other analogue channels at the time, BBC1, BBC2 and Channel 4. ITV was for four decades a network of separate companies which provided regional television services and also shared programmes between each other to be shown on the entire network. Each franchise was originally owned by a different company. After several mergers, the fifteen regional franchises are now held by two companies: ITV plc, which runs the ITV1 channel, and STV Group, which runs the STV channel. The ITV network is a separate entity from ITV plc, the company that resulted from the merger of Granada plc and Carlton Communications in 2004. ITV plc holds the Channel 3 b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Singing Kettle
The Singing Kettle (also known as Artie's Singing Kettle) are a folk music and entertainment group from Scotland who perform traditional children's songs, along with live theatre performances. Originally from the village of Kingskettle in Fife, they were formed by established folk singers Cilla Fisher and Artie Trezise, eventually being joined by musician Gary Coupland. In 2012, founding member Fisher retired from performing with the group, and Trezise not wanting to, did the same. Three years later in 2015 the group performed their last live shows as a collective. Trezise who has since split with Fisher, returned in 2019 touring with solo shows. The group were awarded a BAFTA for best children's TV programme and Fisher, Trezise and Coupland were made MBEs for their services to the entertainment industry. Career Husband and wife Cilla Fisher and Artie Trezise started touring as a folk singing duo in the mid-1970s. The group name "The Singing Kettle" came about in 1982. Their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
STV Productions
STV Studios (previously STV Productions, SMG Productions, and originally known as Scottish Television Enterprises) is the television production arm of the STV Group plc. Headquartered in Glasgow, Scotland, and with an office in London, England, the company's output includes drama, factual and entertainment programming for broadcast on television stations worldwide. A key programming supplier to the television industry in the United Kingdom, STV Studios' output is aired on all UK terrestrial networks as well as major satellite and cable stations. Company details Founded in 1957 by Canadian newspaper magnate Roy Thomson, Scottish Television Enterprises was the main content provider for the group's flagship ITV franchise STV. In the 1960s, its productions were often criticised for perceived low quality, with its parent company almost losing the ITV franchise as a result. By the 1970s, fortunes had improved and Scottish Television Enterprises had hopes of becoming a major conte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CITV
CITV (short for Children's ITV, also known as the CITV Channel) is a British free-to-air children's television channel owned by ITV plc. It broadcasts content from the CITV archive and acquisitions, every day from 6 am to 9 pm which was previously 6 am to 6 pm until 21 February 2016. It is also the title of a programming block on the ITV (TV network), ITV network at weekends. ''Children's ITV'' launched on 3 January 1983, as a late afternoon programming block on the ITV network for children aged 5–13.At this point, there was only one "ITV" channel in any given area- transmitter overlap and split weekday/weekend franchises aside- and "ITV" was solely a generic/collective name for the various regional commercial television stations. It replaced the earlier ''Watch It!'' branding and introduced networked in-vision continuity links between programmes. These links were originally pre-recorded from a small London studio, up until 1987 when ITV Central, Central ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
STV (TV Channel)
STV is a Scottish free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the STV Group. It is made up of the Central Scotland and Northern Scotland Channel 3 public broadcaster licences, formerly known as Scottish Television (now legally STV Central Ltd) and Grampian Television (now legally STV North Ltd) respectively. The STV brand refers to the on-air name used by Scottish Television for much of its history - notably in the 1970s and early 1980s. This brand remained in conversational use amongst the local public afterwards. The modern STV brand was adopted on Tuesday 30 May 2006 replacing both franchises' previous identities. The sense of continuity in the name was demonstrated when STV celebrated its 60th birthday in 2017, with special programmes broadcast on STV itself and the now defunct STV2. STV is now the only part of the Channel 3 network which is not owned by ITV plc. The station does not carry ITV branding or show ITV's network presentation, althou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyler Bunch
Tyler Bunch, also known as H.D. Quinn, is an American puppeteer, puppet designer, director, and actor. Career In addition to his work for the Jim Henson Company, Bunch has created and performed puppets for PBS, Nickelodeon and Disney's The Muppets Studio. He has acted in a few Off Broadway productions and has made appearances on American television shows such as ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'', ''Person of Interest'' and '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' and video games such as ''Grand Theft Auto V'', ''Red Dead Redemption'', '' Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas'' and ''Red Dead Revolver''. From 2007–2008, Bunch directed the PBS children's television series ''SeeMore's Playhouse''. He was also one of the puppeteers for the musical stage adaptation of ''Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas''. Credits Puppeteer * ''Sesame Street'' (PBS): Rico, Mr. Can You Guess, Prince Cha-Cha-Charming, Joe Doe, Dancing Monsters (assistant), Tom Twinkletoes, Ryan, "Pre-School Musical" announ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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