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Wide-Eye
''Wide-Eye'' is an animated children's television series set in fictional Natterjack Forest. The series consists of a series of ten-minute episodes and is about a wise, old owl who lives in a tall tree with his young son, Little Hoot, and his energetic sidekick, Flea. Characters Main characters *Wide Eye the Owl (voiced by Anton Rodgers) – The star of the show who lives in the tallest tree in the forest with his son, Little Hoot and his sidekick, Flea. Wide Eye is fatherly, gentle and reliable. He watches over all the animals to make sure they are all safe and happy and speaks in a deep voice. *Little Hoot – (voiced by Maria Darling) – Wide Eye's son. He is brave and strong, speaks in a high-pitched voice, has a vivid imagination, can see in the dark and is eager to learn, although like many children, he is sometimes daunted by new challenges. *Flea – (voiced by Jane Horrocks) – Little Hoot's sidekick and best friend. He speaks in a childish English accent, has an en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abbey Home Media
Abbey Home Media was a British home media distributor that released content aimed at children. It was founded in March 2002, as the successor company to Abbey Home Entertainment (AHE), which was acquired by the Just Group in 2000. The company released content from production companies such as CBBC (TV channel), CBBC, CITV, CBeebies, LittleBe, Pop (British and Irish TV channel), Pop, Tiny Pop and Milkshake!. Abbey Home Media was also a producer of its own franchises, which included ''Bump (British TV series), Bump the Elephant'', ''Fun Song Factory'', ''Wide-Eye'' and ''Baby Bright''. History and predecessors Abbey Home Entertainment Abbey Home Media's predecessor was Abbey Home Entertainment Group Limited (AHE), founded in 1989 by Ian and Anne Miles. AHE acquired the Tempo Video brand name from WM Collins Video in 1990 and introduced several brands: *Tempo Kids Club, used for re-releases of older Tempo Video releases which had been distributed by their previous owners, MSD Vide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Woodward
Timothy Oliver Woodward (born 24 April 1953) is an English actor. Tim Woodward was born in Kensington, London, England, the son of actors Edward Woodward and Venetia Barrett. He was educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College. He is probably best known for his audio narration in the children's television show ''Wide-Eye'' as well as his starring roles in the 1970s BBC drama ''Wings'', as Squadron Leader Rex in '' Piece of Cake'' (1988), the 1990s ITV soap opera ''Families'' and the 2000s ITV police drama ''Murder City''. He also portrayed Leonard "Nipper" Read of Scotland Yard in the 2008 ITV adaptation of Jake Arnott's crime novel ''He Kills Coppers''. He starred in the 1988 mini-series '' Piece of Cake'' as the wealthy, eccentric and by-the-book Squadron Leader Rex. He also guest starred with his father Edward and son Sam as a London gangster family in a special storyline for ''The Bill'' in 2008. Also, he appeared with his father Edward in an episode of American TV's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anton Rodgers
Anthony "Anton" Rodgers (10 January 1933 – 1 December 2007) was an English actor and occasional director. He performed on stage, in film, in television dramas and sitcoms. He starred in several sitcoms, including ''Fresh Fields'' (ITV, 1984–86), its sequel '' French Fields'' (ITV, 1989–91), and ''May to December'' (BBC, 1989–94). Early life and career Rodgers was born in Ealing, the son of William Robert Rodgers and Leonore Victoria (née Wood).Who's Who in the Theatre: A Biographical Record of the contemporary stage, seventeenth edition, ed. Ian Herbert, Gale Research Co., 1981, p. 582 His early education was at Westminster City School. The family were evacuated to Wisbech, Isle of Ely during the war, where his father worked for Balding and Mansell, printers of ration books, permits and passes; Rodgers was sometimes erroneously reported as having been born in Wisbech. Later he was educated at the Italia Conti Academy and LAMDA. He appeared on stage from the age o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Rollo Films
King Rollo Films Ltd, known as King Rollo Films, is an animation production company established in 1978 by David McKee. For over 30 years, the company has been producing cartoons for children's television. Their studios are based in Honiton, England. History In 2004, the company split, with the Devon-based production arm and a rights-holding arm separating. Television series *''King Rollo'' (1980) *'' Victor & Maria'' (1981) *''Towser'' (1982) * ''The Adventures of Spot'' (1987, 1993) *'' Ric the Raven'' (1989) *''Anytime Tales'' (1991) co-production with Abbey Broadcast Communications *''Hullaballoo (1994) (Pip the Mouse and Buddy the Elephant segments only) *''Maisy'' (1999–2000) *''Fimbles'' (2002) (Animation only) *''The Paz Show'' (2003–2006) with Discovery Kids, Telescreen, Egmont Imagination and Open Mind Productions *''Wide-Eye'' (2003) co-production with Abbey Home Media * ''Walker Books for Young Readers'' (2005–2007) *''Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies'' (2007–20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Hibbert
James Christian Hibbert is an English actor and writer. He is best known for his voice work with the animation studio Cosgrove Hall Films. Early life James Christian Hibbert was born as the eldest of three children of author Christopher Hibbert and Susan Hibbert. His younger brother was the late music journalist Tom Hibbert. Career After studying drama at the University of Manchester, he met CP Lee and Bob Harding, and the three of them formed the band Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias in 1972, with Hibbert on vocals and bass. The band called it a day in 1982, and Hibbert got his first voice acting role for the Milk Marketing Board, doing an impression of Ian Dury. Television He has made a few on-screen acting appearances in British films and television programmes. These include: *''Coronation Street'' *''What the Papers Say'' *'' Cold Feet'' *''The Grand'' *''Medics'' *''The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes'' *''Prime Suspect'' *''Children's Ward'' *'' Wipe Out'' *''Floodtide'' * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Horrocks
Barbara Jane Horrocks (born 18 January 1964) is a British actress. She portrayed the roles of Bubble and Katy Grin in the BBC sitcom ''Absolutely Fabulous''. She was nominated for the 1993 Olivier Award for Best Actress for the title role in the stage play ''The Rise and Fall of Little Voice'', and received Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations for the role in the film version of ''Little Voice''. Early life Horrocks was born in Rawtenstall, Lancashire, the daughter of Barbara (née Ashworth), a hospital worker, and John Horrocks, a sales representative. She was the youngest of three children. She attended Balladen County Primary School ( Fearns county secondary school). She trained at Oldham College, and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art with Imogen Stubbs and Ralph Fiennes, and began her career with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Career Stage Horrocks has appeared on stage in ''Ask for the Moon'' (Hampstead, 1986), ''A Collier's Friday Night'' (Greenwich, 1987), ''Valued ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Darling
Maria Darling is a British voice actress who has provided many character voices for children's television programmes in the United Kingdom and the United States. Television and film *Dr Otter - Some of the Rabbit Children, Mrs. Canny Body and additional voices *Fifi and the Flowertots - Violet, Pip, Poppy and Webby *The Magic Key - Chip, additional voices *Rubbadubbers - Amelia, Sploshy and Winona *Boj - Bibi *Driver Dan's Story Train - Selected female characters *Roary the Racing Car - Roary, Marsha, Cici, Breeze and Mamma Mia *Franny's Feet - Franny (UK dub) *Bob the Builder - Dizzy, Roley, Trix (US version) *Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends - Miss Spider, Dragon, Snowdrop, Pansy, Shimmer, Betty, Eunice (UK dub) *The Backyardigans - Tyrone, Tasha (Series 1-2) (UK dub) * Pitt and Kantrop - Pitt *Watership Down - Pipkin, Hannah, Clover, Additional voices (Series 3 only) *Boblins - Pinny, Gully and Onny *Odd Jobbers - Mia and Menic the goat *The Mole Sisters - All character voice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Children's Television Show
Children's television series (or children's television shows) are television programs designed for children, normally scheduled for broadcast during the morning and afternoon when children are awake. They can sometimes run during the early evening, allowing younger children to watch them after school. The purpose of these shows is mainly to entertain or educate. The children's series are in four categories: those aimed at infants and toddlers, those aimed at those aged 6 to 11 years old, those for adolescents and those aimed at all children. History Children's television is nearly as old as television itself. The BBC's ''Children's Hour'', broadcast in the UK in 1946, is generally credited with being the first TV programme specifically for children. Television for children tended to originate from similar programs on radio; the BBC's '' Children's Hour'' was launched in 1922, and BBC School Radio began broadcasting in 1924. In the US in the early 1930s, adventure serials such as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southern subregion of a single continent called America. South America is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east by the Atlantic Ocean; North America and the Caribbean Sea lie to the northwest. The continent generally includes twelve sovereign states: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela; two dependent territories: the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands; and one internal territory: French Guiana. In addition, the ABC islands of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Ascension Island (dependency of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, a British Overseas Territory), Bouvet Island ( dependency of Norway), Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fireflies
The Lampyridae are a family (biology), family of Elateroidea, elateroid beetles with more than 2,000 described species, many of which are bioluminescence, light-emitting. They are soft-bodied beetles commonly called fireflies, lightning bugs, or glowworms for their conspicuous production of light, mainly crepuscular, during twilight, to attract mates. Light production in the Lampyridae is thought to have originated as an honest signal, honest Aposematism, warning signal that the larvae were distasteful; this was co-opted in evolution as a mating signal in the adults. In a further development, female fireflies of the genus ''Photuris'' mimic the flash pattern of ''Photinus (beetle), Photinus'' species to trap their males as prey. Fireflies are found in temperate and tropical climates. Many live in marshes or in wet, wooded areas where their larvae have abundant sources of food. While all known fireflies glow as larvae, only some species produce light in their adult stage, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moon
The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It is the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System and the largest and most massive relative to its parent planet, with a diameter about one-quarter that of Earth (comparable to the width of Australia). The Moon is a planetary-mass object with a differentiated rocky body, making it a satellite planet under the geophysical definitions of the term and larger than all known dwarf planets of the Solar System. It lacks any significant atmosphere, hydrosphere, or magnetic field. Its surface gravity is about one-sixth of Earth's at , with Jupiter's moon Io being the only satellite in the Solar System known to have a higher surface gravity and density. The Moon orbits Earth at an average distance of , or about 30 times Earth's diameter. Its gravitational influence is the main driver of Earth's tides and very slowly lengthens Earth's day. The Moon's orbit around Earth has a sidereal period of 27.3 days. During each synodic period ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dusk
Dusk occurs at the darkest stage of twilight, or at the very end of astronomical twilight after sunset and just before nightfall.''The Random House College Dictionary'', "dusk". At predusk, during early to intermediate stages of twilight, enough light in the sky under clear conditions may occur to read outdoors without artificial illumination; however, at the end of civil twilight (when Earth rotates to a point at which the center of the Sun's disk is 6° below the local horizon), such lighting is required to read outside. The term ''dusk'' usually refers to astronomical dusk, or the darkest part of twilight before night begins. Technical definitions The time of dusk is the moment at the very end of astronomical twilight, just before the minimum brightness of the night sky sets in, or may be thought of as ''the darkest part of evening twilight''. However, technically, the three stages of dusk are as follows: *At civil dusk, the center of the Sun's disc goes 6° below the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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