''The Singing Kettle News'' is a BAFTA award-winning children's series that run on
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 ...
. The show starred
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, ...
, a children's group who are well known for performing traditional
children's songs
A children's song may be a nursery rhyme set to music, a song that children invent and share among themselves or a modern creation intended for entertainment, use in the home or education. Although children's songs have been recorded and studied ...
with a distinctly Scottish flair.
About the series
In total, four series were created comprising 37 x 10 min episodes. The aim of the show was to meet the deadline set by 'Mr Editor' and create front-page news. The Singing Kettle had to find lead stories for 'kettle News' by singing songs and telling stories. Each episode contained Two songs, from series Two onwards, The audience of children could be seen unlike the first series where they were just heard. In series One, the famous rhyme was used at the end shortly before the closing credits in each episode, to retrieve the newspapers that had been put together that episode. In series Two, the opening theme was shortened and the rhyme was re-introduced at the start, panning across the audience. A stage was also introduced for the Singing Kettle to perform on. The tag-line 'Let's Sing all about it' was also introduced and used at the end of each episode before running on to the stage to sing.
From Series Three the series title was shortened to just ''The Singing Kettle'', with new music and theme that included a shortened version of the Kettle's signature song 'What's Inside The Singing Kettle' concluding with the famous rhyme. The opening titles panned across the audience onto the stage where the team were then introduced. Cilla, Artie and Jane then sung an extended edition of the famous rhyme while Gary played.
Episodes
*Series One contained 6 Episodes – 1996
*Series Two Contained 5 Episodes – 1997
*Series Three Contained 13 Episodes – 1998
*Series Four Contained 13 Episodes – 2000
In 2016, the series produced for Scottish Television began airing on
STV Glasgow
STV Glasgow was a British local television station serving Glasgow and surrounding areas. The station was owned and operated by STV Group plc in partnership with Glasgow Caledonian University.
The channel was closed on Sunday 23 April 2017 a ...
and
STV Edinburgh
STV Edinburgh was a British local television channel based in Edinburgh which launched on 12 January 2015. It was owned and operated by STV Group plc in partnership with Edinburgh Napier University. The channel was closed on Sunday 23 April 20 ...
as part of their 'Wean's World' children's programming strand.
Video Tapes
* The Singing Kettle
* Sing All About It
* Daly News
* The Best Of The Singing Kettle
See also
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Music of Scotland
Scotland is internationally known for its traditional music, which remained vibrant throughout the 20th century and into the 21st, when many traditional forms worldwide lost popularity to pop music. In spite of emigration and a well-developed con ...
References
External links
The Singing Kettle's official web siteSmithsonian Folkways
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1995 Scottish television series debuts
2000 Scottish television series endings
1990s Scottish television series
2000s Scottish television series
1990s British children's television series
2000s British children's television series
ITV children's television shows
British children's musical television series
Television shows produced by Scottish Television
Television series by ITV Studios
English-language television shows