''Titch'' is a British stop-motion children's television programme that originally aired on

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from 1997 to 2001, then from 2001 to 1 January 2006 on

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, before appearing on

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in September 2004 as Tiny Living went off-air. It was created by

Pat Hutchins Patricia Evelyn Hutchins (18 June 1942 – 8 November 2017) was an English illustrator, writer of children's books, Actor and broadcaster. She won the 1974 Kate Greenaway Medal from the Library Association for her book ''The Wind Blew''. On scre ...

, also the creator of the ''Titch'' book series.

Production

According to Pat Hutchins, each episode took three weeks to shoot as it was created in

stop-motion Stop motion is an animated filmmaking technique in which objects are physically manipulated in small increments between individually photographed frames so that they will appear to exhibit independent motion or change when the series of frames i ...

animation, using clay models instead of proposed cartoons. The models were miniatures, as ITV gave the animating team a limited budget so that production or scale was minimalistic. After the first two series finished airing in 1999, a third series went into production, and premiered during 2000, before it had its final episode in mid-2001. There is no disclosed reason why the programme was cancelled, but repeats of the programme aired occasionally until around 2003. The series was then repeated on

before moving to

on Channel 5 between 5 September 2005 and 15 January 2006.

Music and DVD

The music for ''Titch'' was composed by British pianist & composer

Michael Nyman Michael Laurence Nyman, Order of the British Empire, CBE (born 23 March 1944) is an English composer, pianist, libretto, librettist, musicologist, and filmmaker. He is known for numerous film soundtrack, scores (many written during his length ...

. The series was issued on several videos in the 1990s. DVDs were released in 2005, titled ''Picnic and Other Stories'' and ''Christmas''.

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* {{IMDb title, tt0204778 1990s British children's television series 2000s British children's television series 1990s British animated television series 2000s British animated television series 1997 British television series debuts 2001 British television series endings British children's animated comedy television series British stop-motion animated television series British television shows based on children's books ITV children's television shows Animated television series about children Television series by ITV Studios Television series by Yorkshire Television English-language television shows