Five Minutes More (TV series)
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''Five Minutes More'' is a children's television series co-produced between Australia and the United Kingdom. It was produced by Snow River Media and Buster Dandy Productions, and developed by The Jim Henson Company. The series premiered on
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on 23 August 2006. Broadcast on the Smile in United States of America.


Synopsis

The show starts off with one of the five animals telling a story: Faraway, an aardvark; Georgie, a penguin; Florrie, a dog; Sam, a monkey; and Louisa, a polar bear. Each story has a moral to it.


Production

All of the characters are puppets originally designed by
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in the South East Asia, and built by Solution Studios. All sets are cardboard and costumes are made with quilt fabric the same type on the bed they sit on telling these stories. The quilt is specially made with square pictures mostly based on a stories that is about to or has been already told. The series was shot in eight weeks in Australia, and dubbed in Britain.


Episodes


DVDs

* Five Minutes More – The Very Best Present * Five Minutes More – The Best Birthday Party Ever * Five Minutes More – Bingle Bongle Boo * Five Minutes More – Make Me A Rainbow * Five Minutes More – All Together Now * Five Minutes More – Magic of Music * Five Minutes More – Volume One * Five Minutes More – Bumper Pack Two Disc Collection


References


External links

*{{Official website, http://www.abc.net.au/children/fiveminutesmore/ 2006 Australian television series debuts Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming Disney Channel original programming Sentient toys in fiction Australian television shows featuring puppetry British television shows featuring puppetry Television series by The Jim Henson Company Australian children's television series English-language television shows 2000s British children's television series 2006 British television series debuts