''Step Inside'' is a British children's television programme produced by Tricorn Productions for

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in 2001 before the channel's launch, and aired between February and April 2002. It last reran in July 2010.{{Cite web, url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00722ds, title=Step Inside - BBC - CBeebies, publisher=BBC, access-date=2017-05-24 There have been no VHS or

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releases of the show, but all of the episodes have surfaced online apart from "A Bun for Barney". The only human character in the show is Mr Mopple (portrayed by Chris Jarvis), a groundsman. Whilst doing his jobs, Mr Mopple unknowingly hears a noise from the house which tells him there must be a story to be narrated. The house magically appears to come to life with a CGI face appearing on the house. As he steps inside, a face appearing on the outside wall saying, "Step inside, all those who love stories, look, and listen, we've tales to tell, of fun, excitement, magic, adventure, tears, fears and laughter. Surprises as well. Step Inside." Inside the house are the non-human characters, which use a mix of animated faces and puppet hands: *Twinkle, an animated cat *Boris, an anthropomorphised

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*Chloe, an anthropomorphic clock Boris, the bookcase, provides a book, and Mr Mopple sits down to narrate the story. The characters themselves often argue among themselves, along with Mr Mopple keeping the peace. Mr Mopple provides an array of voices for every character in the book while narrating. When Mr Mopple has finished narrating the story, he leaves the magic house, (despite the face on the outside wall closing its eyes and disappearing entirely) and goes back to work.

Episodes, authors and illustrators

These are the episodes book titles, authors & illustrators for each episode. #Pass the Jam, Jim: Kaye Umansky and Margaret Chamberlain #When Will It Be Spring?: Catherine Walters #Lucky Mucky Pup: Ken Brown #You Can Swim, Jim: Kaye Umansky & Margaret Chamberlain #The Ugly Duckling: Ian Beck #Is That What Friends Do?: Marjorie Newman & Peter Bowman #Chicken, Chips and Peas:

Allan Ahlberg Janet Ahlberg (21 October 1944 – 15 November 1994; née Hall) and Allan Ahlberg (born 5 June 1938) were a British married couple who created many children's books, including picture books that regularly appear at the top of "most popular" lis ...

& Andre Amstutz #A Duck So Small: A.H. Benjamin & Elisabeth Holstien #The Jelly Monster: Mike Ratnett & Jonathan Bentley #I Don't Want to Have a Bath: Julie Sykes & Selina Young #Grandmother and I: Helen E. Buckley &

Jan Ormerod Jan Ormerod (23 September 1946 – 23 January 2013), born Janet Louise Hendry, was an Australian illustrator of children's books. She first came to prominence from her wordless picture book ''Sunshine'' which won the 1982 Mother Goose Award. He ...

#Pig Trouble: Barbara Mossmann & Werner Farber #Oonga Boonga: Frieda Wishinsky and Carol Thompson #Farmer Duck:

Martin Waddell Martin Waddell (born 10 April 1941) is a writer of children's books from Belfast, Northern Ireland. He may be known best for his picture book texts featuring anthropomorphic animals, especially the ''Little Bear'' series illustrated by Barbara F ...

Helen Oxenbury Helen Gillian Oxenbury (born 1938) is an English illustrator and writer of children's picture books. She lives in North London. She has twice won the annual Kate Greenaway Medal, the British librarians' award for illustration and been runner-up ...

#The Best Loved Bear: Diana Noonan & Elizabeth Fuller #Dad! I Can't Sleep: Michael Foreman #I Want a Cat:

Tony Ross Anthony Lee Ross (born 10 August 1938) is a British author and illustrator of children's picture books. In Britain, he is best known for writing and illustrating his Little Princess books and for illustrating the Horrid Henry series by Frances ...

#The Scarecrow's Hat: Ken Brown #Stone Soup:

#Look! Look!: Michael Foreman #Stripe: Joanne Partis #Flop-Ear: Guido Van Genechten #Bear's Eggs: Ingrid and Dieter Schubert #Isabel's Noisy Tummy:

David McKee David John McKee (2 January 1935 – 6 April 2022) was a British writer and illustrator, chiefly of children's books and animations. For his contribution as a children's illustrator, he was UK nominee for the biennial, international Hans Chris ...

#Rum-Te-Tum Ted: Sally Grindley & Peter Utton #

The Gruffalo ''The Gruffalo'' is a British children's picture book by author Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler. Its tells the story of a mouse taking a walk in the woods and deceiving different predators, including the Gruffalo. ''The Gruf ...

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Axel Scheffler Axel Scheffler (born ) is a German illustrator and animator based in London. He is best known for his cartoon-like pictures for children's books, in particular ''The Gruffalo'' and ''The Gruffalo's Child'', written by Julia Donaldson. He has ...

#Something Special: Nicola Moon & Alex Ayliffe #Little Blue Car: Gwen Grant & Susan Hellard #A Summery Saturday Morning:

Margaret Mahy Margaret Mahy (21 March 1936 – 23 July 2012) was a New Zealand author of children's and young adult books. Many of her story plots have strong supernatural elements but her writing concentrates on the themes of human relationships and growi ...

& Selina Young #My G-r-r-r-r-reat Uncle Tiger: James Riordan & Alex Ayliffe #Little Mouse and the Big Red Apple: A.H. Benjamin & Gwyneth Williamson #Charlie's Choice: Nicola Smee #All By Myself: Ivan Bates #Scraps: Mark Foreman # Not Now, Bernard:

#Blue Rabbit and Friends: Chris Wormell #Pete and Polo and the Washday Adventure: Adrian Reynolds #Tidy Up, Trevor: Rob Lewis #Super Dooper Jezebel: Tony Ross #The Lion and the Mouse: Aesop and Bernadette Watts #The Perfect Pet: Peta Coplans #The Great Goat Chase: Tony Bonning and Sally Hobson #Mum's Late: Elizabeth Hawkins #Need a Trim, Jim: Kaye Umansky & Margaret Chamberlain #Mrs Mopple's Washing Line: Anita Hewett and Robert Broomfield #Home Before Dark: Ian Beck #Mr Davies and the Baby: Charlotte Voake #Don't Do That!:

#A Bun for Barney:

Joyce Dunbar Joyce Dunbar (born 6 January 1944) is an English writer. She primarily writes books for children, and has published over seventy books.2002 British television series debuts 2002 British television series endings 2000s British children's television series British preschool education television series British television shows featuring puppetry 2000s preschool education television series Television series by BBC Studios BBC children's television shows English-language television shows Animatronics CBeebies