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Foxbusters
''The Foxbusters'' is a British animated TV series very loosely based on the Dick King-Smith book ''The Foxbusters''. It was made by Cosgrove Hall, and consists of two series of thirteen 11-minute episodes each, made between 1999 and 2000. The show was co-written by the animation partnership of David Max Freedman and Alan Gilbey, and occasionally with Joel Jessup as a third writer. It was directed by Jon Doyle. The show itself is laden with gags and action. It also won two major awards in 2000; a BAFTA for "Best Animated Series" and the British Animation Awards for "Best Children's Series". The show had been up for consideration for US buyers, but they were put off by certain voice over comments on the barnyard action and never aired in the United States. Plot The show is primarily set on Foxearth Farm, a fictional farm based in the English countryside in the West Midlands, which is dominated by a variety of animals, particularly the chickens. The Foxbusters are three ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Foxbusters
''The Foxbusters'' is a British animated TV series very loosely based on the Dick King-Smith book ''The Foxbusters''. It was made by Cosgrove Hall, and consists of two series of thirteen 11-minute episodes each, made between 1999 and 2000. The show was co-written by the animation partnership of David Max Freedman and Alan Gilbey, and occasionally with Joel Jessup as a third writer. It was directed by Jon Doyle. The show itself is laden with gags and action. It also won two major awards in 2000; a BAFTA for "Best Animated Series" and the British Animation Awards for "Best Children's Series". The show had been up for consideration for US buyers, but they were put off by certain voice over comments on the barnyard action and never aired in the United States. Plot The show is primarily set on Foxearth Farm, a fictional farm based in the English countryside in the West Midlands, which is dominated by a variety of animals, particularly the chickens. The Foxbusters are three chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Max Freedman
David Max Freedman (born 1965) is an American writer, producer and director. He is well known as the co creator of the British animated adult comedy television series '' Aaagh! It's the Mr. Hell Show!'' for the BBC. Early life Freedman was born in Plattsburgh, New York and went to The School of Visual Arts in New York City. He now lives in the UK. Freedman worked for over 9 years in a writing partnership with Alan Gilbey. They developed and co-created a few cult cartoon classics including '' Foxbusters'', '' Bounty Hamster'' and the multi award-winning '' Aaagh! It's the Mr. Hell Show!'' which was co-produced at Peafur Productions with Barry Baker, Ben Bowen, Baljeet Rai and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh co-creator of '' Phineas and Ferb''. Contributed to ''The Danny Baker Show'' for 10 episodes, Directed Lucy Porter 3 webisodes 'Lucy Loves you' for the now defunct ComedyDemon.com, with the highest watched video, 'Sex' before the website closed Credits Writer * ''Unstable'' (pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joanna Lumley
Dame Joanna Lamond Lumley (born 1 May 1946) is an Indian-born British actress, presenter, author, television producer, activist and former model. She has won two BAFTA TV Awards for her role as Patsy Stone in the BBC sitcom ''Absolutely Fabulous'' (1992–2012) and was nominated for the 2011 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for the Broadway theatre, Broadway revival of ''La Bête (play), La Bête''. In 2013, she received the Special Recognition Award at the National Television Awards and in 2017 she was honoured with the BAFTA Fellowship award. Lumley's other television credits include ''The New Avengers (TV series), The New Avengers'' (1976–1977), ''Sapphire & Steel'' (1979–1982), ''Sensitive Skin (British TV series), Sensitive Skin'' (2005–2007), ''Jam & Jerusalem'' (2006–2008) and ''Finding Alice'' (2021–present). She also as played Elaine Perkins in ''Coronation Street'' in 1973. Her film appearances include ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service (film), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Horrocks
Barbara Jane Horrocks (born 18 January 1964) is a British actress. She portrayed 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''. She is also known for her appearances in films, including '' The Dressmaker'' (1988), '' The Witches'' (1990), '' Second Best'' (1993), '' Life is Sweet'' (1990), ''Chicken Run'' (2000), '' Corpse Bride'' (2005), '' Sunshine on Leith'' (2013), '' Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie'' (2016), as well as the television series '' Fifi and the Flowertots'' (2005–2010), '' Little Princess'' (2006–2020), and the Sky One sitcom '' Trollied'', as Julie Cook (2011–2015). Early life Horrocks was born in Rawtenstall, Lancashire, the daughter of Barbara (née Ashworth), a hospital worker, and John Horro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CITV
CITV is a British children's morning programming block on ITV2 and formerly a free-to-air channel owned by ITV plc. CITV, then Children's ITV, launched on 3 January 1983 as a late afternoon programming block on the ITV network for children aged 6–12.At this point, there was only one "ITV" channel in any given area - transmitter overlap and split weekday/weekend franchises aside - and "ITV" was solely a generic/collective name for the various regional commercial television stations. It replaced the earlier Watch It! branding and introduced networked in-vision continuity links between programmes. These links were originally pre-recorded from a small London studio up until 1987, when ITV Central, Central won the contract to produce live links from their Birmingham studios. In 2004, presentation of CITV was relocated to ITV Granada, Granada Television in Manchester, which saw the demise of in-vision continuity. Nine years later, the operations moved to ITV Granada's MediaCityUK stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Cosgrove
Brian Joseph Cosgrove (born 6 April 1934) is an English animator, designer, director, producer and sculptor. With Mark Hall, he founded Cosgrove Hall Films in 1976 and produced successful animated children shows including ''The Wind in the Willows'', '' Danger Mouse'' and ''Count Duckula''. In 2012, he won the BAFTA Special Award. Early life Born in Manchester, Cosgrove studied at Manchester College of Art and Design. It was there he met his future work partner Mark Hall. Career Cosgrove started his career by producing television graphics at Granada Television. He later joined Stop Frame Productions, which his partner at Granada Television, Mark Hall founded, where he worked on many public service films, commercials for companies like TVTimes and directed and produced animated shows such as ''The Magic Ball'' and ''Sally And Jake''. After Stop Frame Productions was shut down, Cosgrove and Hall founded Cosgrove Hall Films, where they produced some of the most well known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cosgrove Hall
Cosgrove Hall Films was a British animation studio founded by Brian Cosgrove and Mark Hall, headquartered in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester. Cosgrove Hall was a major producer of children's television and animated programmes/films, which are still seen in over eighty countries. The company was wound down by its then owner, ITV plc, on 26 October 2009. It was mainly known for its series '' Danger Mouse'', ''The Wind in the Willows'' and ''Count Duckula''. History Stop Frame Productions Brian Cosgrove and Mark Hall first met while both were students at Manchester College of Art and Design, which is now part of Manchester Metropolitan University. They later became co-workers at Granada Television, where they produced television graphics. Hall left his job in 1969 and founded his own production company, Stop Frame Productions. Cosgrove joined the company shortly after its establishment. Their first projects, for Stop Frame, included public service films and television commerci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Hopwood
Keith Hopwood (born 26 October 1946) is an English pop and rock musician, singer-songwriter, composer, businessman and record producer, who served as the rhythm guitarist and backing vocals for the 1960s pop band, Herman's Hermits. Hopwood also served as a keyboardist, singer and guitarist for the post-Peter Noone outfit, Sour Mash, which recorded an unreleased album, ''A Whale of a Tale'' for RCA. Early life Born on 26 October 1946 at Park Hospital, Davyhulme area of Trafford, he attended Urmston Grammar School. Career Herman’s Hermits Hopwood joined Herman's Hermits in 1962. The Hermits frontman Peter Noone credits Keith with coming up with the idea of recording " Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter" as an afterthought, when Herman's Hermits were short of material for their first album. Noone's heavily accented delivery, together with Hopwood's muted rhythm guitar work, propelled the track to number one on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart. During the 1960s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Rackstraw
Robert Rackstraw (born 31 October 1965) is an English voice actor who has worked in various animated films, television shows and video games. Early life Rackstraw grew up in the Sunderland suburb of New Silksworth, and attended Southmoor Comprehensive. His voice acting career began with a chance meeting with a local radio presenter, when he began writing scripts for radio adverts, and later voicing them. He said in 2013: “I thought it was daft that these guys get paid a lot more FOR reading than I was FOR writing. So I started augmenting my income by writing ridiculous things and accents into my scripts that no one else could do but me. I eventually got a show reel together and I started sending it all over the country." Filmography Film Television Video games References External links * 1965 births Living people 20th-century English male actors 21st-century English male actors English male television writers English male voice actors English televisio ... [...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 (TV series), The Grand'' *''Medics (UK TV series), Medics'' *''Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV series), The Adventures of Sherlock Hol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whoopi Goldberg
Caryn Elaine Johnson (born November 13, 1955), known professionally as Whoopi Goldberg (), is an American actor, comedian, author, and television personality.Kuchwara, Michael (AP Drama Writer)"Whoopi Goldberg: A One-Woman Character Parade". ''The Fremont News-Messenger''. November 29, 1984. Retrieved January 22, 2021. "I'm an actor. That's what I do. I'm not a stand-up comic ... I do characters. I'm very good. I'll be better. But right now I'm a very good actor." The recipient of numerous accolades, she is one of few people to receive an Emmy Award, Grammy Award, Academy Award, and Tony Award, collectively known as the EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony). In 2001, she received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Goldberg began her career on stage in 1983 with her one-woman show, ''Spook Show'', which transferred to Broadway under the title ''Whoopi Goldberg'', running from 1984 to 1985. She won a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album for the recording of the show. Her film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
