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Hana's Helpline
Calon (Welsh for 'heart') is the trading name of Mount Stuart Media Ltd., a British animation television production company based in Cardiff, the capital of Wales, which primarily produced Welsh animated series for S4C. The company was formerly known as ''Siriol Animation'' and ''Siriol Productions''. History Calon was set up following the management buy-out from Entertainment Rights of Siriol Productions, when Entertainment Rights moved its head office to London. Most members of staff stayed in Wales to help re-establish Siriol as an independent production company. The deal included all rights to current productions and a few older titles, but the rights to most of the older series are now held by Entertainment Rights. The company eventually employed over 40 people and was a developer of talent in the Welsh animation industry for more than 30 years. Calon continued working on animation production, but expanded into live-action content for both the UK and international marke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animation
Animation is a filmmaking technique whereby still images are manipulated to create moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Animation has been recognised as an artistic medium, specifically within the entertainment industry. Many animations are either traditional animations or computer animations made with computer-generated imagery (CGI). Stop motion animation, in particular claymation, has continued to exist alongside these other forms. Animation is contrasted with live action, although the two do not exist in isolation. Many moviemakers have produced films that are a hybrid of the two. As CGI increasingly approximates photographic imagery, filmmakers can easily composite 3D animations into their film rather than using practical effects for showy visual effects (VFX). General overview Computer animation can be very detailed 3D animation, while 2D c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobinogs
''Bobinogs'' (original Welsh title: ''Bobinogi'') is a British children's television programme that aired on CBeebies, and it was produced by Adastra Creative for BBC Cymru Wales. It debuted in the United Kingdom in 2003. The episodes are 15 minutes long, consisting mostly of flash animation, but clips of real life scenarios are also used. These clips were filmed at various nursery schools across Wales. The series has won awards from BAFTA Cymru and the Celtic Media Festival. Animation production for the third season was taken over by Calon in 2005, following Siriol Productions move to their London headquarters. A spin off series of four books were published by Gomer Press. Plot and Characters The three main characters live in a house shaped like a bobble hat in a school boy named Owen's bedroom. The main characters play in a band and help Owen solve everyday problems, then perform a song about it at the end. At one point in every episode, they would obtain a clue to the pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Television
BBC Television is a service of the BBC. The corporation has operated a Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast television service in the United Kingdom, under the terms of a royal charter, since 1 January 1927. It produced television programmes from its own studios from 1932, although the start of its regular service of television broadcasts is dated to 2 November 1936. The BBC's domestic television channels have no commercial advertising and collectively they accounted for more than 30% of all UK viewing in 2013. The services are funded by a television licence. As a result of the 2016 Licence Fee settlement, the BBC Television division was split, with in-house television production being separated into a new division called BBC Studios and the remaining parts of television (channels and genre commissioning, BBC Sport and BBC iPlayer) being renamed BBC Content. History of BBC Television The BBC operates several television networks, television stati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SuperTed
''SuperTed'' is a Welsh language superhero animated television series about an anthropomorphic teddy bear with superpowers, created by writer and animator Mike Young. Originally created by him as a series of stories to help his son overcome his fear of the dark, SuperTed became a popular series of books and led to an animated series produced from 1982 to 1986. An American-produced series, '' The Further Adventures of SuperTed'', was produced by Hanna-Barbera in 1989. The series was the first British animation acquired by the American based Disney Channel. Creation The character was created by Mike Young in 1978 for his son to help him overcome his fear of darkness. Later Young decided to put the stories into book form, originally as a bear from the woods who was also afraid of the dark, until one day Mother Nature gave him a magic word which gives him superpowers and transforms him into SuperTed. His early attempts were unsuccessful, until he made some adjustments with the h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Splash Entertainment
Splash Entertainment, LLC. (formerly known as Mike Young Productions, Inc. and MoonScoop Entertainment, LLC) is an American animation studio founded in 1990 by Mike Young, Liz Young and Bill Schultz that produces children's TV series. Splash also controls the streaming service Kabillion. History Independent era (1990–2005) The studio was originally owned and operated by three animation producers, husband and wife Mike and Liz Young, and Bill Schultz (6 seasons of ''The Simpsons'', '' Garfield and Friends'' and '' Bobby's World''). The studio makes both traditional 2D and 3D computer animation. The company launched a self-distribution unit in 2002. On March 29, 2004, the company launched Taffy Entertainment, which would become the company's rights management and worldwide distribution subsidiary. Taffy soon launched a licensing unit in August. Taffy wasn't the same company as Mike Young Productions, both had similar instances. Acquired by MoonScoop and rebranding (20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Young (producer)
Michael Emlyn Young (born 16 October 1945) is a Welsh Emmy Award, Emmy and British Academy of Film and Television Arts, BAFTA Award-winning producer. He is the founder of two animation companies in both the UK and the US. His company in 2015 changed its name from Mike Young Productions to Splash Entertainment, which also is a majority owner of the AVOD network Kabillion. Biography Young was born in Cwm, Ebbw Vale, Gwent. In the flat above a fish and chip shop owned by the family of actor Victor Spinetti, who would later go on to provide the voice of Mike's character, Texas Pete. He trained as a television producer, and while working as an advertising Copywriting, copywriter he met his wife Liz Young. After the pair marriage, married in the 1970s, Young's stepson Richard Finn (later head of post-production at MYP), was having trouble falling asleep. Young invented stories about a teddy bear and Finn told his school friends the stories, which resulted in the ''SuperTed'' books, co- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Bear Toys
Golden Bear Products Ltd. is a British toy manufacturing company that was formed in 1979 by John Hales and Christine Nicholls. Golden Bear operates from its headquarters in Telford, Shropshire and opened an office in Hong Kong in 2001. Products The company has sold a broad range of licensed and branded products including ''Thomas and Friends'', My 1st JCB, ''Charlie and Lola'', ''Pingu'', '' Noddy'', ''Peppa Pig'', '' Brum'', ''Bob the Builder'', ''Cars'', ''Dora the Explorer'', ''Hana's Helpline'', '' Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom'', ''Sooty'' and ''Teletubbies''. They also produce new properties, like Bush Baby World. "My First Thomas & Friends" is a range of chunky plastic toys. The range started in c.1994, and was advertised for young infants who enjoyed the series. The models were safe for younger fans to play with, and included most of the major and minor characters from the TV Series. The company also acquired the rights to sell the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Random House
Random House is an imprint and publishing group of Penguin Random House. Founded in 1927 by businessmen Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer as an imprint of Modern Library, it quickly overtook Modern Library as the parent imprint. Over the following decades, a series of acquisitions made it into one of the largest publishers in the United States. In 2013, it was merged with Penguin Group to form Penguin Random House, which is owned by the Germany-based media conglomerate Bertelsmann. Penguin Random House uses its brand for Random House Publishing Group and Random House Children's Books, as well as several imprints. Company history 20th century Random House was founded in 1927 by Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer, two years after they acquired the Modern Library imprint from publisher Horace Liveright, which reprints classic works of literature. Cerf is quoted as saying, "We just said we were going to publish a few books on the side at random", which suggested the name Random ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TVB Pearl
TVB Pearl () is an English-language television channel in Hong Kong owned by Television Broadcasts Limited. Established on 19 November 1967, it shares headquarters with TVB's other properties at TVB City at 77 Chun Choi Street in Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate in Tseung Kwan O, in the Sai Kung District. The channel mainly broadcasts in English (while all of its sister channels mainly broadcast in Cantonese), although programmes in other languages (including Mandarin, Japanese and Korean) are aired in non-peak hours and Traditional Chinese subtitles are available on some programmes. Since 1991, the channel has used NICAM digital audio (and later, multiple audio tracks via digital terrestrial television) to transmit audio tracks in English and Cantonese when available. The channel began broadcasting in high definition on 28 October 2012. TVB Pearl's schedule relies heavily on imported programmes, including foreign drama series and movies. Original English-language news and cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline Harker
Caroline Harker (born 1966 as Caroline Anne Owens) is an English stage and television actress. Career Harker is known for her roles as Celia in the BBC's ''Middlemarch'', and as Woman Police Constable (WPC) (later Detective Sgt.) Hazel Wallace in the ITV police drama ''A Touch of Frost'' (1992–2003). She also played Alicia Davenport in ''Coronation Street'' for four episodes in 2012. Harker played the role of 'mother' in the Mike Kenny's adaptation of ''The Railway Children,'' directed by Damian Cruden and staged at the Waterloo International railway station. Harker is married to fellow actor Anthony Calf, with whom she appeared in ''The Madness of King George'' and in a TV adaptation of Jilly Cooper's '' Riders'' They have three daughters. From January 2023, Harker starred as Clairee in a production of ''Steel Magnolias'' at the Richmond Theatre, London. Harker appeared alongside Lucy Speed, Diana Vickers, and Elizabeth Ayodele. The production, going on to tour the UK, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boyd Clack
Boyd Daniel Clack (born 7 March 1951) is a Canadian-born Welsh writer, actor, and musician. He was born in Vancouver, Canada to Welsh parents. At a young age, he emigrated with his family to Wales, where he grew up in Tonyrefail, where his family were originally from. His acting credits include '' Twin Town'', '' High Hopes'', and ''Satellite City'', the latter two of which he also co-wrote. He has also released the first part of his autobiography ''Kisses Sweeter than Wine'', and two music albums, '' Welsh Bitter'' and '' Labourer of Love''. Clack is a supporter of Welsh independence and attended a pro-independence rally in Merthyr Tydfil in September 2019, organised by AUOB Cymru. "I have always favoured Welsh Independence because every country should be independent," he said. "The opposite of independent after all is dependent and to be dependent on anyone or an organisation where that dependence isn't based on love, kindness and genuine care is demeaning." At the 2019 ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joanna Ruiz
Joanna Ruiz (born ) is a British voice actress. She has mainly done voice acting for children's television shows. She attended the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. List of credits * ''Casper the Friendly Ghost'' – Casper (UK) (1991) * ''Loggerheads'' – Bjorn's wife, Thora, additional voices (1998) * '' Hilltop Hospital'' – Additional Voices (1999–2001) * '' Make Way for Noddy'' – Tessie Bear, Martha Monkey, Clockwork Mouse, Mrs Skittle and Cecilia the Beetle (2001-2006) * ''Clifford the Big Red Dog'' – Emily Elizabeth and Mrs. Bleakman (UK dub) (2002) * ''Fireman Sam'' – Sarah and James (Series 5, 2003) * '' Little Robots'' – Sparky 2 (USA) (2003-) * '' Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends'' – Squirt and Bounce (UK) (2004) * '' Franklin'' – Mrs. Turtle, Beaver & Rabbit (UK) (2004) – billed as "Jo Ruiz Rodriguez" * ''LazyTown'' – Pixel, Trixie (UK) (2004–2014) * '' Clifford's Puppy Days'' – Emily Elizabeth (UK) (2004) * '' Trotro'' – Trotro (2004- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
