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Roobarb
''Roobarb'' (also known as ''Roobarb and Custard'') is an animated children's television series, created by Grange Calveley and originally shown on BBC1 just before the evening news. Each cartoon of the original series, written by Calveley and directed by Bob Godfrey, was about five minutes long. Thirty episodes were made, and it was first shown on 21 October 1974. The theme is that of the friendly rivalry between Roobarb, a seven-year-old green dog with an overactive imagination, and Custard, the mischievous eight-year-old pink cat from next door. The series later spawned a revival in 2005, which aired on Channel 5's Milkshake block. The narration of both series was provided by the actor Richard Briers. On 17 February 2013, Briers died, followed four days later by animator Godfrey. Original series Roobarb is a green dog, and Custard is a pink cat. Roobarb is always involved in some kind of misadventure which he approaches with unbounded enthusiasm. Custard is cynical and sets ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grange Calveley
Grange Calveley (6 May 1943 – 22 August 2021) was a British artist and writer. He was best known as the creator of the BBC's animated television series ''Roobarb'' (1974) and ''Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk'' (1977). Calveley also wrote and made character drawings for the 2005 revival series, ''Roobarb#2005 series, Roobarb and Custard Too''. The series was commissioned by UK's Five (TV channel), Channel FIVE and directed by Jason Tammemagi. Early life Calveley was born on 6 May 1943 in Hale, Cheshire. His father was with the Scots Guards and was killed at Arezzo in 1944. Grange attended Bradbury Central school on Queens Road, Hale. After leaving Bradbury at age 15 he joined Osborne Peacock, a Manchester advertising agency and later attended art college on day release. After Art College, Calveley worked for a number of advertising agencies in London. It was while at Masius that he met his wife Hanny, a copywriter. Roobarb The ''Roobarb'' cartoon character is loosely based on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Briers
Richard David Briers (14 January 1934 – 17 February 2013) was an English actor whose five-decade career encompassed film, radio, stage and television. Briers first came to prominence as George Starling in '' Marriage Lines'' (1961–66), but it was a few years later, when he narrated ''Roobarb'' (1974–76) and '' Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk'' (1976–77) and played Tom Good in the BBC sitcom '' The Good Life'' (1975–78), that he became a household name. He starred as Martin in ''Ever Decreasing Circles'' (1984–89), and had a leading role as Hector in '' Monarch of the Glen'' (2000–05). From the late 1980s, with Kenneth Branagh as director, he performed Shakespearean roles in ''Henry V'' (1989), ''Much Ado About Nothing'' (1993), ''Hamlet'' (1996) and ''As You Like It'' (2006), and also appeared in Branagh’s ''Swan Song'' (1992), ''Peter's Friends'' (1992), '' Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein'' (1994), and '' In the Bleak Midwinter'' (1995). Early life Briers was born on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Godfrey
Roland Frederick Godfrey MBE (27 May 1921 – 21 February 2013),Bob Godfrey, Roobarb animator, dies aged 91 BBC News, 22 February 2013 known as Bob Godfrey, was an English whose career spanned more than fifty years. He is probably best known for the children's cartoon series '' Roobarb'' (1974), '' Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk'' (1976–77) and '' Henry's Cat'' (1983–1993) and for the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Tammemagi
Jason Tammemagi is the creator, writer and director of preschool show, '' Fluffy Gardens''. He also directed '' Roobarb & Custard Too'', '' Planet Cosmo'', and Irish animated drama, '' Ballybraddan''. Jason was Creative Director of Geronimo Productions (formerly Monster Animation & Design, production company of ''Fluffy Gardens'', ''Ballybraddan'', and '' Punky'') which was awarded European Producer of the Year at the Cartoon Forum 2011. He is now Creative Director of children's media company, Mooshku. Jason has a background in classical animation and directed commercials before working on ''Roobarb'' with A&B TV. From there, he created ''Fluffy Gardens'', which began airing in 2007. The show has now sold to over 100 countries worldwide. He went on to create, write and direct animated TV show ''Planet Cosmo'' and created children's app Dino Dog with Storytoys. With Mooshku, Jason created the music video for Gunship's "Revel In Your Time". Mooshku's ''Trufax Tot Cop'', from Jason ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Official BBC Children In Need Medley
"The Official BBC Children in Need Medley" is a single by Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band. It is the official Children in Need Single for 2009, and was released on 21 November 2009. The song was shown for the first time on Children in Need 2009. The cover art is a parody of the cover of ''Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'' by the Beatles. The single has sold over 452,000 copies in the UK, earning it gold status from the BPI. History According to a news interview, Kay conceptualized the single while working with animation director Tim Harper. Harper said that he would "love to do something like that" but he and Kay regarded it mostly as a joke. After some time away from the subject, Kay brought it up again, this time with the actual intent to produce it. Tim Harper said that he and Kay "just sat down one lunchtime and wrote a list", with as many characters recorded on it as they could think of from their childhoods, as well as some modern favourites and US cartoon chara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaft (rave)
Shaft was an English electronic music group, scoring a top 10 hit on the UK Singles Chart in December 1991 with "Roobarb & Custard". It featured recreated vocal samples from the vintage children's television cartoon ''Roobarb'', as well as a variety of sound effects. The main contributors were the British record producers Mark Pritchard and Adrian Hughes. Although the single reached the top 10 in 1991, it climbed to its highest position of No. 7 in January 1992. The follow-up track was "Monkey", which peaked at No. 61 in July 1992. The use of samples from children's television programmes was not unique to this hit within the genre, with Mark Summers having sampled ''The Magic Roundabout ''The Magic Roundabout'' is an English-language children's programme that ran on BBC Television from 1965 to 1977. It used the footage of the French stop motion animation show '' Le Manège enchanté'' but with completely different scripts a ...'' in his early 1991 hit " Summers Magi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People's Dispensary For Sick Animals
The People's Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA) is the UK's leading veterinary Charitable organization, charity, carrying out more than one million free veterinary consultations a year. It was founded in 1917 by Maria Dickin to provide care for sick and injured animals of the poor. Until 2009, PDSA was the largest private employer of fully qualified veterinary surgeons and Paraveterinary workers, veterinary nurses in the UK. Use of the PDSA's services are restricted to those within their catchment area. Foundation and development During World War I, animal-welfare pioneer Maria Dickin opened a clinic in Whitechapel, London to improve the dreadful state of animal health in the area. She wanted a clinic where East Enders living in poverty could receive free treatment for their sick and injured animals. Despite widespread skepticism, she opened her free "dispensary" in a basement on 17 November 1917. She hung a sign by the door that read: "Bring your sick animals! Do not let th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De Wolfe Music
De Wolfe Limited (previously known as Music de Wolfe, often referred to as De Wolfe Music) is a British music production company, recognised as the originator of what has become known as library music. De Wolfe Music was established by Meyer de Wolfe in 1909 and began its recorded library in 1927 with the advent of 'talkies'. Music from the library has been used in a number of well-known productions, including ''Monty Python'', ''Emmanuelle'', '' Dawn of the Dead'', '' American Gangster'', ''The Simpsons Movie'', '' Death Wish'', ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force'', '' Little Big Planet'', ''Brokeback Mountain'', '' EastEnders'', ''Kavanagh QC'', ''The Royle Family'', ''Spitting Image'', '' Top Gear'' and ''Doctor Who''. Well known theme tunes include ''Vision On'', '' Van der Valk'', ''Roobarb'' and ''The NFL Today''. In recent years has been sampled by the likes of Mark Ronson and Lily Allen, Peshay, Swing Out Sister, Ja Rule, Gorillaz, Unkle and Beyoncé. De Wolfe built and owns Angel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eureeka's Castle
''Eureeka's Castle'' is an American children's puppet television series created by Debby Beece and Judy Katschke. R. L. Stine developed the characters and was the head writer of the show. It originally aired on Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. block from September 4, 1989, to November 10, 1991. The program featured various puppet characters who live in a giant's wind-up music box. The show was a joint development by Nickelodeon, animators Kit Laybourne and Eli Noyes of Noyes & Laybourne Enterprises, and the puppeteers at 3/Design Studio. Synopsis The show follows various puppet characters including Eureeka, a sorceress-in-training. Eureeka and her friends live in a wind-up castle music box owned by a friendly giant. Other characters include Magellan the dragon, twin moat dwellers Bogge and Quagmire, Batly the bat, and Mr. Knack the handyman. There are also various appearing creatures such as mice, singing fish statues called the Fishtones, Magellan's pets Cooey and the Slurms, and Batl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Hawksworth
Johnny Hawksworth (2 February 1924 – 13 February 2009) was a British jazz bass player and composer of library music widely used for television. He lived and worked in Australia from 1984. Biography Born in London in 1924, Hawksworth initially trained as a pianist, but also played double bass for Britain's leading big band the Ted Heath Orchestra during the early 1950s and through the 1960s. During this time he became one of the most popular jazz bassists in the UK, winning many polls and was often featured as a soloist on Heath concerts and recordings. His album as bandleader ''I've Grown Accustomed to My Bass'' was issued in November 1964 and featured many well-known British jazz musicians, including Stan Tracey, Bill Le Sage, Tommy Whittle, Ronnie Stephenson and Terry Cox. Included were two arrangements of Bach pieces, an idea further developed in his 1968 album ''Johann Hawksworth Bach''. He is probably best known, however, for his short compositions for televisio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Children's Channel
The Children's Channel, also known as TCC, was a British-based pan-European children's television channel in Europe, Asia and Africa, which was owned by Flextech in London, England, UK. It began broadcasting on the original Eutelsat satellite on 1 September 1984. History Early years The Children's Channel was launched on the original Eutelsat satellite on 1 September 1984, almost exclusively to cable households owing to the low proliferation of domestic satellite dishes in Europe, the Middle East and Africa at that time. The channel was owned by Starstream (a joint venture of British Telecom, DC Thomson, Thames Television and Thorn EMI) and worked closely with Warner-Amex. The channel was directed by Richard Wolfe, who had previously worked at Warner. "The Children's Channel" was created according to the old Nickelodeon concept (previously owned by Warner-Amex Cable Communications). The office was located in London at 6/7 D'Arblay Street. In March 1989, The Children's Chan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scouts (The Scout Association)
Scouts, often referred to as the Scout section to differentiate itself from the wider movement and its parent organisation, is a section of Scouting run by The Scout Association for ten and a half to fourteen year old young people. The section follows on from Cub Scouts (8-10½ year olds) and precedes Explorer Scouts (14-18 year olds). Since 1991, the section has been coeducational and today the Scout section accepts young people from all backgrounds, faiths and genders. The Scout section is run locally by Scout groups and is led by a team of volunteer youth leaders. In addition to the general programme of outdoor and adventurous activities, learning new skills and connecting with the world and local community some Scout troops specialise to follow the Sea Scout and Air Scout training programmes to develop a more nautical or aeronautical feel to their troops. It is a direct descendant of the original Boy Scout patrols and troops formed following the introduction of a Scout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
