Fun Song Factory

Fun Song Factory

Logo for the 2004 series
Genre Children's Pre-School
Created by Ged Allen
Starring Aston Merrygold
(as Cookie),
Laura Hamilton
(as Melody),
Chris Till
(as OJ),
Kerry Newell
(as Cal),
Polly Parsons
(as Paige)
Country of origin United Kingdom
No. of episodes 92 (7 live)
Production
Producer(s) Tell-Tale Productions
Running time 25 mins
Production company(s) Tell-Tale Productions
ITV Studios
Release
Original network ITV Network (CITV/GMTV)
Picture format 4:3 (1994-2000)
16:9 (2004-2006)
First shown in United Kingdom
Original release 1994 – 2006
External links
Website

Fun Song Factory is a British preschool children's show on CITV aimed at youngsters. It was one of the first songs-based shows to be filmed in front of a live audience of children (following on from BBC Scotland/Scottish Television's The Singing Kettle) and is similar to Australian shows such as 'The Wiggles' and 'Hi-5'.

It was originally created in 1994 by Will Brenton and Iain Lauchlan, part of the Playdays production team, who later went on to create and produce The Tweenies, Boo!, BB3B, and Jim Jam and Sunny.

The first production was a sell through video filmed at the Polka Theatre in Wimbledon, presented by Iain Lauchlan, Sarah Davison and Dave Benson Phillips. The video was a great success, and led to a second being filmed at Chicken Shed in North London, this time presented by Iain, Dave and Michelle Durler.

All in all seven videos were shot, selling 750,000 copies in the UK before the series was commissioned by GMTV in 1998. The TV show was originally presented by Justin Fletcher, Katy Stephens, Karl Woolley, Alex Lovell and Dave Benson Phillips. This show was nominated for a BAFTA in 1998. The series also featured Aston Merrygold of JLS as Cookie. The show worked well until in 2004 CITV commissioned an updated version of the show with different characters.

Live Shows (1994-97)

UK VHS and DVD releases

VHS Title Release Date Episodes
Fun Song Factory Colours, Collywobbles, Hide and Seek Pink Cover As Seen on GMTV (0585923) 14 September 1998 Colours, Collywobbles, Hide and Seek
Fun Song Factory Please and Thank You, Picnic Time, Helping Blue Cover As Seen on GMTV (0585963) 26 October 1998 Please and Thank You, Picnic Time, Helping
Double the Fun at the Fun Song Factory Yellow Cover As Seen on GMTV (0419923) 22 March 1999 Birthdays, People Who Help, Sounds, Big and Small, Farm Animals, Numbers
Making Friends with the Fun Song Factory Orange Cover As Seen on GMTV (0612613) 12 July 1999 Making Friends, Water, Senses
Fun Song Factory Music Purple Cover As Seen on GMTV (0619963) 11 October 1999 Music, Creepy Crawlies, Wild Animals
Out and About Double Pack Fun Song Factory Red Cover As Seen on GMTV (0783623) 20 March 2000 Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes, Times of the Day, Letters and Words, Transport

Fun Song Factory GMTV Series (1998) Episodes

Fun Song Factory Songs in each episode

* Fun Song Factory:

Fun Song Factory 2:

Party Time at the Fun Song Factory:

The Fun Song Factory at Old MacDonald's Farm:

Christmas Time at the Fun Song Factory:

Fun Song Factory - Fun and Games:


Fun Song Factory - Nursery Rhyme Land:

Birthdays

Sounds

Big and Small

Farm Animals

Numbers

Please and Thank You

Picnic Time

Helping

Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes

Colours

Collywobbles

Hide and Seek

Making Friends

Senses

Music

Creepy Crawlies

Wild Animals

Times of the Day

Transport

Water

Seasons

Letters and Words

People Who Help

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/25/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.