Sesame Station

Sesame Station is a English Children's Television Series that ran on CBeebies now runs on Cartoonito. Based on Sesame Street and Thomas The Tank Engine, It quickly became the most popular children's show in The United Kingdom and Ireland after its debut on October of 2000. 366 episodes we're made until April of 2009. Unlike their predecessors from all over the world it is set in a railway station near a town instead of the traditional Sesame Street neighbourhood. Each episode is 30 minutes, of which 15–20 are from the English Production 5–10 are dubbed from Sesame Street. 
== History ==
In 1995, The BBC approached the Children's television Workshop about the possibility to make an English co-production of Sesame Street. In 1989, an agreement was reached between NRK and CTW, and the production of Sesame Station began in September 1999. As part of the preparation for the show, Kermit Love traveled to to the United Kingdom in October 1999 to teach the British puppeteers. The first episode aired on the BBC in October 1st, 2000. In the beginning, the plan was to produce 100 episodes all written by Thomas the Tank Engine's Head Writer Andrew Banner After the 100th episode, there was a demanded for more episodes, so the Sesame Workshop produced 266 more episodes. In 2003, the executive producer Robert D. Cardona left after his contract ended. After the series initial end in April 2009. However, After the series ended the BBC went to the Sesame Workshop and asked if they can produced 250 more episodes with them. However, the series would not survive that long. The exterior set was built around the Great Central Railway's Rothley Station which was provided by the Great Central Railway. The GCR provided them with four steam trains to use on the show. These include the No.246 "Morayshire, 6990 – Witherslack Hall, No.6023 "King Edward II and Lambton Tank No.29. Each were meant to serve as passenger and mail trains. Some of the episodes were like mini-series; the storyline would continue where the last episode left off.
== Characters ==
=== Muppets ===
Rob Rackstraw as Chuffy Dog
Maria Darling as clickety 
Blake Harrison as "All Aboard" 
Joanne Frogatt as "Tracker" 
=== Humans ===
Steven Kynman
Paul Panting 
== Openings and Endings ==
=== Openings ===
==== Lets Go To Sesame Station (2000-2007) ====
* We're going to Sesame Station Today
* La, la-la, la-la, la
* We're Going to Sesame Station Today
* La, la-la-la-la
* Sesame Station is full of friends
* La, la-la, la-la, la
* Sesame Station is full of friends
* La, la-la-la-la
* There are lots and lots and lots of trains
* That arrive at the station
* They chuff-chuff in the sun, snow and rain
* Along with track from the station
* We're going to Sesame Station Today
* La, la-la, la-la, la
* We're Going to Sesame Station Today
* La, la-la-la-la
==== Ready To Go ====
* Sesame Station is ready to go
* The friends and train all line in a row
* They chuff along the train tracks every day
* Hope you got your ticket's too
* The conductor calls out "All Aboard"
* We saved a special ride for you. 
=== Ending ===
==== The Goodbye Song (Episodic Version) ====
* Time to stop play
* Just for today
* Sesame Station must now go away
* lets go home now
* But dont you cry
* We'll be back again someday
* Bye-Bye
* Bye-Bye
* Bye-Bye
==== The Goodbye Song (Series Finale) ====
* We had so much fun
* The days have begun
* Now we must stop and than go on our way
* This is goodbye
* But dont you cry 
* We'll be here for you everyday
* Thank you so much
* For being our friend
* And learning and puffing on our trains till the end
* We will be here
* When you need us
* From all of us here we now say
* Bye-Bye
* Bye-Bye
* Bye-Bye
== Trains and Station ==
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Category:Trains
Category:International
Category:International Sesame Street
Category:Sesame Street
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Category:Steam trains
Category:Thomas the Tank Engine