Toybox 4

**Toybox 4** is a UK VHS release by BBC Worldwide Ltd on 7th September 1998.

## Episodes

1. **Noddy and the Milkman** - Mr Milko is late with the milk because his brother is ill, so Noddy offers to help. But being milkman for the day proves to be rather difficult...
2. **William's Wish Wellingtons: William and the Alien** - William goes into outer space to see what it's like being a spaceman. Then he and Barksure find life on another planet!
3. **Oakie Doke and the Hiccups** - Grannie Annie has made some of her special lemonade. Neptune and Moses can't wait for it to settle, so they drink it before it's ready. Hic!
4. **Pingu the Icicle Musician** - Pingu is playing hide-and-seek with his friends when he finds a wonderful ice cave, full of strange icicles. Before long, Pingu the musician is playing some beautiful tunes.
5. **Spider: Hedgehog Hunt** - Spider keeps popping up on a hedgehog hunt. He feels a little bit sorry for the hedgehog who just can’t get any peace- can he help?
6. **Little Polar Bear: The Teddy Bear** - Lena is very excited. She has found something she's sure Lars the little polar bear will like - a teddy bear. However, Peeps the snow goose isn't quite so keen...
7. **Postman Pat's Difficult Day** - What a bad day Pat is having! First his alarm clock didn't go off, now he's running an hour late and he's fallen over Jess. Can things get any worse?
8. **Fireman Sam: Brass Band** - It's time for a spot of band practice for our heroes at the fire-station - which is probably a very good idea if Fireman Cridlington's trombone skills are anything to go by!

## Copyright Credits

* **Noddy**: © Enid Blyton Ltd.
* **William's Wish Wellingtons**: a Hibbert Ralph Entertainment production. © BBC Worldwide Ltd 1994.
* **Oakie Doke**: © Cosgrove Hall Films Ltd.
* **Pingu**: © 1995 Pingu BV.
* **Little Polar Bear**:  A Rothkirch/Kringel Cartoon Film Production for WDR.
© Hans De Beer and Nord Süd Verlag.
* **Spider!**: © Hibbert Ralph Entertainment Ltd 1991.
* **Postman Pat**: © Woodland Animations Ltd.
* **Fireman Sam**: © 1985 Prism Art and Design Ltd/S4C.

## Programme Credits

Here are the credits to the programmes on this Toybox compilation video, whereas there is no copyright credit at the end of the Pingu episode on this video at all.

#### **Noddy's Toyland Adventures**

##### ***("Noddy and the Milkman")***

* Based on the stories by Enid Blyton.
* Story written by Julia and Chris Allen
* Voices by Susan Sheridan and Jimmy Hibbert.
* Music Composed and Performed by Paul K. Joyce.
* Animated by Lloyd Price and Sue Pugh.
* Puppets Made by Noel Baker, Marcia Pidgeon, Colin Batty, Peter Saunders,
Peter Bentley, Bridget Smith, Ian MacKinnon and Stuart Sutcliffe.
* Sets and Props by Rick Kent, Chris Keogh, Jeff Spain,
Paul Simpson, Richard Sykes and Pippa Greenwood.
* Costumes Made by Helen Plaumer, Clare Elliott and Geraldine Corrigan.
* Art Director: Bridget Appleby.
* Assistant Designer: Graham Maiden.
* Production Supervisor: Christine Walker.
* Model Camera and Lighting by Joe Dembinski.
* Edited by Zyggy Markiewicz
* Assistant Editor: Bob Ashton
* Dubbing Mixer: John Wood
* Directed by Brian Little
* Executive Producers: Theresa Plummer-Andrews
* Produced by Brian Cosgrove and Mark Hall
with thanks to Sylvia Rosen.
* Produced for BBC Enterprises by Cosgrove Hall Productions Limited.
* Based on the 'NODDY' books by Enid Blyton.
* © BBC Enterprises 1992.

#### **William's Wish Wellingtons**

##### ***("William and the Alien")***

* Layouts by Neil Graham, Richard Nye and Paul Salmon.
* Line Test by Lynn Durrans and Kathryn Hall.
* Ink and Paint by Whizzline, Greg Smith and Damian Knapper.
* Post Production Facilities by M2 Facilities.
* Camera by Ray Clayton and Phil Campbell.
* Paintbox by Brian Ainsworth and Grant Connor.
* Edited by Nigel Rutter.
* Dubbing by Richard Lambert.
* Title Sequence Animation by John Perkins.
* Backgrounds by Dorse Jukes.
* Narration Scripts by Mark Holloway.
* Story Scripts by Paul Halas.
* Storyboards by Graham Ralph.
* Production Co-Ordinator: Kim Craste.
* Production Manager: Karn Davidsen.
* Narrated by Andrew Sachs.
* Music by Kick Production.
* Animation Supervisor: Tony Garth.
* Animation by Mark Mason.
* Assistant Animation by Peter Dowling and Andy Wagner.
* Based on an original idea by Carole Lapworth.
* Original Artwork by Vanessa Harrow.
* Executive Producer: Theresa-Plummer Andrews.
* Produced by John Cary.
* Directed by Graham Ralph.
* A Hibbert Ralph Entertainment Production for BBC Children's International.
* © BBC Enterprises 1994.

#### **Oakie Doke**

##### ***("Oakie Doke and the Hiccups")***

* Written by Jimmy Hibbert.
* Voices by Kate Harbour and David Holt.
* Music by Ernie Wood.
* Animation by Sue Pugh, Stuart Sutcliffe and Paul Couvela.
* Puppets by Mackinnon and Saunders, Noel Baker, Lucy Gell,
Georgina Hayns, Darren Marshall, Bridget Smith and Christine Walker.
* Sets by Jeff Spain, Richard Sykes and Rick Kent.
* Costume and Props by Clare Elliott and Geraldine Corrigan.
* Original Concept and Design by Bridget Appleby.
* Model Camera and Lighting by Joe Dembinski.
* Edited by Zyggy Markiewicz.
* Digital Dubbing Editors: Simon Hall and Darren Cox.
* Dubbing Mixer: John Wood.
* Directed by Brian Little.
* Produced by Jackie Cockle.
* Executive Producers: Theresa Plummer-Andrews, Brian Cosgrove and Mark Hall.
* A Cosgrove Hall Films Production for BBC Children's International.
* © Cosgrove Hall Films Limited 1995.

#### **Spider!**

##### ***("Hedgehog Hunt")***

* Music production by Rick Cassman.
* Recorded at Triple X Studios.
* Keyboard arrangements by Vyv Hope-Scott.
* Musicians: Premier Brass, Electra Strings,
John Edwards, Jeff Rich and Paul Coppock.
* Children's Voices by Casey and Holly Stevenson.
* Supervising Animator: Tony Garth.
* Production Manager: Heather Pedley.
* Animators: Billy Allison, Simon Turner, Steve Bales and Nik Love-Gittins.
* Paint and Trace by Louise Harding, Sharon Walsh, Fabian White,
Karina Stamford, Kate Smith and Lynn Durrans.
* Additional animation by Graham Ralph, Kim Stephenson, Alan Bassett and Richard Wake.
* Backgrounds by Dorse Jukes.
* Assistant Art Directors: Richard Nye and Corona Maher-Esterhazy.
* Titles by Brian Stevens.
* Cameras by Animated Opticals, Peter Jones Rostrums and Rostrum Cameras.
* Production Assistant: Karen Davidsen.
* Dubbing by Roger Cherrill Ltd.
* Colour by Rank Film Laboratories.
* Edited by Paul Coppock and Karen Bruce.
* Executive Producer: Iain Harvey.
* 'A True Friend Story' written and composed by Richard Warner.
* Original designs by Hugh Silvey and Wally Jex.
* Arranged, performed and sung by Jeff Stevenson.
* Supervising Executive: Theresa Plummer-Andrews.
* Produced by John Cary.
* Directed by Graham Ralph.
* Produced by Hibbert Ralph Entertainment in association with BBC Enterprises.
* © Hibbert Ralph Entertainment Ltd 1991.
10 D'Arblay Street, London W1.
All rights reserved and asserted.

### **The Little Polar Bear**

##### ***("The Teddy Bear")***

* Based on the 'Little Polar Bear' books by Hans De Beer.
* Designed by Hans De Beer and Theo Kerp.
* Script by Birgit Quastenberg and Josef Schnelle.
* Animated by Sinan Gungor.
* Music by Manfred Schoof.
* Voices by Sue Sheridan and Jimmy Hibbert.
* Executive Producer: Siegmund Grewenig.
* Directed by Theo Kerp.
* Sound by Kick Production.
* English version produced for BBC Television.
* BBC Executive Producer: Theresa Plummer-Andrews.
* A Rothkirch/Kringel Cartoon-Film production in commission for WDR.
A Co-production with SWF, SRG. © 1994.

#### **Postman Pat**

##### ***("Pat's Difficult Day")***

* Written by John Cunliffe.
* Designed and Directed by Ivor Wood.
* Music by Bryan Daly.
* Narration and Vocals by Ken Barrie.
* Edited by Martin Bohan.
* Produced by Woodland Animations Ltd.

#### **Fireman Sam**

##### ***("Brass Band")***

* Voices by John Alderton.
* Characters and Storylines created by Rob Lee.
* Original idea by Dave Gingell and Dave Jones.
* Assisted by Mike Young.
* Written by Nia Ceidiog.
* Sets by Beverley Knowlden, Linda Thodesen,
Janice Shakespeare, Barrie Zafar and James Nevill.
* Vechicles by Brian Anderson and Alun Jones.
* Puppets by Ian Frampton and Alison Hall.
* Engineering consultant: Mel Grigg.
* Assistant animator: Timon Dowdeswell.
* Director of animation: Brian Anderson.
* Edited by William Oswald and Elen Lewis.
* Sound by John Cross.
* Music by Ben Heneghan and Ian Lawson.
* Lyrics by Robin Lyons.
* Sung by Maldwyn Pope.
* Executive Producers: Christopher Grace and Theresa Plummer-Andrews.
* Produced and Directed by Ian Frampton and John Walker.

## Trailers and info

The BBC Toybox "World Of Fun" advert from 1998 with many characters such as "Fireman Sam", "Pingu", "Teletubbies", "Postman Pat", "William's Wish Wellingtons", "Noddy", "Spider", "Oakie Doke" and "Dinobabies" which appear on video, audio cassettes, books, CD-Rom games and magazines.