Children's Playschool Favourites

**Children's Playschool Favourites** is a UK VHS release by VCI on 19th May 1997.

## Description

Children's Playschool Favourites is an exciting collection of all your favourite characters on one video. Full of fun and entertainment, includes experts of Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends, I'm a Little Teapot, Sooty & Co., Brum, Tots Video, Rosie & Jim and The Wind in the Willows.

## Episodes

1. Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends: Thomas & the Special Letter
2. I'm a Little Teapot: I’m A Little Teapot, Frere Jacques, I Hear Thunder, Sing A Song Of Sixpence (Clip)
3. Sooty and Co: Soo's Babies (Clip)
4. Brum & the Flood (Clip)
5. Tots Video: Animal Adventures (Clip)
6. Rosie & Jim: Acrobats (Clip)
7. The Wind in the Willows: Mercury of the Motorcycle (Clip)

Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends © Britt Allcroft (Thomas) Ltd. 1995. Sooty © Granada Television 1996. Brum, Tots Video and Rosie & Jim © 1994/95/96 Ragdoll Productions (UK) Ltd. I'm a Little Teapot © 1992 Video Collection International Ltd. The Wind in the Willows © Cosgrove Hall Productions 1986. Sooty and Co. © Granada Television 1996 MCMXCIV.

## Credits

* **Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends**
Based on the Railway Series by the Rev. W. Awdry
Adaptation by Britt Allcroft
"THOMAS & THE SPECIAL LETTER"
Told by Michael Angelis
Directed by David Mitton
Television Stories by Britt Allcroft and David Mitton
Director of Photography: Terence Permane
Art Director: Robert Gauld Galliers
Models Supervisor: Steve Asquith
Camera Crew: David Matkins and Nigel Permane
Gaffer Michael Flynn
Programme Management: Television Support Services and Graeme MacArthur
Production Co-ordinator: Nadine Schoen
Chief Model Maker: Martin Gaskell
Special Effects Model Maker: David Eves
Specialist Model Maker: Peter Eves
Model Crew: Conrad Ayling, Kevin Harris, Gareth Hutchinson, Jennie De Naeyer and John Piper
Figurines: Johnathan Saville
Stagehands: Adam Cook and Leigh Grosch
Lighting Equipment Supplied by Lee Lighting Ltd.
Periscope Lens Supplied By Grip House Ltd.
Sound Effects and Dubbing: The Family Channel Studios
Dubbing Mixer: Mike Erander
Post Production Facilities: Dean Street Post
Editor: John Wright
Music Composed & Performed by Mike O'Donnell and Junior Campbell
Made at Shepperton Studios, London, England
Processed by Technicolor
Executive Producer: Angus Wright
Producers: Britt Allcroft and David Mittion
Production by A Britt Allcroft Production
© Britt Allcroft (Thomas) Limited 1995.
* **I'm a Little Teapot**
with Elizabeth Watts
© 1992 Video Collection International Ltd.
* **Sooty & Co.**
© Granada Television 1994.
* **Brum**
© 1994 Ragdoll Productions (UK) Ltd.
* **Tots Video**
© 1995 Ragdoll Productions (UK) Ltd.
* **Rosie & Jim**
© 1996 Ragdoll Productions (UK) Ltd.
* **The Wind in the Willows**
Based on the Characters Created by Kenneth Grahame.
© Cosgrove Hall Productions Ltd. 1986.

## Opening (Original 1997 Release)

1. VCI Tracking Control Screen (1995-2005)
2. VCI Warning Screen (1995-2005)
3. VCI Ident (1995-2005)
4. Children's Playschool Favourites Title Card (Opening Version)
5. Britt Allcroft Presents Ident
6. Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends Opening Titles (Story & Song Collection Version)
7. Start Of Thomas and the Special Letter (1995)

## Closing (Original 1997 Release)

1. End Of The Wind in the Willows: Mercury of the Motorbicycle (1986)
2. Children's Playschool Favourites Title Card (Closing Version)
3. VCI Ident (1995-2005)