Tots TV - Bedtime Stories

**Tots TV - Bedtime Stories** is a UK VHS release by Carlton Home Entertainment on 9th August 1999 and was re-released by Carlton on 6th September 1999.

## Description

Tilly, Tom and Tiny return with seven adventures, which see them reading a bedtime story, looking for the stars and finding out about an animal that likes the dark.

## Episodes

1. **Bedtime Stories** - The Tots read a bedtime story called "The Moon and the Happy House".
2. **Bat** - The Tots follow Jane, who is looking after an injured bat.
3. **Far Away Star** - Tilly and Tom are getting ready for bed, but Tiny refuses to join them because he has spotted a lonely star in the sky and wants to stay up until all the others have come out to join it. At first, Tom gets in a huff when Tilly takes away his blankets and pillow, but then joins the other Tots in a makeshift bed downstairs to wait for the stars to come out.
4. **Street Lamps** - The Tots learn how street lamps are cleaned by watching men going up a crane, and find out how they illuminate the streets at night. When the men leave without cleaning the last lamp, the Tots decide to do it themselves.
5. **Night Time Teddy Adventure** - Tiny's sleep is restless when he realises he has left his teddy in the garden, but a bedtime story from Tilly and Tom has a calming effect.
6. **Fun with Shadows** - The Tots play a guessing game to discover what is making shadows in the garden.
7. **Time for Bed** - It is bedtime for the Tots, but Tiny decides he is going to stay up all night. Tilly soon decides that Tiny is making too much noise for anyone to sleep and gives him a serious telling off! But when she and Tom see Tiny asleep at the table, Tilly can't stay angry at him.

## Opening (Original 1999 early release)

1. Carlton Warning Screen (1994-2004)
2. Carlton Home Entertainment children's trailer from 1997 [announced by Martin Jarvis]
3. Tots TV intro (Short Version)
4. Start of Bedtime Stories (1994)

## Closing (Original 1999 early release)

1. End of Time for Bed (1995)
2. Tots TV closing credits (Short Version)
3. A Ragdoll Production logo For Central (silent) (1999)
4. Carlton Home Entertainment logo (1997-1999) (Long Version)

## Opening (September 1999 re-release)

1. Carlton Warning Screen (1994-2004)
2. Children's Videos from Carlton trailer [announced by Nick Mercer and Jade Chaston]
3. Tots TV intro (Short Version)
4. Start of Bedtime Stories (1994)

## Closing (September 1999 re-release)

1. End of Time for Bed (1995)
2. Tots TV closing credits (Short Version)
3. A Ragdoll Production logo For Central (silent) (1999)
4. Carlton Ident (1999-2003) (silent)

## Trailers and info

### Original 1999 early release

* Carlton Home Entertainment children's trailer from 1997 with clips of "Tots TV", "Rosie and Jim", "Starla and the Jewel Riders", "Bananas in Pyjamas", "Beatrix Potter", "Old Bear and Friends" and "The Willows in Winter".

### September 1999 re-release

* Children's Videos from Carlton trailer from 1999 with clips of "Jellikins", "The Fairies", "Dream Street", "Kingdom Of Rhymes: Incy Wincy Spider", "The Big Garage", "Beatrix Potter", "Tots TV", "The Wind in the Willows", "The Willows in Winter", "Bananas in Pyjamas", "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie" and "Annabelle's Wish".