The Greatest BBC Children's Video Ever!

**The Greatest BBC Children's Video Ever!** is a UK VHS release by BBC Worldwide Ltd on 18th September 1995.

## Description

Can you believe it? All of your favourite characters on one video Friends old and new; from Fireman Sam and Pingu to Spider!, William's Wish Wellingtons and others - all squeezed into over hours of tip-top toddler funtime. And incredibly there's more - a full story from The Animals of Farthing Wood and songs from Nursery Rhyme Time! Now that's why it's called the greatest BBC children's video ever!

## Episodes

1. Fireman Sam: Spot of Bother
2. Pingu: Pingu's New Kite
3. Spider!: Spider in the Bath
4. William's Wish Wellingtons: William the Conkeror
5. The Clangers: Fishing
6. Nursery Rhyme Time (Clip) (Excerpt with four songs: The Wheels on the Bus, London's Burning, Do you Know the Muffin Man? and Old MacDonald Had a Farm)
7. Noddy and the Special Key
8. Funnybones: Bumps in the Night
9. Hairy Jeremy: Ice To See You
10. Little Polar Bear: The Egg
11. The Animals of Farthing Wood: Adventures of Fox

## Credits

These are the credits to the eleven programmes on this children's compilation video

#### **Fireman Sam**

##### ***("Spot of Bother")***

* Told 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 and Barry Zafar.
* Vehicles by Brian Anderson and Alun Jones.
* Puppets by Ian Frampton and Alison Johnston.
* Engineering consultant: Mel Grigg.
* Assistant animator: Timon Dowdeswell.
* Director of animation: Brian Anderson.
* Edited by William Oswald and Jane Murrell.
* 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.
* Production by Bumper Films Ltd for S4C and
Prism Art and Design Limited with thanks to the Fire Service.
* Fireman Sam: © 1985 Prism Art and Design Limited.
* Film: © 1987 S4C - Channel 4 Wales.

#### **Pingu**

##### ***("Pingu's New Kite")***

* Trickfilmstudio: Otmar Gutmann
* © 1993 SRG/ZDF/Telepool/Editoy.

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

##### ***("Noddy and the Special Key")***

* 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 Paul Berry, Loyd Price, Sue Pugh and Paul Couvela.
* Puppets Made by Noel Baker, Colin Batty, Peter Bentley, Ian Mackinnon,
Marcia Pidgeon, Peter Saunders, Bridget Smith and Stuart Sutcliffe.
* Sets and Props: Rick Kent, Jeff Spain, Richard Sykes, Chris Keogh, Paul Simpson 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 and Jerry Andrews.
* Edited by Zyggy Marckiewicz.
* Assistant Director: Bob Ashton.
* Dubbing Mixer: John Wood.
* Directed by Brian Little.
* Executive Producer: 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.
* Original work: © Darrell Waters 1949-1968.
* Film: © BBC Enterprises Ltd 1992.

#### **Funnybones**

##### ***("Bumps in the Night")***

* Characters and stories: © Janet and Allan Ahlberg and Andre Amstutz 1980.
* Film: © S4C/William Heinemann Ltd/BBC Enterprises Ltd 1992.

#### **Hairy Jeremy**

##### ***("Ice to See You")***

* From an original idea by Flanquart and Scarella.

#### **The Little Polar Bear**

##### ***(“The Egg”)***

* Based on the books 'Little Polar Bear' by Hans De Beer.
* Designs by Hans De Beer and Theo Kerp.
* Scripts by Birgit Quastenberg, Josef Schnelle and Hans De Beer.
* Animation by Sinah Gungor.
* Music by Manfred Schoof.
* Voices by Sue Sheridan and Jimmy Hibbert.
* Executive Producer: Siegmund Grewenig.
* Directed by Theo Kerp.
* Sound by Robert Ash for 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.

#### **The Animals of Farthing Wood**

##### ***("Adventures of Fox")***

* Written by Valerie Georgeson.
* Based upon the series of books about the Animals of Farthing Wood by Colin Dann.
* Voices by Ron Moody, Pamela Keevil Kral, Jeremy Barrett,
Sally Grace, Rupert Farley and Stacey Jefferson.
* Music composed by Detlev Kühne.
* Recorded by WDR Orchestra KRO Cologne.
* Directed by Elphin Lloyd-Jones and Philippe Leclerc.
* Storyboard by
* Backgrounds by
* Layouts by Patrick Michel, Peter See and Gérad Kiszel.
* Animation by
* Assistant Animators:
* Trace & Paint by
* Checking by Anne Kotch, Andrew Ryder, Isabelle Perrichan and Claire Williams.
* Rostrum Camera by Chris Williams, Jean-Paul Rossard, Jacques Armand and Yves Francon.
* Production Managers: Ann Goodall and Jean-Paul Gaspari.
* Production Co-ordination by Margan Francis, David Thwaytes, Gavin Nicholls and Dominque Simon.
* Production Finance and Administration:
* Film Editing by John Daniels, Ken Morgan and Tom Oliver.
* Voice Recordings by Phil Crook and recorded at Wild Tracks.
* Dubbing Mixed by Peter Smith and recorded at Cinelingual Sound Studios.
* Creative Co-ordinator: Fiona Keene.
* Titles Designed by Elphin Lloyd-Jones and Philippe Leclerc.
* Titles Camera by Filmfex.
* Titles Video by Crow Film & Television.
* Film Processes:
* Neg Cutting by
* Telecine and Video by Video Time.
* Series Produced by John M. Mills.
* Production by Telemagination (London) and La Fabrique (Montpellier).
* EBU Co-ordinator: Marie-Claire Vionnet.
* Executive Producers: Theresa Plummer-Andrews (BBC) and Enrico Platter (WDR).
* Productions for European Broadcasting Union: ORF (Austria), BRT & RTBF (Belgium), HRTV (Croatia),
DR (Denmark), YLE/2 & YLE/FST (Finland), A2F (France), ARD/WDR (Germany), RTE (Ireland), RAI (Italy),
NOS (Netherlands), NRK (Norway), TVE (Spain), SVT (Sweden), SRG, TSI & SSR (Switzerland), TRT (Turkey)
and BBC (United Kingdom). With the support of European Cinema & Television Year.
* © European Broadcasting Union 1992.

## Opening

1. BBC Video Tracking Control Warning (1991-1997)
2. BBC Video Copyright Warning (1991-1997) (1995-1997 Version)
3. 1991-1997 BBC Video Ident (Opening Version)
4. The Greatest BBC Children's Video Ever! Title Card
5. Fireman Sam Opening Titles
6. Start of Fireman Sam: Spot of Bother (1990)

## Closing

1. End of The Animals of Farthing Wood: The Adventures of Fox (1992)
2. The Animals of Farthing Wood Closing Credits
3. 1991-1997 BBC Video Ident (Closing Version With 1995 Copyright Stamp) (Version 2)
4. BBC Video Copyright Warning (1991-1997) (1995-1997 Version)