WHSmith Christmas Favourites

**WHSmith Christmas Favourites** was released by Tempo Video and Tempo Pre School exclusively made for WHSmith on 6th November 1995.

## Description

This fantastic fun-packed video contains one hour of festive cheer, that can be enjoyed any time of the year. Delight in the antics of favourites such as Paddington, Mr Men, SuperTed, Bump and everybody's favourite bear Rupert. A super stocking filler, guaranteed to bring a seasonal smile to every child.

## Episodes

1. **Paddington's Christmas** - Christmas Day becomes considerably more lively in the Brown household when Paddington, the irrepressible bear from darkest Peru, discovers an unexpected gift in his Christmas pudding.
2. **Mr. Men and the Christmas Rescue** - The wicked Queen of Miseryland devises an evil plot to stop Christmas from happening. Will the Mr Men hang be able to save the day before it's too late?
3. **SuperTed Meets Father Christmas** - SuperTed and Spottyman discover that this year Father Christmas is stealing presents rather than bringing them! Oh dear! Has Father Christmas lost his marbles? Or could the dastardly evil Texas Pete be behind it all?
4. **Bump's Christmas Story** - It's Bump the elephant's first Christmas and he is very excited. He soon discovers there's a lot more to Christmas than he expected, which of course leads to some hilarious results.
5. **Rupert and the Missing Snow** - Something is not right, it's nearly Christmas and there isn't any snow! Why not? Even the barometer confirms that there should be snow! With the help of the Executive Assistant to the Clerk of Weather, Rupert sets off on a mission to see what has happened.

## Credits

These are the credits to these five programmes on this video.

#### **Paddington**

##### ***("Paddington's Christmas")***

* Written by Michael Bond.
* Music by Herbert Chappell.
* As told by Michael Hordern.
* Animated and Directed by Ivor Wood.
* Edited by Chris Wright.
* Sound by Peter Rann.
* Produced by FilmFair London. © 1975.

#### **Mr Men, Little Misses**

##### ***("The Christmas Rescue")***

* Painters: Pauline De Witt and Linda Mawson.
* Tracers: Angela Bristow, Chris Coates and Anne Ward.
* Animated by Janet Nunn and Rosemary Welch.
* Layout Artist: Janet Nunn.
* Production Assistant: Tracey Dean.
* Paint & Trace Co-Ordinator: David Pedley.
* Recording Studio by Silk Sound Studios Ltd.
* Film Processing by Technicolor.
* Dubbing Theatre by Studio Sound.
* Video Editing by SVC Television Ltd.
* Camera by Filmfex Services.
* Film Edited by Morgan Daniels Ltd.
* Production Co-ordinator: Andy Dixon.
* Music by Mark London.
* Character Voices by David Shaw Parker and Jill Shilling.
* Script Written by Bernie Kay.
* Directed by Terry Ward.
* Produced by Flicks Films Ltd.
* © TV-am Enterprises Ltd.
* © Mr Films Ltd 1991.

#### **SuperTed**

##### ***("SuperTed Meets Father Christmas")***

* Produced by Mike Young.
* Directed and Designed by David Edwards.
* Written by Robin Lyons.
* Based on the characters created by Mike Young.
* Film Producer: Roger Fickling.
* With the Voices of (in alphabetical order): Derek Griffiths, Peter Hawkins, Melvyn Hayes, Roy Kinnear,
Jon Pertwee, Victor Spinetti and Sheila Steafel.
* Key Animators: Les Orton and Chris Fenna.
* Assistant Animator: Lloyd Sutton.
* Inbetweeners: Toni Ardolino Burn, Gary Hurst, Steve John and Mike Price.
* Background Artist: Ian Henderson.
* Storyboard and Layouts by Andrew Offiler, John Perkins and Wayne Thomas.
* Editing and Sound Effects by Terry Brown and Charlotte Evans.
* Dubbing Studio by Mag Masters.
* Music Composed by Chris Stuart and Mike Townend.
* Arranged and Conducted by Mike Townend.
* Music Produced by Ambarel.
* Colour Mixed by Wendy Keay-Bright.
* Assistant Colour Mixer: Lisa-Ann James.
* Checkers: Sue Rider and Sara Markham.
* Special Effects by Graham Bebbington.
* Infotec Operator: Christopher Plummer.
* Trace and Paint Supervised by Philip Watkins.
* Trace and Paint by Ron Erikson, Fiona Fenna, Melania Hill, Valerie Howlett, Peter Jessett, Frank Koller,
Carol Leslie, Jacqui Miller, Sue Paton, Lorna Phillips, Samantha Reynolds, Philip Simmonds, Mike Stubbs,
Martyn Yates and Anna-Louise Roberts.
* Siriol Line-Test Camera by Nic Jayne.
* Rostrum Camera by Graham Orrin Rostrums.
* Film Laboratories by Studio Film & Video Laboratories.
* Made in Wales by Siriol Animation Ltd.
* Films © 1984 S4C.
* SuperTed © Mike Young and Petalcraft Demonstrations Ltd.
* Company: WALES4CYRMU (Sianel Pedwar Cymru).
* © W&G Industrial Leasing Ltd 1984.

#### **Bump**

##### ***("Bump's Christmas Story")***

* Stories by Christopher James.
* Narrated by Simon Cadell.
* Animation by Ian Whitlock and Terry Brian.
* Sound by Alan Scrase.
* Art Directed by Peter Corri.
* Edited by Nick Upton.
* Art & Music by Steve Augarde.
* 'Singing for Santa' by Sally, Jodi, Lucy and Camille.
* Executive Producer for the BBC: Theresa Plummer Andrews.
* Executive Producer for Abbey Broadcast Communications plc: Anne Miles.
* Directed by Terry Brain: CMTB Animation.
* Produced by Dennis Hooper.
* © Bump Enterprises Ltd 1993.
* An Abbey Broadcast Communications plc / Videal Producktions GMBH Production.
* © Abbey Broadcast Communications Plc / Videal Producktions GMBH 1993.

#### **Rupert**

##### ***("Rupert and the Missing Snow")***

* Written by David Finley.
* Storyboard by Gilles Cazaux.
* A Nelvana-Ellipse Production.
* Based on the Rupert characters from The Daily Express.
* Executive Producers: Michael Hirsh, Patrick Loubert, Philippe Gildas, Robert Rea and Clive A. Smith.
* Supervising Producers: Stephen Hodgins and Philippe Grimond.
* Produced by Patricia R. Burns.
* Directed by Dale Schott.
* Assistant Director: Gary Hurst.
* Story Editors: David Finley and Dale Schott.
* Creative Consultants: J. Nigel Pickard and Ian Robinson.
* Associate Producer: Neil Court.
* Program Consultant: Ian E. Miles.
* Voice Director: Debra Toffan.
* Casting Director: Jessie Thomson.
* Principal Voice Cast: Julie Lemieux as Rupert, Torquil Campbell as Bill Badger, Hadley Kay as Podgy Pig,
Guy Bannerman as Mr. Bear, Valerie Boyle as Mrs. Bear, Keith White as Algy Pug and Colin Fox as Professor.
* Production Supervisors: Steve Chadwick and Nicolas Pesques.
* Production Managers: Ruta Cubes and Laurence Pourtalé.
* Production Co-ordinator: Jocelyn Hamilton.
* Production Assistants: Caroline Simmons and Erica Strobel.
* Unit Manager: Kokila Jeffrey.
* Animation Supervisor: Al Jeffery.
* Storyboard Supervisor: Dave Quesnelle.
* Storyboard Clean-up by David Thomas, Vincenzo Natali and Dan Nosella.
* Storyboard Co-ordinators: Sue Conley and Shelly Theaker.
* Character Designed by Cynthia Ward.
* Designed by Andrew Hickson, Vincent Mommeja, François Perreau, Mark Boreal, Ross Campbell and
Tian-Xiao Zhang.
* Posers: Scott Fiander, Morgan Ginsberg, John de Klein, Tony Tulipano, Mike Tweedle, Alan Knappett and Lynn Reist.
* Animation Directors: Chris Schouten and Don Spencer.
* Assistant Animation Supervisor: Tony Egizii.
* Animated by Robert Shedlowich, Marc Sevier, Terry Pike, Jill Halliday, Eric Fredrickson, Bruno Lamat,
Olivier Le Discot, Eric Loussaut, Jean Michel Senasson, Graham Falk, Trish Stolte, Wendo Vanessen, Hana Kukal, Mike Fallows, Julien Grycan, Philippe Leconte, Joese Lemaire, Oliver Malric and Fernand Wallet.
* Colour Design by Karyn Booth-Chadwick.
* Backgrounds by Michael Doraty.
* Paint Supervisor: Mary Bertoia.
* Score by Milan Kymlicka.
* Music produced by Cantus Productions Ltd.
* Supervising Edited by Rob Kirkpatrick.
* Post Production Manager: Lan Lamon.
* Post Production Co-ordinator: Gregory Hutchinson.
* Supervising Sound Edited by Mac Holyoke.
* Picture Edited by Karen Lawrie.
* Supervising Dialogue Edited by Keith Traver.
* Supervising Sound Effects Edited by Jon Baktis.
* Supervising Music Edited by Stephen Hudecki.
* Supervising Pre-production Edited by Darrell MacDonald.
* Supervising Breakdown Edited by Rick Dubiel.
* Additional Production Facilities by Hanho Heung Up Co. Ltd, Le Studio Ellipse and Funbag Studios.
* Negative Cutting Services by Catherine Rakin Productions.
* Laboratory Services by Command Post and Transfer Corp., The Film House Group, Multitrack Digital, Inc., Studio 306 and International Image.
* A Canda - France Coproudction in Association with Scottish Television, plc and YTV Canada, Inc. With the participation of Telefilm Canada and Le Centre International de Cinemaématographie.
* Rupert Characters TM and © Express Newspapers, plc.
* Series © 1992 Nelvana Limited and Ellipse Programme S.A., the owners and the authors of the copyright in the film.
* Music © 1992 Nelvana Limited. All Rights Reserved.

## Opening (Original 1995 release)

* Tempo Video Warning Screen (1987-2002)
* A.H.E. - Abbey Home Entertainment/Tempo Video Ident (Later Variant)
* The Tempo Pre-School promo from 1995 [announced by Gary Martin]
* Fun Song Factory, A Day Full of Songs, A Day Full of Fun and WHSmith promo 1995 [announced by
Gary Martin]
* The Official Pre-School Playgroups Association Video Card (Long Version)
* W H Smith's Christmas Favourites title card
* Paddington's Christmas title card
* Paddington Season 1 intro
* Start of Paddington's Christmas (1975)

## Closing (Original 1995 release)

* End of Rupert and the Missing Snow (1992)
* Rupert closing credits (Long Version)
* Ellipse Entertainment logo (silent)
* Nelvana logo (1985-1999) (silent)

## Trailers and info

* The Tempo Pre-School video promo from 1995.
* Fun Song Factory, A Day Full of Songs, A Day Full of Fun and WHSmith promo 1995