The Greatest BBC Children's Video Ever!

### Rating

**The Greatest BBC Children's Video Ever!** was released on video on 18th September 1995 by BBC Worldwide Ltd in the UK.

## 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
(From "*Fireman Sam: Spot of Bother and Five other Stories*" - BBCV 5466).
2. **Pingu:** Pingu's New Kite
(From "*Pingu the Photographer*" - BBCV 5380).
3. **Spider!:** Spider in the Bath
(From "*Spider!*" - BBCV 4753).
4. **William's Wish Wellingtons:** William the Conkeror
(From "*William and Barksure*" - BBCV 5666)
5. **The Clangers:** Fishing
(From "*Clangers*" - BBCV 4374).
6. **Nursery Rhyme Time**
(Excerpt with four songs: 1. 'The Wheels on the Bus', 2. 'London's Burning', 3. 'Do you Know the Muffin Man?'
and 4- 'Old MacDonald Had a Farm' which are taken from "*Nursery Rhyme Time*" - BBCV 5381).
7. **Noddy:** Noddy and the Special Key
(From "*Noddy 3: Noddy and the Milkman*" - BBCV 5129).
8. **Funnybones:** Bumps in the Night
(From "*Funnybones: Bumps in the Night*" - BBCV 4871).
9. **Hairy Jeremy:** Ice To See You
(From "*Hairy Jeremy: Zero Hero*" - BBCV 5684).
10. **Little Polar Bear:** The Egg
(From "*The Little Polar Bear: The Ice Floe*" - BBCV 5386).
11. **The Animals of Farthing Wood:** Adventures of Fox
(From "*The Animals of Farthing Wood*" - 1. BBCV 5114 and 2. BBCV 5128).

## 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.
* Assited by Mike Young.
* Written by Nia Ceidiog.
* Sets by Beverley Knowlden, Linda Thodesen, Janice Shakespeare and Barry Zafar.
* Vechicles by Brain 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. Blue Warning Screen (1995-2004)
2. National Captioning Institute Warning Screen (1995-1996)
3. Video Piracy Warning [announced by Tony Robinson]
4. Coming to a Cinema Near You (1995-1996) [announced by Tony Robinson]
5. Brickules Trailer (Behind the Scenes) [announced by Don LaFontaine]
6. Coming Soon from Shires Videos [announced by Tony Robinson]
7. Galaxyit Trailer [announced by Tony Robinson]
8. Available Now on Shires Videos [announced by Tony Robinson]
9. Bubocchio Trailer [announced by Tony Robinson]
10. The Africa King Trailer [announced by Tony Robinson]
11. VSC U Warning (Pentagon Home Video) [announced by Floella Benjamin]
12. Stay Tuned (1993-1996) [announced by Tony Robinson]
13. Shires Videos Ident (1995-2001)
14. The Greatest Children's BBC Video Ever! Title Card
15. Fireman Sam Opening Titles
16. 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. Also Available from Shires Videos [announced by Tony Robinson]
4. The French Cats Trailer [announced by Bernard Cribbins]
5. Michael Shires Classics Children's Trailer From 1994 with clips of "Mary Peppers", "Sarah in Grouchland", "Dumber", "Octopus's Garden" and "The Sword in the Castle" [announced by Tony Robinson]
6. Watch out for Future Releases from Shires Videos [announced by Tony Robinson]