"Wheeled toy licensee MV Sports & Leisure Limited produced a range of scooters and trikes. Play-doh made some dough that came packaged with an Igglepiggle-shaped cut-out. In spring 2008, several new toys arrived, including roll-along characters, Talking Cuddly Makka Pakka, Ninky Nonk Pop-up tent and more. Hasbro won the 2008 ""Best Licensed Toy or Game range"" Licensing Award for their ""In The Night Garden..."" range. In January 2009, a spokesman for the BBC confirmed that they had asked Hasbro to change the skin colour of the Upsy Daisy doll following ""a handful of complaints"". The doll was originally released with"
"Magpie (TV series) Magpie was a British children's television programme shown on ITV from 30 July 1968 to 6 June 1980. It was a magazine format show, intended to compete with the BBC's ""Blue Peter"", but it attempted to be more ""hip"", focusing more on popular culture. The show's creators, Lewis Rudd and Sue Turner, named the programme ""Magpie"", as a reference to the magpie's habit of collecting small items and also because of ""mag"" being evocative of ""magazine"" and ""pie"" being evocative of a collection of ingredients. The programme, made by Thames Television, was first transmitted on 30 July"
"an animated clip from ""Hotch Potch House"". Tikkabilla began in 2002 and was produced by the BBC's pre-school unit. Tikkabilla Tikkabilla is a UK children's television programme, shown on BBC One, BBC Two and on the CBeebies channel. The programme aims to educate pre-school children in an entertaining manner. The title ""Tikkabilla"" comes from the Hindi word meaning ""Hopscotch"", a popular children's game. Each programme is introduced by two adults and a small dragon puppet named Tamba, who resembles Spyro the Dragon in colouration. Tamba serves as the programme's naive child; the programme's educational content is introduced as the presenters"
"Tikkabilla Tikkabilla is a UK children's television programme, shown on BBC One, BBC Two and on the CBeebies channel. The programme aims to educate pre-school children in an entertaining manner. The title ""Tikkabilla"" comes from the Hindi word meaning ""Hopscotch"", a popular children's game. Each programme is introduced by two adults and a small dragon puppet named Tamba, who resembles Spyro the Dragon in colouration. Tamba serves as the programme's naive child; the programme's educational content is introduced as the presenters explain things to Tamba. Whilst Tamba appears in every episode, a team of presenters take it in turns to"
"Oliver Postgate Richard Oliver Postgate (12 April 1925 – 8 December 2008), generally known as Oliver Postgate, was an English animator, puppeteer and writer. He was the creator and writer of some of Britain's most popular children's television programmes. ""Pingwings"", ""Pogles' Wood"", ""Noggin the Nog"", ""Ivor the Engine"", ""Clangers"" and ""Bagpuss"", were all made by Smallfilms, the company he set up with Peter Firmin, and were shown on the BBC between the 1950s and the 1980s, and on ITV from 1959 to the present day. In a 1999 BBC poll ""Bagpuss"" was voted the most popular children's television programme of"
"Playbox (1987 TV series) Playbox is a British children's television programme for pre-school children aged 2–5, which was broadcast on ITV. It debuted on 31 August 1987, and aired through 18 September 1992. ""Playbox"" was produced by Central Independent Television. The programme was the first ragdoll television show to be made by ITV. It was created by Leslie Pitts, and Anne Wood who had just founded Ragdoll Productions. The show took place inside a red, yellow and blue box, with the main characters, Cat and Dog, being controlled by a puppeteer (Marcus Clarke) from inside the box. The puppets would"
"The Riddlers The Riddlers is a British children's programme produced by Yorkshire Television for ITV between 1989 and 1998. The series centred on Marjorie Dawe and the two Riddlers (small humanoid creatures, portrayed by puppets, whose main aim in life was to ""riddle things out"") named Mossop (voiced by Richard Robinson) and Tiddler (female, but voiced by Mike Gallant), who inhabited her garden at Riddleton End. It would later be revealed that Tiddler was an orphan and had no other next of kin, so Mossop adopted Tiddler as an infant. Tiddler was not the latter's real name, but a title"
"Pipkins Pipkins (originally Inigo Pipkin) is a British children's TV programme. Hartley Hare, Pig, Topov and the gang were the stars of ATV's pre-school series which ran from January 1973 to 29 December 1981. ""Pipkins"" was one of the first children's programmes on British TV where the characters had regional accents: Pig had a Birmingham accent, while Topov the monkey was a Cockney and Octavia the ostrich had a French accent). In 1972, the ITV network expanded its daytime broadcasting hours and the Independent Broadcasting Authority commissioned four of the main ITV companies to each provide a series of interest"
"draw pictures, tell stories, sing songs, and play jokes on one another (mainly typical slapstick). The puppets were voiced by Pat Coombs and Keith Chegwin. Playbox was part of the many other children's shows that would appear on weekday lunchtimes on ITV between midday and 12.30pm as well as ""Rainbow"", ""Rod, Jane and Freddy"", ""Allsorts"", ""Rosie and Jim"" and ""The Riddlers"". Episodes which were the chosen episodes from each series, In 1987 the first series of Playbox was broadcast for 13 episodes, In the 1988 series of series two there were 10 episodes, Another 10 episodes from series three in"
"Nick Kellington Nicholas Chee Ping ""Nick"" Kellington (born June 11, 1975) is a British actor and musician, best known for his roles in children's television series and the new Star Wars films. His television acting career began in 2007, when he portrayed Igglepiggle in the CBeebies show ""In the Night Garden..."". In 2010 he played Tang in ""ZingZillas"" also for CBeebies and in 2015, he took on the role of Dipsy in the reboot of ""Teletubbies"", previously portrayed by John Simmit before it went into a 14-year hiatus. Nick Kellington appeared in the 2016 ""Star Wars"" film ""Rogue One"" as"
"be taken up by other ITV franchises around the country. The show was hosted by Noel Edmonds with Keith Chegwin, John Craven and, from 1978, Maggie Philbin. Also featured was Posh Paws, a stuffed toy dinosaur. Edmonds once explained that his name was actually spelt ""Pohs Paws"", because that is ""Swap Shop"" backwards as suggested in the phone in by 5 year old Duncan Beck. Another person named was ""Eric"" (Ilett), the often-referred to but never seen technician whose job was to lower a plastic globe containing postcards sent in by viewers as answers to competitions. Eric performed a similar"
"HaBigbagim HaBigbagim (hebrew:""הביגבגים"") is an Israeli educational television program for preschoolers, which aired on the Israeli children's channel Arutz HaYeladim between 1998 and 2000. The big bugs are a five puppet Insects who broadcast in a TV station that they build. At The episodes of the show they talk and learn about colors, Imagination, friendship, responsibility etc. and also they sing songs. The names of the characters based by Jazz Musicians like: Dizzy (Dizzy Gillespie), Louis (Louis Armstrong), Ella (Ella Fitzgerald), Billie (Billie Holiday) and Chick (Chick Corea). The puppets were designed by Shai Charka, but the puppets were created"
"arched windows made famous by Play School are again used as a device to transport the viewer from the studio to the outside, real world. Location items, sometimes featuring the presenters and Tamba and usually including young children, introduce the wider world to the young audience. Tikkabilla features mini-series inside the programme, such as Bonny, Banana and Mo, Sami's Worlds, Summerton Mill and Higgledy House, the latter two of which were later shown as standalone programmes on CBeebies. Tikkabilla sometimes shows animated clips originally from other educational BBC programmes mostly from ""Words and Pictures"" and ""Numbertime"". One episode once showed"
"Popples (2015 TV series) Popples is a children's animated television series based on the Popples toy line produced by Saban Brands and Zagtoon. The series portrays the adventures of the comedic pals Bubbles, Sunny, Lulu, Izzy, and Yikes. It is an original series distributed by Netflix. The last ""Popples"" television adaptation to air was a 1986 animated series An amazing species of creatures that can pop into and out of a ball. The story is driven by the optimistic comedic enthusiasm of the BPP's (Best Popple Pals): Bubbles, Sunny, Lulu, Izzy and Yikes. Always wanting to help their friends, neighbors"
"Ripley and Scuff Ripley and Scuff is a children's programme that was produced for ITV's children's strand CITV, and originally aired from 7 January 2002 to 28 February 2003. The show is a spin off to the highly successful ""Roger and the Rottentrolls"". The show focuses Ripley and Scuff along with their sister Strid and their pet barguest Bargie visiting schools across the United Kingdom and wreaking havoc. At the end of the visit, Ripley's band ""Ripley's Rascals"" play the theme tune, with Ripley on the drums, Scuff on the guitar, Strid on the keyboard, and Bargie on the glockenspiel."
"Ripley and Scuff Ripley and Scuff is a children's programme that was produced for ITV's children's strand CITV, and originally aired from 7 January 2002 to 28 February 2003. The show is a spin off to the highly successful ""Roger and the Rottentrolls"". The show focuses Ripley and Scuff along with their sister Strid and their pet barguest Bargie visiting schools across the United Kingdom and wreaking havoc. At the end of the visit, Ripley's band ""Ripley's Rascals"" play the theme tune, with Ripley on the drums, Scuff on the guitar, Strid on the keyboard, and Bargie on the glockenspiel."
"Milkshake! Milkshake! is a British preschool television programming block on Channel 5, aimed at children two to ten years old. The block debuted in 1997 and is broadcast on weekdays from 06:00 to 09:15 and weekends from 06:00 to 10:00. The block has a number of presenters, and features a range of children's programming. Some of its current programmes include ""Peppa Pig"", ""Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom"", ""PAW Patrol"" and many more. From 1997–2002 and 2007–2016, Milkshake! also aired programmes for older children; afterwards, these programmes moved to Shake!, which used to run on weekends after Milkshake! When Five Life"
"toys. Most episodes contain a sequence of a shop. If Chris runs it, Pui comes as different nursery rhyme characters such as the Grand Old Duke of York, Little Bo Peep, Incy Wincy Spider, Little Miss Muffet, Old MacDonald, Granny Humpty and Twinkle the star. If Pui runs it, Chris enters as one of Humpty Dumpty, the Hey Diddle cow, Jack from ""Jack and Jill"", Pat the Baker, or Wee Willie Winkie. The format of the show is similar to that of ""Play School"" – the BBC programme from the '60s and '80s. Series one had 40 episodes beginning with"
"in Australia. Iggy Arbuckle Iggy Arbuckle is a Canadian animated series that premiered in Canada on Teletoon in June 2007. Based on a comic strip from National Geographic Kids, the show is created by Guy Vasilovich, and focuses about a pig (Iggy Arbuckle) who happens to be a forest ranger, known in the series as a ""Pig Ranger"". The plot involves Iggy's attempts to protect the environmental structure of the fictional Kookamunga National Park. It is produced by Blueprint Entertainment, in association with CORE Toons, National Geographic Kids, and Teletoon and distributed by Oasis International. The series is cancelled on"
"Binka Binka was an animated children's television series about the adventures of a fat tomcat named Binka, who frequently travels to three houses for three meals a day. The show aired from 2001-2005 (4 years, including repeats), running for twenty six five minute long episodes on weekday mornings. ""Binka"" had hit the headlines when it was flagged by ""The Daily Mail"", for its socialist undertones. Binka – The main character in the cartoon. This blue and white tomcat likes Suki, chasing squirrels, hunting, eating and napping. He does not like Spit, bathing or being annoyed by the squirrel. Suki –"
"the likes of Petula Clark. In this incarnation, each episode would end with the characters singing the Scaffold's hit ""Thank U Very Much"". At this point, there would be the only piece of spoken dialogue, which went along these lines: The characters enjoyed a brief revival in the 1990s, on the short-lived children's series ""The Pig Attraction"". A children's annual was also produced in the '60s featuring their adventures. The ""Pinky and Perky Show"" reappeared in an all-new CGI-animated television series on CBBC, beginning in November 2008 on BBC One. There are 52 episodes, each 13 minutes in length. Some"
"Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks (or Jakers in Europe) is an American-British-Irish computer-animated children's television series. The series was broadcast in the United States on PBS Kids. It was also broadcast in Australia on ABC Kids. The show chronicles the boyhood adventures of Piggley Winks, an anthropomorphic pig from Ireland, and how he relates these stories to his grandchildren as a grandfather in the present day. The story takes place on the Fitzpatrick's farm “Raloo Farm” in Skryne, County Meath, Ireland - where the Fitzpatrick family live in real life. The word ""jakers"""
"in United Kingdom. That show has a huge success in Israel, in result that show sold to several countries like United Kingdom, Brazil, Mexico, Portugal and Singapore. HaBigbagim HaBigbagim (hebrew:""הביגבגים"") is an Israeli educational television program for preschoolers, which aired on the Israeli children's channel Arutz HaYeladim between 1998 and 2000. The big bugs are a five puppet Insects who broadcast in a TV station that they build. At The episodes of the show they talk and learn about colors, Imagination, friendship, responsibility etc. and also they sing songs. The names of the characters based by Jazz Musicians like: Dizzy"
"by Mike and Matt Chapman. Many of today’s animated television series are produced using Macromedia Flash, inspired by both the comparatively low cost of production and the unique arrays of new animation styles that can be achieved through the medium, including ""Metalocalypse"", ""Being Ian"", ""Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends"", ""Kappa Mikey"", ""Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi"", ""Happy Tree Friends"", ""Astroblast!"", ""Odd Job Jack"", ""Little Einsteins"", ""Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!"", the BBC Three show ""Monkey Dust"", the Channel Four show ""Modern Toss"", ""Yin Yang Yo!"", ""Alejo & Valentina"", ""Angry Birds Toons"", ""Aaagh! It's the Mr. Hell Show"", ""Jake and the Never Land Pirates"","
"Monkey (character) ""This is about the advertising character. For the mythical Chinese character, see Sun Wukong."" Monkey (also known as The Monkey, ITV Digital Monkey or PG Tips Monkey, and often pronounced /'muŋkε/ in imitation of Johnny Vegas' Lancashire accent), is an animated puppet advertising character in the form of a knitted sock monkey. He was first produced by The Jim Henson Company via their UK Creature Shop, puppeteered by Nigel Plaskitt and Susan Beattie and voiced by comedian Ben Miller. Monkey has appeared in advertising campaigns in the United Kingdom for both the defunct television company ITV Digital and"
"""Screenwipe"" show to Oliver Postgate, and the way he influenced Brooker's own childhood, in an episode that was broadcast the day after Postgate's death. Oliver Postgate Richard Oliver Postgate (12 April 1925 – 8 December 2008), generally known as Oliver Postgate, was an English animator, puppeteer and writer. He was the creator and writer of some of Britain's most popular children's television programmes. ""Pingwings"", ""Pogles' Wood"", ""Noggin the Nog"", ""Ivor the Engine"", ""Clangers"" and ""Bagpuss"", were all made by Smallfilms, the company he set up with Peter Firmin, and were shown on the BBC between the 1950s and the 1980s,"
"Zokko! Zokko! was a BBC television programme for children that ran on Saturday mornings for 26 episodes of 22 min duration between 1968 and 1970. It was devised by veteran children's TV producer Molly Cox and newcomer Paul Ciani, and was ground-breaking in being the one of the first to use a fast-moving noise/adventure/fun pop art concept as entertainment. It featured a mixture of animations (e.g. Disney 'Fantasia' highlights/'Felix the Cat'/specially made sequences by Ted Lewis and Malcom Draper), music hall jokes ('Knock-Knock' etc.), short sequences using models set to music (e.g. marching band using World War I song ""I'll"
"and Jason Maverick presented as themselves for the first two series. From 1999, Milkshake! Presenter, Naomi Wilkinson was introduced as ""Pipper"" and comedian and pantomime legend, Andy Ford as Patrick the baker. Vo Fletcher appeared regularly with his guitar. All puppets were created by Hands Up Puppets. Havakazoo Havakazoo is an award-winning, British pre-school series which aired on Channel 5's Milkshake strand. It was one of the first original programs to air when it launched in 1997. The show centres around a puppet dog called Watch Dog and two fleas, Tic and Toc. The fleas live inside Watch Dog's fur,"
"The characters mostly speak short, repetitive phrases and each has their own special song and dance. The garden is a sunny, colourful environment and the music is jaunty and music box-like. Producer Anne Wood said: Each episode starts with a different child in bed, while the narrator introduces the episode. The scene cuts to Iggle Piggle, in his boat, travelling to the Night Garden. Then the camera pans up to the sky and zooms in, followed by blooming flowers. After the title appears under a hedge, either the Ninky Nonk or the Pinky Ponk appears. The episodes end with one"
"Cockleshell Bay Cockleshell Bay is a children's television series which was shown at lunchtime on ITV during the early 1980s. It was made by Cosgrove Hall for their parent company, the ITV broadcaster Thames Television. Other children's programmes in the same ITV time slot on the remaining four weekdays included ""Let's Pretend"", ""Jamie and the Magic Torch"", and ""Rainbow"" – the latter in which ""Cockleshell Bay"" began as a regular story feature (reflected in the rainbow design of ""Cockleshell Bay""s logo). Twins Robin and Rosie Cockle were the main characters. They lived at the Bucket and Spade guest house run"
"Tricky (TV series) Tricky was a British children's animated television programme that aired in the ITV Network's children's strand CITV on Saturday mornings from 30 August to 20 December 1997. It was the first live children's show hosted by an animated character - a talking dragon named Tricky. His co-host was a strange dragon-cat hybrid, who hatched from an egg in the third show, and was called 'Purrdy' because of a competition won by a 5-year-old girl from Dunoon, Leanne Campbell. Claudia Winkleman made frequent appearances on the show, and Tricky would usually call her 'Claudia Winklebottom'. The second edition"
"customers always ended up returning Magilla, forcing Mr. Peebles to refund their money. Magilla often ended each episode with his catchphrase ""We'll try again next week."" An adorable, admiring little red headed girl named Ogee, who asked, ""How much is that Gorilla in the window?"" during the show's opening theme song, appeared occasionally. In a send up of the feuding Hatfields and McCoys, an orange hillbilly cat named Punkin' Puss (voiced by Allan Melvin) is constantly chasing a hard to catch hillbilly mouse named Mushmouse (voiced by Howard Morris). Punkin' Puss' weapon of choice is a shotgun. Ricochet Rabbit (voiced"
"Bumble (TV series) Bumble is a New Zealand children's television series for children ages 2–7 featuring a magical bee. The title character is played by Jason Gunn. The series is produced for TVNZ by Gunn's wife, Janine Morrell-Gunn. It also features Bumble's friends: Peek, Boo, Anna and Fishy. The show officially started in 1999 and ended in 2002. Fishy is Maori, and known for his tagline ""Kia Ora Bumble"". Jason Gunn as Bumble, a bumblebee Chris Harding as Peek, a mouse Stephanie Liebert as Anna, a mouse Janice Bateman as Boo, a mouse Olly Ohlson as Fishy, a brown trout"