"rag doll called Madeleine. The wooden woodpecker bookend became the drily academic Professor Yaffle (based on the philosopher Bertrand Russell, whom Postgate had once met), while the mice carved on the side of the ""mouse organ"" (a small mechanical pipe organ that played rolls of music) woke up and scurried around, singing in high-pitched voices. Sandra Kerr and John Faulkner provided the voices of Madeleine and Gabriel respectively, and put together and performed all the folk songs. All the other voices (including the narrator and one out-of-tune mouse) were provided by Postgate, who also wrote the stories. The toys discussed"
"dyeing the material made a mistake and it turned out pink and cream. It was the best thing that ever happened,"" said Firmin. Madeleine the rag doll was made by Firmin's wife, Joan, with an extra long dress to hold their children's nightdresses, but Postgate asked Joan to make a new version as one of the characters. Gabriel the Toad was the only character in the series who could move freely without the use of stop-frame animation. Scenes featuring him playing the banjo and singing would have taken quite a bit of time if filmed with the stop-frame method, so"
"He could speak no English and was joined by Dog, who loved nothing more than bones and playing hide and seek and Arabella, a frog who would sometimes come across a little bossy but loved to try new things. The buddets were flowers who were known for their singing. Tiny was later joined by presenters Sarah Davison and Sophie Aldred, then-in 1999-a lifelike doll named Tammy (Tam). The last series was created two years later. In its day, TCC created some original programming. ""Connect 4"" and ""The Super Mario Challenge"" were popular tea-time quiz shows. Some other 'in-between' show segments"
"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"
"21-year-old adult dwarf actor named Master Gabriel (1882–1929), born Gabriel Weigel. Photos of Master Gabriel in the role show him very convincing as a child. Gabriel appeared in another children's-oriented play in 1908 ""Little Nemo"" and a return engagement as Buster Brown in 1913. It also featured famous animal actor George Ali as Tige. A Buster Brown radio series began in 1943 with Smilin' Ed McConnell on the West Coast NBC Radio Network. It included such characters as Froggy the Gremlin (""Plunk your magic twanger, Froggy!"") and Midnight the Cat (""What do you say to the kids, Midnight?"" ""Nice.""). McConnell"
"Gabrielle and the Doodleman Gabrielle and the Doodleman is a children's film, that was released in 1984 and directed and written by Francis Essex. It was produced by the Elstree (Production) Company Ltd and the Children's Film and Television Foundation. The story is about a wheelchair bound little girl who gets involved with characters from her computer game that help her though a difficult time. Matthew Kelly played a James Bond like character ""Doodleman"", with Eric Sykes as the Genie, Windsor Davies as the characters Ringmaster, Black Knight and an Ugly Sister. Prudence Oliver played the main character Gabrielle and"
"what the new object was; someone (usually Madeleine) would tell a story related to the object (shown in an animated thought bubble over Bagpuss's head), often with a song, accompanied by Gabriel on the banjo (which often sounded a lot more like a guitar), and then the mice, singing in high-pitched squeaky harmony to the tune of ""Sumer Is Icumen In"" as they worked, mended the broken object. There was much banter between the characters, with the pompous Yaffle constantly finding fault with the playful mice: his complaint, 'Those mice are never serious!' became his main catchphrase. However, peace was"
"in the show included: Dapple the Horse; Mabel the Cow; Stubble and Straw, the two mice; Columbus the Cockerel; Lucky Ducky; Colin the Coot; Millie the Moorhen; Fiona the Frog; and Harry the Heron. These characters had different personalities that range from mischievous to bashful. For this reason, there are times when they quarrel with each other and Brian the farmer served as the mediator. The puppets were created by the ""Hands Up Puppets"" company. Dappledown Farm Dappledown Farm was a British children's educational television programme, starring Brian Cant and a series of puppets. It started airing in 1990, with"
"Mary, Mungo and Midge Mary, Mungo and Midge is a British animated children's television series, created by John Ryan and produced by the BBC in 1969. The show featured the adventures of a girl called Mary, her dog Mungo, and her pet mouse Midge, who lived with Mary's parents in a tower block in a busy town. BBC newsreader Richard Baker narrated the episodes, with John Ryan's daughter Isabel playing Mary. The theme tune and other music for the series was provided by Johnny Pearson. This show was one of the first children's shows in the UK to reflect urban"
"The BJ and Dirty Dragon Show The BJ and Dirty Dragon Show (also called Cartoon Town) is a Chicago children's television program that aired on WFLD and later WGN-TV from 1968 to 1974. It starred Bill Jackson (the BJ of the title) and his puppets. Jackson had a program called ""Clown Alley"" on WBBM-TV which though critically praised did poorly in the ratings due to an early morning time slot. However, officials at WFLD, then an independent station, were impressed enough to offer Jackson a time slot opposite WGN's popular ""Garfield Goose and Friends"". While Jackson had portrayed a fictional"
"The Adventures of Dudley the Dragon The Adventures of Dudley the Dragon is a children's television series which aired in Canada on YTV and the United States on public television stations, through Tampa, Florida PBS member station WEDU. The show ran for five seasons from 1993 to 1997. It was a live-action show incorporating actors, full body costume characters (notably the titular dragon) and puppets. The story follows Dudley, a dragon who recently woke up from centuries of hibernation and his new ten-year-old friends Matt and Sally. The two kids would guide Dudley around the modern world and the trio"
"then puppets Morris Cog and Milly Sprocket (Nick Mercer and Michele Durler), who presented a segment called ""Morris and Milly's Numerical Melodies"", where they sang a song glorifying a particular number. Charlie often sang songs for them as well. The main body of the episode featured the characters finding different shaped pictures, which came together to form the title of a nursery rhyme or song, which was performed by the entire cast at the end of the episode. In later episodes (1995 to 1997) presented by Andy Hockley, the show featured Peggy, Poppy and Why Bird, who rode on the"
"the name of a show for children, with TV shows for young viewers. A plush mouse called Bino served as ""announcer"" between the different TV series often consisting of animated shows, which included ""He-Man and the Masters of the Universe"", ""Bobobobs"", ""The Raccoons"", ""Filmation Ghostbusters"", ""Around the World with Willy Fog"", ""The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin"", ""Alvin and the Chipmunks"", ""The Smurfs"", ""Fantastic Max"", ""Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics"", ""Saber Rider"", ""Queen Millennia"", ""Captain Future"", or ""Anne of Green Gables"". At the time, most of the other channels had a few weekly or daily series for children. Some channels had ""double"
"Elephant, Giraffe) (Little Kittens, Cuddly Bunnies, A Happy Dog) In 1997, four special VHS tapes were released under the name Tots Video. The four titles were re-released by Carlton Video in 2000 with the same titles. The four titles were: Tots TV Tots TV is a British children's television programme, produced by Ragdoll Productions and Central. The programme featured three ragdoll friends: Tilly, a French girl, with red hair and white skin, who speaks in basic French (changed to English in French broadcasts), Tom, a blue-haired boy with dark skin and glasses, and Tiny, the youngest Tot, who is smaller"
"Magic Boomerang"", an Australian adventure series, followed by ""The Adventures of the Terrible Ten"". This was replaced by the Canadian-made ""The Forest Rangers"" which was spun off to become a series of its own. Razzle Dazzle Razzle Dazzle was a Canadian children's television program produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation between October 2, 1961, and July 1, 1966. The series was initially co-hosted by Alan Hamel and Michele Finney who were later replaced by Ray Bellew and Trudy Young. There was also a cast of characters who appeared in every episode, most notably the puppet Howard the Turtle (John Keogh),"
"the Monkey, Maurice and Doris the Mice, Oswald the Ostrich, Sally the Sea-lion, Peter Pup the dog, Poppy the Parrot, Mr. Peregrine Esquire the penguin, and Prudence and Primrose Kitten. Willie the Worm and Zebbie the Zebra. A separate series of 15-minute episodes, ""Muffin the Mule"", was broadcast from 1952, with his signature tune ""We want Muffin"". Muffin became a television star, and a wide range of spin-off merchandise was made using the Muffin character, including books, records, games and toys. A die-cast movable puppet was produced by Lesney Products, ""the first toy to be marketed under licence as a"
"the Birds"" 8. ""Swine Song"" 9. ""Leapin' Lemur"" 10. ""Cat-Napped"" 11. ""Love Stinks"" 12. ""Egg Head"" 13. ""Super Size Surprise"" 14. ""Stinker"" 15. ""Whale of a Tale"" Skunked TV Skunked TV was a children's television prank show on ""Discovery Kids"". On this show, children are pranked by seeing animals do weird things (such as letting birds fly out a cage while the children are supposed to watch them and being blamed by the ""zoo keeper"" show hosts). The host is Madai Zaldivar and the co-host is Chuck Cureau. The series ran in 2004 but was canceled after one season of"
"Tales of the Tooth Fairies Tales of the Tooth Fairies is a French-German-British children's television programme created by Françoise Caspan. It was co-produced by Siriol Productions, Scott Dahls Productions, La Fabrique, and Les Films du Triangle, in association with JEP-Animation. It was aired on BBC1 from 7 September until 14 December 1993, along with ""Noddy's Toyland Adventures"" and BBC Two on 20 October 1994. In the series, Gisele and Martin are ""tooth mice"": mice who perform the duties of tooth fairies. When a child in need loses a milk tooth, the two mice (assisted by their friend Arthur), retrieve the"
"show is running on PBS Kids in a thirty-minute slot by combining two ten-minute shows with extra songs, features, and games. Music for this show is written by Lester Barnes, the composer for ""Horrid Henry"", ""Me Too!"", ""Paz"", and ""Urmel"".) The series was created by Douglas Wood, who is also the author of the companion children's picture book ""When Mama Mirabelle Comes Home"", published by National Geographic Channel Book. Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies is a British animated educational television series. Set in the African savanna, it focuses on an enthusiastic elephant named Mama Mirabelle, who travels"
"Mancini composed the theme music of the program and its animated title sequence. Dean Elliott wrote other music for the show. John Levin and Kerry McLane played Gerard and Ralph, the two boys. Alternating in the girl's role were Pamelyn Ferdin as Pam and Jerelyn Fields as Cindy. Barbara Minkus made a regular appearance as Gittle, a witch who magically appeared whenever someone said a phrase that included ""which."" Darwin, a chimpanzee, made his home in a treehouse on the show. Eunice, a seal who lived in a waterbed — literally a water tank shaped like a bed. Created by"
"time in the style of a late night talk show, on 17 March called ""Dolph og Wulff – med venner"" (Dolph and Wulff – with friends). The friends are a sex-crazed, English-speaking beaver named Rocco and an orangutan called ""Finn"". Rocco was actually created as a sex-crazed squirrel for the first season, but it was ultimately decided to not use him, so the Rocco puppet was used as Margit instead. In 2011, Wulff & Morgenthaler created a new TV show – the animated sitcom, 'The Pandas', which ran for 3 seasons. A Canadian-American remake of The Pandas is in production"
"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, without his knowledge Watch Dog keeps a lookout for things outside a window, and tells the time. The show also featured a character called Messy, a spin dryer made out of unused material, and Nosey, a camcorder who would show clips from the outside world. Gabrielle Bradshaw"
"1979, 1985, and 1994. It is a surreal puppet show, and has met a lot of criticism from child psychologists, teachers and others, mainly because of its total lack of logic and pedagogic intent. The reason for the almost ten year intermission, from 1985 to 1994, was that NRK (The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation) found the TV show to be unsuitable for children. The series consists of five episodes, of which the moffedille appears briefly in episode 1, and has major appearances in episodes 2 and 3. It is introduced as the protagonists, the repairmen Pompel and Pilt, sit down on"
"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,"
"Under the Umbrella Tree Under the Umbrella Tree is a Canadian children's television series created by Noreen Young that originally aired on CBC from 1986 to 1993. The show was produced by CBC and Noreen Young Productions, and also later by The Disney Channel which began airing the show on May 7, 1990. The series centers on a diverse set of main characters who share a house on Spring Street in a suburb of Ottawa, Ontario. The characters include Holly (a human), Iggy (an iguana), Jacob (a blue jay), and Gloria (a gopher). The show's title is derived from the"
"Hi Diddle Day Hi Diddle Day was a Canadian children's television series which aired on CBC Television from 1969 to 1976. This puppet show was set in the community of Crabgrass, with mayor Gertrude Diddle, Basil (a beagle), Durwood (a 900-year-old dragon), Wolfgang (a wolf) and Chico (a crow). The programme's songwriter, Wyn Canty, was featured in the role of a music teacher. The series was produced in Ottawa. Noreen Young created the puppets for the series and operated these with Johni Keyworth and Stephen Braithwaite. ""Hi Diddle Day"" was initially limited to the Ottawa, Montreal and Maritime CBC stations,"
"Kaj & Andrea Kaj and Andrea is a Danish children's television show about two puppet characters, a male frog named Kaj and a female parrot named Andrea. They sing, play and talk with the human presenters. The show ran on DR TV 1971–1975 (83 episodes) and again 1996–2007 (100 episodes). Andrea started out as a character on the children's programme ""Legestue"" and first appeared on March 8, 1971. Kaj was introduced to the show later on after Jimmy Stahr, the head of pre-school programmes at Danmarks Radio, had seen the American TV children's show ""Sesame Street"". He was generally unimpressed"
"and Tidyup""-esque sounds were made by analog synthesizers. Bump (TV series) Bump was a television programme aimed at young children, created by Charles Mills and Terry Brain (also responsible for ""The Trap Door"" and ""Stoppit and Tidyup""), produced by Queensgate Productions and originally aired on BBC1. It was a cartoon that featured an elephant named Bump and a bluebird named Birdie. The first series was aired from 14 September to 7 December 1990, and the second from 10 January to 4 April 1993. The two series ran a total of twenty-six episodes, each 5 minutes long. In 1993 there was"
"a 1993 ""Today Show"" segment featuring Uncle Traveling Matt, a series of on-set videos with creator Jim Henson, and all 13 episodes of """". It was released on September 25, 2018. An animated ""Fraggle Rock"" series aired for one season on NBC's Saturday morning lineup in 1987. The cartoon series introduced some Fraggles, Doozers, and other cave creatures exclusive to the series. Doc, Sprocket the Dog, Gobo Fraggle, Wembley Fraggle, Boober Fraggle, Mokey Fraggle, Red Fraggle, and Uncle Traveling Matt appeared in ""A Muppet Family Christmas"". Doc and Sprocket rent the farmhouse of Fozzie Bear's mother while she plans to"
"Brian, Zebras) (Penguin, Windy Day, The Hungry Nanny Goat, How Does Your Garden Grow, Wiggly Worms, Cleaning Windows) (Wobbly Jellies, Feeding the Ducks, Tom's Fast Food Takeaway, A Special Cake, Tom's Storybook, Baking Bread, Hippo) (Apple Picking, Kittens, Playground, Horse, Baby Party, Elephant) (Dentist, Owl, Rockpool) (Camping, Painting, Lovely Old Toad, The Big Wheel, Tom's Storybook, Balancing Surprise, Donkey Goes Missing, Paper Boats) (At the Beach, Trains, Rockpool, Owl, Dentist, Hedgehog) (Boing Boing, Lemur, Jumping Up and Down, Hopping Day) (Naughty Little Pigs, Sheep, Feeding the Calves, Three Little Pigs) (Tiny Leaves Home, Lost in the Supermarket, Dressing Up) (Mountain"
"Tumble Leaf Tumble Leaf is an Amazon Studios original series that premiered in 2014. It is a stop motion animated series for preschool-aged children and is based on the short film ""Miro"". Created by animator Drew Hodges (""Saturday Night Live"", ""Community"") and stop-motion studio Bix Pix Entertainment, ""Tumble Leaf"" features an anthropomorphic blue fox named Fig and his caterpillar friend Stick (both voiced by child actor Christopher Downs), along with other residents of the island of Tumble Leaf, helping preschoolers learn basic science lessons through playful examples. Additional regular characters include Maple (Brooke Wolloff), Rutabaga (Jodi Downs), Hedge (Landon Clay),"
"Mermaid"", ""Adventures of Pinocchio"", ""Caillou"", ""The Little Lulu Show"", ""Cat Tales"", ""The World of David the Gnome"", ""Spirou"", ""Anna Banana"", ""Diplodos"", ""Nutsberry Town"", ""Lucky Luke"", ""C.L.Y.D.E."", ""Jungle Tales"", ""The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures"", ""Pig City"", ""Wunschpunsch"", ""Sea Dogs"", ""A Miss Mallard Mystery"", ""Woofy"", ""Fred the Caveman"", ""Bob in a Bottle"", ""Jim Button"", ""The Tofus"", ""The Kids from Room 402"", ""Night Hood"", ""Flight Squad"", ""Ivanhoe"", ""Bumpety Boo"", ""Oscar and Spike"", ""Ocean Tales"", ""The Magical Adventures of Quasimodo"", ""Creepschool"", ""Mica"", ""Belphegor"", ""Zoe and Charlie"", ""Gino the Chicken"", ""Pet Pals"", ""The Twins"", Marsupilami, ""Wombat City"", ""Mona the Vampire"", Zoé Kezako,"
"one Dash can do tricks!"" Another pair of puppet friends were Professor Mopp and his blue dog Morgan. The Violinist and Counting Dots had a sidekick called Mr Domino (Peter Gunn, Stephen Cannon). The Dot who plays the drums was accompanied by Domino the Musical Monkey It was later replaced by the Roundabout Stop. Presented by Mr. Jolly. The show featured the musician, Charlie Grindle (Nick Mercer), who also appeared as one of the bus drivers from The Why Bird Stop, Bitsy Bob (Michele Durler), who played music and made things, and the initially Bella and Baxter the Numbears and"