"Browne, Josephina Ray, Peter Hawkins Designs: Barbara Jones 1. Introduction (9 September 1955)<br>2. Boats and Pigs <br>3. Horse<br>4. Spotty’s Paw<br>5. Spotty’s Sheep<br>6. Spotty’s Joke<br>7. Dog Washing<br>8. Injured Bird<br>9. Bird Set Free<br>10. Twins’ Holiday<br>11. Soap Box<br>12. Baby’s Bath<br>13. Surprises<br>14. Show<br>15. Party<br>16. Buttercup<br>17. Belling the Cow<br>18. Hayfield<br>19. Horse Shoe (14 March 1958)<br>20. Steam Roller<br>21. Geese<br>22. Ducks<br>23. Pram<br>24. Dinner Bell<br>25. Sacks<br>26. Paper Hats The Woodentops was filmed in a tin shed at the BBC's Lime Grove Studios. The narrator/storyteller for all episodes, who also provided the dialogue for Mummy Woodentop, was Maria Bird who, typical of BBC presenters of the time, spoke with"
"The Woodentops (TV series) The Woodentops is a children's television series first shown on BBC Television in 1955. Created by Freda Lingstrom and Maria Bird, it featured on the Friday edition of ""Watch with Mother"" and regularly repeated until 1973. The main characters are the members of a middle-class family living on a farm. The aim of the programme was to teach pre-school children about family life. The children, Jenny and Willy, were twins. They spoke, walked and did many things together. Other characters included: Scripts and music: Maria Bird Puppeteers: Audrey Atterbury, Molly Gibson and Gordon Murray Voices: Eileen"
"BBC Children in Need Medley music video which reached No.1 in the UK singles chart. Daddy and Mummy Woodentop appeared in the video; Jenny appears on the front cover of the CD and DVD but not in the music video. The Woodentops (TV series) The Woodentops is a children's television series first shown on BBC Television in 1955. Created by Freda Lingstrom and Maria Bird, it featured on the Friday edition of ""Watch with Mother"" and regularly repeated until 1973. The main characters are the members of a middle-class family living on a farm. The aim of the programme was"
"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 Cant playing the character who did the storytelling. In the show's narrative, Cant's character Brian was the owner of the Dappledown Farm. For each episode, he introduced feature cartoons from a studio farm set. For example, in the first episode, Brian told the story of animals on the farm that hatched from an egg such as birds, snakes, and tortoises. Aside from the puppets, the show also integrated stories that involve real-life animals. Puppet characters"
"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"
"this magical cow's udders used to flow all the rivers on the mountain-side (the ""source of the seven streams"" lies to the southwest), was tricked by a hag, who, in place of a milk-pail, milked her into a sieve. The cow either died of grief or deserted that locality for ever. Another version has Lon Mac Liomtha as her owner. The herd was supposedly housed at the wedge tomb of Slievenaglasha. All that remains of this obviously once substantial ruined wedge tomb is a huge 3.5 m (11′6″) long wall slab on the northwest. The opposite wall and the capstone"
"Big Barn Farm Big Barn Farm is a British live action and animated children's comedy television series following the lives of four young animals on a farm which uses a combination of live-action and animation. It was produced by The Foundation and commissioned by Michael Carrington for the BBC children's channel CBeebies. It was narrated by Ben Fairman in the first series and Dave Lamb in the second series. The programme is set on a farm and follows the adventures of four young animals Petal the piglet, Gobo the goat, Dash the donkey, and Digger the puppy, called the Farmyard"
"Old MacDonald Had a Farm ""Old MacDonald Had a Farm"" is a children's song and nursery rhyme about a farmer named MacDonald (sometimes known as ""McDonald"" or ""Macdonald"") and the various animals he keeps on his farm. Each verse of the song changes the name of the animal and its respective noise. In many versions, the song is cumulative, with the animal sounds from all the earlier verses added to each subsequent verse. For example, the verse uses a cow as an animal and ""moo"" as the animal's sound. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 745. In"
"Forget Me Not Farm Forget Me Not Farm (also styled as ""Forget-Me-Not Farm"") is a BBC children's television series that was originally aired on BBC1 from 13 November 1990 to 18 February 1991. Set on the eponymous Forget Me Not Farm, the show featured a scarecrow who was played by the show's creator Mike Amatt, a pair of crows named Dandelion and Burdock, a tractor named Trundle, a pig named Portly, a cow named Gracie, a sheep named Merthyr, a tanker named Topper, and a mouse named Mrs. Mouse. All of the male animated characters were voiced by the British"
"on Welsh television series, notably the animation ""SuperTed"" and more recently ""Meees"", about a family of multicultural operatic sheep (""meees"" being the Welsh for ""baaas"", the noise that sheep make). Ceredig, who became a household name in Wales, was a gregarious man with a remarkable gift for forging firm friendships. A fan of sport in general, his overriding passion was for rugby, and for a time he served as chairman of Bridgend Rugby Club. He was also a devotee of the Turf, and at one period was the part-owner of a racehorse. Ceredig was married to Margaret, and they had"
"Blue Cow (cartoon) Blue Cow is a cartoon cow created by Blue-Zoo. She appeared on the BBC children's television series The Story Makers. The show was primarily shown on the CBeebies channel but has been shown previously on BBC Two. Blue Cow wonders what goes on in the outside world beyond her field. In each episode she wonders about something different. The other (black and white) cows in the field don't appear to have the same inquiring mind as Blue Cow as whenever she starts wondering they say, ""she's off again."" Blue Cow then boards a red double decker bus"
"farm, Footrot Flats, by his nature-loving neighbour Cooch Windgrass (Peter Hayden), local boy Rangi Jones (Rawiri Paratene) and Wal's niece Pongo Footrot (Fiona Samuel). Wal and Cooch are menaced by their unpleasant neighbours, the Murphys, comprising patriarch Irish (Peter Hayden) and his two sons Spit (Brian Sergent) and Hunk (Marshall Napier), who attempt to steal Cooch's deer and stag. When the Murphys buzz Wal's shearing shed from their ""deer slayer"" helicopter, Dog is stampeded into a sheep dip and starts to drown. This prompts a flashback sequence in which Dog recalls being given as a puppy to Wal by Aunt"
"of the priory, was converted into a house by the Cavendish family. The hall is a Grade II* listed building. As well as Bolton Abbey, the Cavendish family also own the Chatsworth (Derbyshire, England) and Lismore Castle (Waterford, in the Republic of Ireland) estates. In the early nineteenth century, a cow known as the Craven Heifer was bred on the Bolton Abbey estate. Weighing 312 stone (1.98 tonnes), and measuring 11 ft 4ins in length and over 7 ft in height, she to this day remains Britain's largest ever cow. The Priory Church of St. Mary and St. Cuthbert, Bolton"
"milk of a cow, and the water from two nearby wells. Her sister, St Dilic (whose church is at Landulph), settled nearby and the two would often meet along a certain path whose grass would ever afterwards grow greener than elsewhere. The cow was killed by the Lord of Trentinney after straying onto his land. He in turn is said to have been killed by Endelienta's Godfather, reputed to be King Arthur, after Arthur was angered by the deed and sent his men to exact revenge. However, Endelienta was said to be unhappy that Trentinney had been killed in her"
"Greenclaws Greenclaws was a children's television series aired on the BBC between 3 January 1989 and 7 February 1990. Greenclaws, played by Nick Mercer, was a big green monster who lived in a greenhouse. Every week, Iris would visit Greenclaws. They would put one of Greenclaws' fabulous seeds in a plant pot, put the plant pot inside a secret growing place in the Riddle Tree, wait for Owlma (a mechanical owl) to alert them that the plant was ready, answer three riddles/questions correctly from Owlma (which were always along the lines of ""Twit twoo, twoo, twit twit twoo?"" and then"
"(or farm buildings) for the farm tenants, a school with a schoolteacher and up to three lighthouse keepers' families. There is also an ancient burial site on the island. In the earlier part of the 20th century, a weekly postal service provided contact with the Mainland and fortnightly shopping trips to Deerness, allowing for weather. The farm boasted working horses, cattle and sheep - all of which had to be transported on the ""coo"" or ""cow"" boat. Birds' eggs provided a good supplement to the islanders' diet, and men were lowered over the cliffs on a special rope, or rowed"
"who likes to get into mischief with Buzz and his favourite food is sugar cubes, but also, like Winnie, loves carrots. Notably one of the few male animals on the farm. The Sheep - There are eight sheep who like to use strange non-animal objects such as helter-skelters, central heating systems, and baths. They also love to get into mischief and go into Matt's caravan when unwanted. Farmer Allsop - Runs the neighbouring farm to Farmer Fi's. He is mentioned many times, but made no appearances. Roly - Farmer Fi has borrowed Farmer Allsop's harvester twice when Wheezy wasn't available."
"TV series Gummidge had a set of interchangeable turnip, mangelwurzel and swede heads, each of which suited a particular occasion or endowed him with a specific skill. Worzel Gummidge is a scarecrow that can come to life on Scatterbrook Farm. Worzel stands in ten acre field. He befriended John and Susan who came to stay during the School holidays on the Braithwaites Farm. Worzel normally lands John and Susan in trouble when he is being mischievous, as he goes into a sulk and becomes a normal lifeless scarecrow. This leads others to blame the two children for the trouble Worzel"
"to each other. The female calls out the ""twit"" sound to which a male owl answers with a call of ""twoo"" www.childrensmusic.co.uk Greenclaws Greenclaws was a children's television series aired on the BBC between 3 January 1989 and 7 February 1990. Greenclaws, played by Nick Mercer, was a big green monster who lived in a greenhouse. Every week, Iris would visit Greenclaws. They would put one of Greenclaws' fabulous seeds in a plant pot, put the plant pot inside a secret growing place in the Riddle Tree, wait for Owlma (a mechanical owl) to alert them that the plant was"
"she studied the Dalcroze Eurhythmics music and dance method under Émile Jaques-Dalcroze in Dessau. Maria Bird helped found BBC Children's Television with her collaborator and partner Freda Lingstrom with whom she set up Westerham Arts, the production company commissioned by the BBC to produce TV pieces including ""The Woodentops"" (1955), ""Bill and Ben the Flower Pot Men"" (1952) and ""Andy Pandy"" (1950). Westerham Arts was based in Chartwell Cottage (owned by Bird and Lingstom and subsequently bequeathed to the National Trust). It neighbours the Chartwell Estate. Maria and Freda built a shed in their garden where their puppet films were"
"joined the lexicon. They wanted to create a ""coming together place"" where one could pick up daily necessities, have lunch with friends, and enjoy an English garden setting. Over the last 30 years the community has grown to include over 1800 residents, an award-winning country inn and restaurant (The Fearrington House), a cafe & bar, chocolate and wine shop, an independent bookstore, a home décor shop, plants and garden art shop and more. Belted Galloway cows, the village's iconic mascot, were added to the farm in 1983. The Fearrington House Country Inn is one of only two AAA five-diamond facilities"
"first meal is cooked and eaten: a leg of boiled mutton. As winter draws on, animal fodder and shelter is provided. Mangelwurzels are stored in a clamp and then chipped with period machinery to feed the cows. A pigsty is built upon a foundation of bottles to provide insulation and three young Tamworth pigs and a pregnant Gloucestershire Old Spot sow are housed there upon completion. A ram is added to the sheep flock and marked with a raddle to ensure that he impregnates all the ewes, so that they will lamb in the spring. A shire horse, named Clumper,"
"referred to as male). Turra Coo The Turra Coo (Doric for ""the Turriff Cow"") was a white Ayrshire-Shorthorn cross dairy cow which lived near the Aberdeenshire town of Turriff in north-east Scotland, in the early twentieth century. The cow became famous following a dispute between her owner, supported by local people, against the government over taxes and compulsory national insurance. Under the Liberal government of the 1910s, the Chancellor of the Exchequer David Lloyd George introduced a scheme whereby National Insurance contributions (by employer) became compulsory for all workers between the ages of 16 and 70. This was enacted via"
"do you know, I think her father was mistaken, and that she had.” “The Cow With Golden Horns” is a story of a farmer and his daughter Drusilla who have a cow with two gold horns. Drusilla and her father live in a small cottage, and Drusilla tends to the cow day and night so that they can sell her precious milk to those eager to buy it. One day, when Drusilla is watching the cow in the meadow, she dozes off and when she wakes the cow is nowhere to be found. Frantically looking for him, Drusilla crosses paths"
"The Woofits The Woofits is a series of children's books written in the 1980s by the British television and radio personality Michael Parkinson, best known for his TV chat shows. The stories featured the Woofits a family of anthropomorphic dog-like creatures who lived in the fictional Yorkshire coal mining village of Grimeworth (based on the real life Cudworth where Parkinson was born and nearby village of Grimethorpe). Most of the inhabitants of Grimeworth were woofits (and had the surname ""Woofit""), although humans also appeared in the stories. The four original books published in 1980 by Collins of London were In"
"Turra Coo The Turra Coo (Doric for ""the Turriff Cow"") was a white Ayrshire-Shorthorn cross dairy cow which lived near the Aberdeenshire town of Turriff in north-east Scotland, in the early twentieth century. The cow became famous following a dispute between her owner, supported by local people, against the government over taxes and compulsory national insurance. Under the Liberal government of the 1910s, the Chancellor of the Exchequer David Lloyd George introduced a scheme whereby National Insurance contributions (by employer) became compulsory for all workers between the ages of 16 and 70. This was enacted via the National Insurance Act,"
"the one in the twelfth-century manuscript at Winchcombe Abbey, with the following addition: after the murder and secret burial of Saint Kenelm in the Clent Hills, a cow came and miraculously sat at Kenelm's grave, eating nothing all day and returning each night with her udders full. Quendryda had forbidden her murdered brother's name ever to be spoken, and as the memory of him faded, God caused this cow to sit there so that his memory would not disappear entirely. Everybody in the district grew to learn of this cow's strange behaviour, the animal was closely observed, seen to sit"
"it through dendrochronology to c.1514. The houses and farm are presented as a ""working Tudor farm"". The farm keeps many rare breeds of animals including Mangalitza and Tamworth pigs, Cotswold sheep, Long Horn cattle, Baggot and Golden Guernsey goats, geese and birds of prey including a Hooded Vulture. Mary Arden's Farm Mary Arden's Farm, also known as Mary Arden's House, is the farmhouse of Mary Shakespeare (née Arden), the mother of Elizabethan playwright William Shakespeare. Because of confusion about the actual house inhabited by Mary in the mid-sixteenth century, the term may refer either of two houses. Both are grade"
"Meees Meees (Welsh for ""Baaas"", as in the sound of bleating sheep) is a Welsh-language children's television show from Wales. It is about a family of multicultural opera-singing sheep, played by performers in sheep costumes. It is shown on S4C, the Welsh equivalent of Channel 4. 52 episodes over two series of the 15-minute show have been made. The family run their own recycling plant from their home at Acropolis Cottage, and are headed by Costaaas, a male sheep from Greece, who is married to Baaalwen, a black Welsh ewe,(played by Tamsin Heatley) whom he supposedly met in a Milanese"
"BBC One Wales, the original team was commissioned to produce another series of four episodes. The decision was made not to alter the format, aside from having mini sketches of Rhod doing his homework before each role. This choice was based on the thought that it was not the format that attracted people, but Rhods interaction with 'real' characters and allowing them their own space to shine on screen. Farmer: City boy Gilbert found himself living with the Robinson family, who run a small organic farm in Llandysul, Carmarthenshire. For three days he lived in the farm house, mucked out"
"them. Meanwhile, Clem's mother returns with the sunlamp (having anticipated the unexpected cloud cover), places it over the eggs (unaware of the missing Clem), and starts knitting while the sunlamp takes over the sun's work. Over in the country, Clem comes across a pond (where he dips in his toe) and, despite being unable to see through the eggshell, leaps across the pond, thanks to a couple of stones and a turtle unexpectedly surfacing from underneath the water (though he wonders where the egg came from afterwards). Next, Clem comes across a farm and finds a cow fast asleep, deducing"
"works to improve the image and understanding of Ireland's farming and food industry amongst the general public. Domestic livestock kept in Family Farm include Greyface Dartmoor sheep, Cheviot sheep, pygmy goats, Tamworth pigs named Rose and Ginger, Australorp chickens, call ducks, Indian runner ducks, Simmental cows, a white rabbit named Roger and a Holstein Fresian cow named Bella. President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins opened the new Sea Lion Cove habitat in June 2015. Sea Lion Cove is home to the colony of California sea lions, three females Cassie, Florence and Seanna and one male Nico. The new saltwater habitat"
"(played by Chris Noel), the farmer's wife (played by Laura Wyles), the farmer's son (played by Reef Matthews), and the farmer's daughter (played by Katie Parks). Big Barn Farm was created and produced by The Foundation, which is part of the RDF Media group, the programme combines footage of real animals with animation. The visual effects were created by Ian Carley, at iCarley Media, and James Kearsley, at JK Studios, using 450 individual shots of talking animals. The Executive Producer for Cbeebies was Sarah Colclough. The set was created around a flint stable block and a barn which were not"