CHILDREN'S TV - DANGERMOUSE to DIANE'S PANDA PARTY
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UK / Thames-Cosgrove Hall / 145x15m-e / 1981-87
Creators: Mike Harding, Brian Trueman / Writer: Brian Trueman / Producers: Mark Hall, Brian Cosgrove. / Music: Mike Harding
Animated action adventure series. The cases of top secret agent Dangermouse, his assistant Penfold and their main adversary, the evil Baron Greenback.
Voices:- DAVID JASON as Dangermouse-Narrator-Colonel K / TERRY SCOTT as Penfold / EDWARD KELSEY as Baron Greenback / BRIAN TRUEMAN as Stiletto Mafioso
DANGERVILLE
UK / ITV1 / 10x30m / started 21 January 2003
Writer: Julian Kemp
A drama series made as if it were a reality game show in which the young teenage
contestants live in a town called Dangerville in which all the other inhabitants
are actors.
With:- ANDRE MAHJOURI / SARA KOHAL / FINN ATKINS / LIKE GELL / OLIVIA NEWTON /
SILAS-PAUL SIMPSON (as the contestants, whose character names are the same as
their own)
And:- GRAHAM FELLOWS as Mayor Crunkorn / DAVID MACCREEDY as Vinnie McFinney /
MARK LITTLE and RALF LITTLE as the commentators
DANNY PHANTOM
Nickelodeon /6 x20m-e / 2002
Animated fantasy comedy series.
14-year old Danny Fenton transforms into superhero Danny Phantom, where he
thwarts the misdeeds of menacing ghosts while facing the challenges of everyday
life as an ordinary kid.
DAPPLEDOWN FARM
UK / Channel Five-Meridian-United-Clear Idea / x30m-e / 1998-continuing
Producer: Vanessa Amberleigh / Music: Peter Gosling / Puppeteers: Marcus Clarke, Helen Smee, Joe Greco / Executive Producer: Catherine Kirkwood
Pre-school puppet fun down on the farm with various animals, presided over by Brian Cant.
DARIA
USA / MTV Networks / x25m-e / 1998-continuing
Theme Music: Slpendora / Producer: Susie Lewis / Executive Producer: Abby Terkuhle
Animated teen sitcom.
Voices:- KIKA BARRERA / GEOFFREY AREND / ALVARO J. GONZALEZ / TRACY GRANDSTAFF / WENDY HOOPES / JAMIE MERTZ
DARK SEASON
UK / BBC / 6x35m-e / 1991 14th
November - 19th December 1991
Writer: Russell T. Davies
Children's scifi drama serial. Two three part serials. In the first three teenagers discover a sinister plot for world domination by computer, and in the second tangle with a giant machine that is planning to take over the world.
With:- MARTINA BERNE as Inga / KATE WINSLET as Reet / BEN CHANDLER as Thomas / BRIGIT FORSYTH as Miss Maitland / VICTORIA LAMBERT as Marcie / GRANT PARSONS as Mr Eldritch / TIM BARKER as Dr Osley / CYRIL SHAPS as Mr Polzinski / ROGER MILNER as Headmaster / JACQUELINE PEARCE as Miss Pendragon / MARSHA FITZALAN as Behemoth / STEPHEN TREDRE as Luke
DASTARDLY AND MUTTLEY IN THEIR FLYING MACHINES
USA / CBS-Hanna Barbera / 17x20m-e / 1969
Executive Producers: William Hanna, Joseph Barbera / Music: Hoyt Curtain
Animated comedy. Dick Dastardly and his dog Muttley are determined to prevent Yankee Doodle Pigeon who is flying urgent messages on behalf of Uncle Sam. A spin off from The Wacky Races. Also (unofficially) known of as "Catch the Pigeon".
Voices:- PAUL WINCHELL as Dick Dastardly / DON MESSICK as Muttley-Klunk-Zilly
A DATE WITH...
UK / Granada / x25m-e / 1999
Entertainment. Occasional documentaries going behind the scenes with various pop acts. 1. B*WITCHED (Thursday 7 October 1999 - 4.35pm) / 2. ANOTHER LEVEL ( Thursday 21 October 1999 4.35pm) / 3. STEPS (Thursday 28 October 4.35pm)
THE DAY I SHOT MY DAD
UK / BBC1 / 1x25m-e / 1976 2 Feb - Mon 5.15pm
Writer: John Branfield / Producer: Anna Home / Director: Marilyn Fox
Children's comedy. A youngster tries to make a film despite his father's interference.
With:- DAVID FORD as John Carveth / MARK CASE as Peter / EDWARD HARDWICKE as Mr Carveth / ANNE CUNNINGHAM as Mrs Carveth
DEAR MR BARKER
UK / BBC1 / 15m-e / 1996-continuing
"Edutainment". A puppet dog explains to children (who have written in to him) how various things work. With Dave Chapman, Paul Hendy and Julie Westwood.
THE DECEMBER ROSE
UK / BBC1 / 5x25m-e / 1989
Writer: Leon Garfield / Director: Renny Rye
Period children's drama serial. In Victorian times a young Chimney Sweep gets caught up in a tangled web of intrigue and murder that sees him embark on a trek along Britain's waterways after he stows away on a narrow boat.
With:- COURTNAY ROPER-KNIGHT / TONY HAYGARTH / BILL WALLIS / IAN HOGG / PATRICK MALAHIDE as Mr Hastymite / JUDY CORNWALL / CATHY MURPHY
DEEPWATER BLACK
USA / Scifi Channel/YTV/ Empire/Sunbow / 13x30m-e / 1997
Creators: Jeff Copeland, Barry Pearson
SciFi drama series. A group of teens find themselves lost in space aboard the ship Deepwater Black.
With:- GORDON MICHAEL WOOLVETT as Reb / NICOLE DEBOAR as Yuna / JASON CADIEUX as Bren / KELLI TAYLOR as Gret / CRAIG KIRKWOOD as Zak / SARA SAHR as Lise / JULIA KAHNER as Gen
DEFENDERS OF THE EARTH
USA / Syndicated-King Features Ent / 35x20m-e / 1986
Producers: Margaret Loesch, Lee Gunther, Bruce Paisner
Animated SciFi drama series. Flash Gordon and his friends The Phantom , Lothar and Mandrake are determined to stop Ming the Merciless taking control of the Earth.
Voices:- BUSTER JONES / WILLIAM CALLAWAY / ADAM CARL / RON FEINBERG / LOREN LESTER / DIANE PERSHING
DEELEY DOES WESTLIFE
UK / ITV-Blaze-Zenith / 1x25m-e / 1999 20 December Monday 4.35pm
Producer: Sam Wilson / Director: Conor McAnally
Documentary. Presenter Cat Deeley spends two days in an Irish castle with young Irish band Westlife.
Canada / CBC / 42x30m-e / 1986
Creator/Executive Producer: Linda Schuyler
Sequel to the Kids Of Degrassi Street which focused on the lives of the students attending the Junior High of the title. See also below for Degrassi High and Degrassi Talks.
With:- Michelle Goodeve as Ms Avery / DAYO ADE as Bryant Lester 'BLT' Thomas / SARA BALLINGALL as Melanie Anne Brody / KIRSTEN BOURNE as Tessa Campanelli / STEFAN BROGREN as Archibald 'Snake' Simpson / DANAH-JEAN BROWN as Trish / DARRIN BROWN as Dwayne / IRENE COURAKOS as Alexa / CHRISTOPHER CHARLESWORTH as Scooter / TREVOR CUMMINGS as Bartholomew Bond / BYRD DICKENS as Scott / CATHY KEENAN as Liz / VINCENT WALSH as Patrick
DEGRASSI HIGH
Canada / CBC / 28x30m-e / 1989
Creator/Executive Producer: Linda Schuyler
More stories of Degrassi Street kids as they moved to high school proper with the stories moving on to take in love, romance, the future etc.
DEGRASSI TALKS
Canada / CBC / x30m-e / 1992
Children's educational series that saw former cast members of Degrassi Street travel around Canadian schools talking about the big teen issues Sex, Drugs etc. Cast members taking part included Angela Deiseach, Maureen Deiseach, Rebecca Haines, Neil Hope, Pat Mastroiannui, Maureen McKay, Amanda Stepto and Stacie Mistysyn.
THE DELTA WAVE
UK / ITV-Tetra / 10x25m-e / 1996 3 January - 6 March
Producer: Alan Horrox
SciFi drama series. Scientist Dr Ruby Munro takes two children with very strong psychic powers into her Department for Experimentation into Linked Thought Activity (the Delta of the title) and the trio have adventures that sees them travelling back in time as well as tangling with gangsters.
With:- ROBIN McCAFFREY as Dr Ruby Munro / ANIA SOWINSKI as Julia Stone / JOHN STRACEY as Ed Curtis
THE DEMON HEADMASTER
UK / BBC1 / 18x25m-e / 1995-98
Writer: Helen Cresswell / Books: Gillian Cross / Script Editor: Marilyn Fox / Music: Richard Attree / Producer: Roger Singleton Turner
Children's sci-fi drama series. A sinister headmaster with the power to bend people to his will just by looking at them has plans for world domination.
With:- TERENCE HARDIMAN as Demon Headmaster / TESSA PEAKE-JONES as Mrs Hunter / FRANCES AMEY as Dinah Glass / GUNNAR CAUTHERY as Lloyd / RACHEL GOODYER as Mandy
DENNIS THE MENACE
USA / x20m-e / 1986-88
Animated sitcom. The adventures of a mischievous but good natured scamp. Not the British character from the Beano comic
DEPUTY DAWG
USA / CBS-Terrytoons / 104x25m-e / 1960
Creator: Larz Bourne / Executive Producer: Bill Weiss
Animated western comedy. Extremely laid back Deputy Dawg keeps the town of Creekmud free of crime.
Voices:- DAYTON ALLEN as Deputy Dawg (Allen also performed the voices of"Muksie The Muskrat","Vince Van Gopher", "Ty Coon The Racoon","Alli Gator","The Sheriff" and "The Police Commishoner")
DEVIL IN THE FOG
UK / A-R / 6x25m-e / 1968 bw
Writer: Stanley Miller / Novel: Leon Garfield / Design: John Emery / Director: Michael Currer-Biggs
Period children's drama serial. A young boy gets involved in murky intrigue in Victorian times.
With:- NICHOLAS EVANS as George / MARTIN DEMPSEY as Salathiel Trent / MILTON JOHNS as Joseph / JOHN BASCOMB as Dr Newby / STEPHANIE BIDMEAD as Lady Dexter / JOHN MOULDER BROWN as Hotspur Treet / DONALD ECCLES as Rev. Mr Rumbold
DEXTER'S LABORATORY
USA / Hanna Barber-Time Warner / x20m-e / 1998-continuing
Theme Music: Thomas Chase, Steve Racker / Executive Producer: Brian A. Miller
Animated fantasy sitcom. Madcap inventor Dexter always finds his creations getting out of hand.
Voices:- CHRISTINE KAVANAGH as Dexter / KET CRESSIDA / JEFF BENNETT / KATH SOUCIE / TOM KENNY / FRANK WELKER
THE DIAMOND BROTHERS
UK / TVS-Red Rooster / 6x30m-e / 1991 26 March - 30 April
Creator/Director: Anthony Horowitz from his own novel South by South East / Executive Producers: J. Nigel Pickard, Linda James, Stephen Bayly / Producer: Richard Turner
Comedy crime drama series. Detective Tim Diamond gets involved in a murder case after being the man to hear the dying words of Jake McGuffin, Tim's brother Nick is the real brains though. Based on the film Just Ask for Diamond.
With:- DURSLEY McLINDEN as Tim Diamond / COLIN DALE as Nick Diamond / MICHAEL FEAST as Snape / GORDON WINTER as Boyle
DIANE'S MAGIC BOOK/ DIANE'S MAGIC THEATRE
UK / Yorkshire / 7x10m-e (Book) 26x10-15m-e (Theatre) / 1968-70
Executive Producer: Jess Yates (also directed some early episodes) / Designer: Ian McCrow / Choreography: Minnie Thompson / Music: Bryan Rodwell / Director: David Mallard (series 2)
Entertainment series mixing singing and dancing with animation. Starring Diane Mewse. Recorded at Leed's City Varieties. Magic Book wasn't networked and Magic Theatre ran from 9 October 1969 to 2 April 1970 (running times varied from show to show from between 10-15 minutes each) and featured such delights as re-enactments of Sleeping Beauty and the like (most shows featured the Roger Simpson Marionettes and Junior Showtime performers as well as the Richard Langford Puppets and Diane had two rabbit friends Bubble and Squeak)
DIANE'S PANDA PARTY
UK / Yorkshire / 13x25m-e / 1972
Entertainment series much in the vein of Diane's Magic Book (see above) again starring Diane Mewse.
