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FABLES
OF LA FONTAINE
Canada / CBC / x15m-e / 1958 (2
January - 3 July / Thursdays 5.15pm) black and white
Producer: Marc Gaudart
Series of fables utilising live
action animals in a Tales of the Riverbank kind
of way. The source material was the seventeenth century writings of La Fonataine.
THE FACE AT THE WINDOW
BBC1 / 6x25m / started 7 January 2003
Book: Vivien Alcock / Writer: Barry Purchese / Director: Graeme Harper / Producer: Josephine Ward
Drama about three children who hide a young escaped asylum seeker who was witness to the brutal murder of his family and is being hunted by
those responsible so the boy cannot testify to their war-crimes.
With:- ANGELO ANDREOU as Erri / NICA DE KOENIGSWARTER as Lesley / SIMON ANDERSON as Robert Harwood / EMILY GOODMAN-SMITH as
Victoria Harwood / TAM HOSKYNS as Kate Harwood / ANGELA DOWN as Amy
FAIRIES
UK / ITV-United-Hit-Cartoon Cymru
/ 1x90m-e / 1999 26 December Sunday 4.45pm
Writer: Jocelyn Stevenson /
Music: Colin Towns / Theme Performed by the Munich Symphony Orchestra /
Executive Producer: Kate Hawkes / Producer: Naomi Jones / Director: Gary Hurst
Fantasy animation. A pair of
children have an adventure in Fairyland.
Voices:- KATE WINSLET as Brigid /
DOUGRAY SCOTT as Fairy Prince / JEREMY IRONS as Shapeshifter / CLARA JANSON as
Nellie / FREDDY RIDGE as George / CHARLOTTE COLMAN as Merrivale / JANE HORROCKS
as Huccaby / JOHN SESSIONS as Chudley / JUNE WHITFIELD as Mrs Coombs / TONY
ROBINSON
FALCON
ISLAND
Australia
/ 9 Network-Excalibur Nominees-Australian Childrens Film
Foundation - Perth Institute of Film and Television / 26x30m-e / 1981
Writer: Joan
Ambrose / Music: Greg Schultz / Producers: Judith West, Paul Barron
Children's
action drama series. Adventures of a trio of kids on the island of the
title. The three, Kate, Paul and Jock, have ambitions to find the wreck of
the seventeenth century Dutch treasure ship local people believe sank
there. But just when they think they have proof of the ships existence the
discovery of a valuable mineral threatens to spoil the island and destroy
the wreck. The children's search for the ship becomes a desperate race
against time to save both it and their home.
Filmed on Rottnest Island.
With:-
FRANCESCA SHOESMITH as Kate / GREG DUFFY as Paul / JUSTIN HOLLYOCK as Jock
/ ROWENA HOCKIN /
BEVAN LEE / ALAN CASSELL
FAME AND
MISFORTUNE
Australia /
ABC / 6x30m-e / 1986
Writer: John
Jones (from his own novel) / Music: Kevin Hocking / Producer: Noel Price
Comedy drama
series. A teenager is determined to come up with money making plans (so
that he can buy a piano) but his ideas usually end up going awry.
With:- MYLES
COLLINS / JOHN FLAUS / MARIE REDSHAW / KYLIE MINOGUE / OLIVIA BELL / BEN
MENDELSOHN / MARTIN SHARMAN / PETER HOSKING / SYD CONABERE
THE
FAME GAME
UK / BBC1 / 6x25m-e / 1998
Documentary. The fortunes of four
children as they attempt to become famous. Narrated by Todd Carty. See also Justin's
Story.
THE
FAMILY NESS
UK / Ness Co Ltd Productions /
MAM / x5m-e / 1989
Creator: Peter Maddocks / Music:
Roger and Gavin Greenaway / Director: Jack Stokes
Animated fantasy comedy. The
adventures of a whole family of Loch Ness monsters and their two human children
friends.
Voices:- PETER HAWKINS / SUE
SHERIDAN
THE
FAMOUS FIVE
UK / Southern / x30m-e /
1978-79
Producer: James Gatward
Children's adventure series.
Contemporary version of Blyton's stories of four children and a dog battling
with all manner of crooks and villains.
With:- MICHELLE GALLAGHER
as George / JENNIFER THANISCH as Anne / MARCUS HARRIS as Julian / GARY
RUSSELL as Dick / TODDY WOODGATE as Timmy the Dog
THE
FAMOUS FIVE
UK /ITV-Zenith North-Portman-Frankfurter
Film-Tyne Tees Television-HTV- / x30m-e / 1997-98
Books:Enid Blyton
Period children's mystery series.
Adventures of four children and a dog in the 1950's where mystery and
crimes to solve seem to follow them about
With:- MARCO WILLIAMSON as Julian
/ PAUL CHILD as Dick / LAURA PETELA as Anne JEMIMA ROOPER as George / CONNAL as
Timmy the dog / CHRISTOPHER GOOD as Quentin / MARY WATERHOUSE as Frances
FAMOUS
FRED
UK / Channel Four-TV-S4C /
1x30m-e /1996
Writer/Director: Joanna Quin /
Book: Posy Simmonds / Producers: John Coates, Caitrin Unwin / Executive
Producer: Paul Madden / Music: Danny Chang
Animated fantasy. A laid back cat
leads a double life as a rock star.
Voices:- LENNY HENRY as Fred /
TOM COURTENAY as Kenneth / DAVID ROBB as Ginger / JESSICA LYNAM as Sophie /
DANIEL JOHN BARKER as Nick / MATTHEW MARSH as Dad / JOANNA QUINN as Mum
FANGFACE
USA / Filmways-Ruby Spears /
32x25m-e / 1979
Executive Producers: Joe Ruby,
Ken Spears
Animated fantasy sitcom. A young
boy drinks a magic soft drink that turns him into a werewolf, he uses his new
found 'skills' to fight evil.
THE
FANTASTIC FOUR
USA / ABC-Hanna Barbera /
19x25m-e / 1967
Executive Producers: William
Hanna, Joseph Barbera
Animated scifi. When their craft
passes through a belt of radiation, four are turned into superheroes each with
their own special power. The rock like Thing, The Torch, The Invisible Woman and
a man able to stretch himself into all kinds of shapes. Based on the Marvel
comic of the same name and revived in 1983 as The New Fantastic
Four.
FANTASTIC
VOYAGE
USA / TCF-Filmation / 17x20m-e /
1967
Animated scifi adventure. A group
of miniaturized scientists have to work their way around a human body. Based on
the 1966 film of the same name.
FAR
OUT SPACE NUTS
USA / TCF-Sid and Marty Krofft /
17x20m-e / 1975
Animated scifi comedy. A pair of
ill equipped ground staff find themselves accidentally shunted into space.
FAST
FORWARD
UK / BBC / 19x25m-e / 1984-87
Three seasons
Producers: Ann Reay, John Smith,
David Crichton, Trevor McCallum
Comedy. Sketch based show with
Floella Benjamin, Nick Wilton, Joanna Munro(seasons 1-2), Andrew Secombe
(seasons1-2), Robert Harley ( seasons 2-3) and Sarah Mortimer (season 3).
Seasons one and two aired on BBC2 at 5.35pm Wednesdays and then Tuesdays. Season
three aired on BBC1 on Wednesdays at 4.30pm
FAT
ALBERT AND THE COSBY KIDS
USA / CBS-Bill Cosby-Filmation /
x30m-e / 1972-79 / 84
Animated adventures of a group
of kids led by the eponymous Fat Albert, most of the action took place in
a large junk yard the kids hung out in. Other regulars included Weird
Harold, Rudy, Russell and Bucky.
Each edition (as well as featuring a song at the end) featured a well
meaning or thought provoking message to make the kids watching think.
Bill Cosby actually made a live action appearance in each episode
interacting with the characters. The shows original run was from 1972 to
1977 and then in 1979 it came back as The New Fat Albert Show (albeit much
the same as before bar the addition of an extra cartoon segment called The
Brown Hornet). In 1984 50 new episodes were made for syndication.
Voices:- BILL COSBY as Fat
Albert/ Mushmouth / Mudfoot / Dumb Donald and the Brown Hornet / JAN
CRAWFORD as Russell and Bucky / GERALD EDWARDS as Weird Harold / ERIC
SUTER as Rudy and Devery
FATHER
CHRISTMAS
UK / Channel Four-TVC-Palace
Video-GaGa-Blooming Prod! / 1x30m-e / 1991
Director: Dave Unwin / Book:
Raymond Briggs / Producer: John Coates / Music: Mike Hewer / Executive
Producers: Iain Harvey, Gower Frost
Animated fantasy comedy. A look
at what Father Christmas gets up to on the 364 other days of the year when he is
not delivering presents.
Voice:- MEL SMITH as Father
Christmas
FATHER
CHRISTMAS AND THE MISSING REINDEER
UK / ITV / 1x25m-e / 1998
Writer: Chris Allen, Jimmy
Hibbert, Jon Doyle / Idea: Gerry B. Sundquist
Fantasy animation. When Christmas
Eve falls Father Christmas is horrified to learn that his reindeer have
vanished, he enlists the help of a young friend to track them down.
Voices:- DAVID JASON / JIMMY
HIBBERT / SUSAN SHERIDAN
FBi
UK / BBC1 / 23x120m-e /
2000 (22 April - 23 September / Saturdays 8.45am)
Producers: Gail Hendrie, Simon
Parsons / Executive Producer: Claire Mundell
Saturday morning show. A kind of
continuation of the Sunday morning show Fully Booked
Fully Booked with the title now standing for Fully Booked Interactive, all the usual
Saturday morning ingredients were here including pop acts, celebrities and
cartoons (the X-Men and the Rugrats). The interactive element allowed kids the
chance to contribute via the internet, e-mail and the good old fashioned
telephone. Presenters were Keith Duffy (from Boyzone), Kate Heavenor and Vernon
Kay. The games were Don't Drop the Gonk (think Double or Drop from Crackerjack)
and See It Safe.
FEATHER BOY
BBC1 / 6x30m / started 16 March 2004
Writer: Peter Tabem
Drama serial. Robert Nobel, bullied at school, has his life changed when he meets a woman at an old-peoples' home on a school visit.
With:- THOMAS SANGSTER as Robert Nobel / SHEILA HANCOCK as Edith Sorell / RONALD PICKUP as Ernest Sorrell / LINDSEY COULSON as Annie Nodel / CAROLINE TROWBRIDGE as Catherine Fenn
THE
FEATHERED SERPENT
UK / Thames / 12x25m-e / 1976/78
Serial 1:21 Jun - 26 Jul 76 Serial 2:3 Apr - 8 May 78
Writer: John Kane /
Period children's adventure
serials. Young Empress Chimalma finds herself caught up in the machinations of
an evil priest in ancient Mexico.
With:- DIANE KEEN as Empress
Chimalma / PATRICK TROUGHTON as Nasca
/ RICHARD WILLLIS / BRIAN DEACON
THE
FERALS
Australia / ABC / 55x30m-e / 1994
Creators: Wendy Gray, Claire
Henderson / Script Editor: Bert Deleng / Puppet Design: Garth Frost / Theme
Music: Peter Dasent / Performed by Dave Dobbin / Producer: Wendy Gray /
Executive Producer: Claire Henderson / Director: David Evans
Puppet entertainment. The
misadventures of a bunch of highly strange animals.
Voices:- MICHAEL AYESA as Joe /
DAVID COLLINGS as Rattus / EMMA DE VRIES as Mixy / MAL HEAP as Modiylian-Keith/
TERRY RYAN as Derryn-Warren / KYLLE HOGART as Robbie / BRIAN ROONEY as Leonard /
KELLY WALLENWORK as Kylie
FERRY
BOAT FRED
Australia / ABC-Polka Dot
Production / 25x5m-e / 199?
Writer/Producer: John Pye /
Director: Mark Osborn
Children's animation about Sydney
Harbour Ferry Fred who has a Koala Bear as his skipper and a Pelican (called
Pete) as a deckhand.
FIDDLEY
FOODLE BIRD
UK / BBC-H.A.P.P.Y. / x10m-e /
1991
Creator/Producer: Jonathan Hodge
/ Theme Music: Jonathan Hyde, Bob Saker / Executive Producers: Theresa
Plummer-Andrews, Chris Ambler, Andy Taylor
Animated fantasy adventure. The
young son of a pair of explorers discovers a magic book, inside it is a picture
of the extremely rare Fiddley Foodle Bird, after making a wish upon a star the
bird comes to life and together the pair embark on a series of adventures.
Voices:- DENNIS WATERMAN as
Fiddley Foodle Bird / BRUCE FORSYTH as Narrator / KATE ROBBINS / JIMMY HIBBERT /
JONATHAN HODGE
50/50
UK / BBC1 (Scotland) / x25m-e /
1998-continuing
Executive producer: Claire
Mundell
Gameshow featuring two schools
competing against each other in a series of frantic games. Presented by Sally
Gray.
Christmas Special: 26 December
1999/ 9.30am / 1x25m-e Guests: Michaela Strachan, Philip Oliver and Adam Rickett.
THE
FINDER
Australia / ABC /
10x20m-e / 1992
Executive Producer:
Margot Phillipson / Producer: Ian Bone / Director: Scott Heysen-Hicks
Children's scifi
drama series. A young boy, Patrick, finds himself in a computerised world and
across time and agreeing to take part in a strange new game show for a TV
channel that doesn't exist.
With:- JERMEY
SCHWERDT as Patrick / JOEY KENNEDY / PENNY MACGRAITH / PATRICK FROST
FINDERS
KEEPERS
Quiz show in which two
teams of two children raid various rooms (the set being designed like a normal
house) in search of various objects. The USA version (started 1987) was hosted
by Wesley Eure. The UK version was hosted by Neil Buchanan. Finders Keepers is
also the name of a UK quiz show for kids hosted by Richard Stilgoe using as its
basis the game Battleships.
FINGERBOBS/FINGERMOUSE
UK / BBC / 13x15m-e / 1972
Writer/Producer: Michael
Cole
Pre-school series. The adventures
of paper puppets Fingermouse, Scampi, Gulliver the Seagull and Flush the
Tortoise. After being repeated numerous times until 1984 a new series then
emerged focusing only on Fingermouse. In this Fingermouse and presenter Iain
Lauchlan played various musical instruments.
FIREBALL
XL5
UK / ATV-ITC / 39x30m-e / 1963
black and white
Creator/Producer: Gerry Anderson
Supermarionation series.
Adventures of Steve Zodiac patrolling Sector 25 of the Solar System in his
Fireball XL5 rocketship in the year 2067.
Voices:- PAUL MAXWELL as Colonel
Steve Zodiac / GERRY ANDERSON as Robert the Robot / JOHN BLUTHAL as Commander
Zero / SYLVIA ANDERSON as Venus / DAVID GRAHAM as Professor Matic-Zoonie-Lt 90
FIREMAN
SAM
UK / BBC / x15m-e
Stop motion series in the style
of Postman Pat and concerning the adventures of Fireman Sam who in the words of
the theme song 'kept his engine quite clean'. Narrated by John Alderton.
FIRST
CLASS
UK / BBC / 1980's
Quiz show utilising early
computer technology.
THE FIRST LOOK
USA / NBC / x30m-e / October 16, 1965-April9, 1966
black and white (broadcast Saturdays at 12 noon)
Subtitled "Wonders of the World," this live New York
studio show starred folk singer Oscar Brand, who each week led the exploration of an educational issue, such as
the use of language, the debut's theme. Accompanying Brand in examining the topic at hand were three talented
youngsters—Jackie and Sally, both singers, and Neil, a dancer. The inspiration for the series was a group of books
by Jeanne Bendick. It died opposite the more entertaining Bugs Bunny Show on ABC.
Regulars were Oscar Brand, Neil Jones, Sally Sheffield, Jackie "Washington.
THE
FIRST SNOW OF WINTER
UK / BBC1-Link-Hibbert Ralph
Ent.
/ 1x30m-e/ 1998
Writers: Alan Gilbey, David Max
Freedman / Music: Mark Sawyer -Wade, Tolga Kashif / Producer: Jackie Edward /
Executive Producers: Theresa Plummer Andrews, Claire Derry, David Hamilton /
Director: Graham Ralph
Animated drama. A young duck has
an adventure after being left behind when all the other ducks migrate for
winter.
Voices:- MIRIAM MARGOYLES as Sean
/ DERMOT MORGAN as Voley / KATE SACHS as Puffin / SORCHA CUSACK as Mother / NEIL
McCAUL as Father
FIVE
CHILDREN AND IT
UK / BBC / 6x25m-e / 1991
Writer: Helen Cresswell /
Novel:E Nesbit
Period children's fantasy drama
serial. In Victorian times a group of children encounter a creature called a
psammead which is able to grant wishes
With:- CHARLIE RICHARDS / NICOLE
MOWAT / TAMMY ANDREAS / SIMON GODWIN
FIVE
O'CLOCK CLUB
UK / Associated Rediffusion /
120x30m-e / 1963-66 black and white
Twice weekly entertainment show
for pre-teens, shown Tuesdays and Fridays. Hosted by Muriel Young and Howard
Williams( later replaced by Wally Whyton). Puppets were featured with Ollie Beak
and Fred Barker. See also Lucky Dip of which this show is a continuation. From
1965 the series was known as Ollie and Fred's Five O' Clock Club. There was also
a show called Five O' Clock Funfair broadcast by A-R in 1965 and this also
featured Fred Barker and Ollie Beak.
FIX
AND FOXI
Germany - ARD-TV Family Ent-
D'OCon Film - Rolf Kauka / 26x20m-e / 1999
Creator: Rolf Kauka / Theme
Music: Rolf Kauka, Matthias Raue / Executive Producers: Wolfgang Heidrich, Peter
Hiller, Antori D' Ocon
Animated drama. The misadventures
of two young friends.
FLASHBACK
UK / HTV 'Dramarama' / 1x30m-e / 1986
Writer: Dennis Spooner /
Producer: Peter Miller / Director:rTerry Miller
Children's scifi drama. A young boy is mysteriously
transported back in time to the 1940's.
With:- DORIAN MacDONALD as Jeremy
/ CHARLOTTE CHATTON as Elaine / GRAHAM STARK as Simpkins / NOEL WILLIAMS
as Parminter
FLASH
GORDON
France-Canada /
Lancewood-Dupuis-Carrera-Media
Toon- Hearst / x20m-e / 1996
Devisor: David Corbett
Animated scifi adventure. Flash
Gordon once again does battle with the evil Ming The Merciless.
Voices:- LAWRENCE BAYNE / LEXA
DOIG / TYRONE BENSKIN / DANA BROOKS / ROB COWAN / ALLEGRA FULTON / SHIRLEY
DOUGLAS
THE
FLASHING BLADE
France / x30m-e / 1967
Story: Andre-Paul Antoine /
Writers: Andre-Paul Antoine, Andre Breal / Director: Yannick Andrei
Period drama series. Tales of
derring do with hero of the story Francois de Recci and his sword The Flashing
Blade of the title getting involved in all manner of adventures such as fighting
the Spanish, bandits and the like but still finding time for a bit of romance.
The first episode was transmitted in the UK on 31 March 1969.
With:- ROBERT ETCHEVERRY as
Francois de Recci / JACQUES BALUTIN as Guillot / DENISE GREY as La Comtesse /
GENEVIEVE CASILE as Isabelle de Sospel / JEAN MARTINELLI as Duke of Sospel /
MARIO PILAR as Alonso / GILES PELLITIER as Thorias / GERARD BUHR as Kleist /
GERARD DOUKING as Le Moine / FRANK ESTANGE as Ricardo / HUBERT NOEL as Flins
THE
FLINSTONES
USA / ABC-Hanna Barbera /
166x30m-e / 1960-66
Creators/Producers: William
Hanna, Joseph Barbera / Theme Music: Hoyt Curtin
Animated fantasy sitcom. In the
stone age town of Bedrock, Cobblestone Count, crane driver Fred Flinstone works
hard to bring home the bacon for his wife Wilma, daughter Pebbles and pet
dinosaur Dino. Fred's best friend was neighbour Barney Rubble who was married to
Betty, they too had a young child (adopted) called Bamm Bamm. Specials include
The Flinstones Comedy Hour(1980) , The Flinstones Comedy Show, The Flinstones
Meet Rockula and Frankenstone (1980), The Flinstones New Neighbors (1980).
Voices:- ALAN REED as Fred
Flinstone / JEAN VANDER PYL as Wilma Flinstone / MEL BLANC as Barney Rubble /
BEA BENADERET as Betty Rubble / GERRY JOHNSON as Betty Rubble(2) / DON MESSICK
as Bamm Bamm / MEL BLANC as Dino / JEAN VANDER PYL as
Pebbles
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