CHILDREN'S TV - FLIP to FURY
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FOLLYFOOT
FLIP
UK / BBC1 / 13x20m-e / 1991 25 Sep - 18 Dec Wed 4 20pm
Children's comedy series that concerned the activities of FLIP {The Federation of Lost International Property}, and taking place in a different far flung lost property office each time.
FLIPPER
USA / NBC-MGM-Ivan Tors / 88x30m-e / 1964-68
Creator/Executive Producer: Ivan Tors / Music: Ruby Raskin, Frankie Randall
Action adventure series. Sandy Ricks, son of Peter 'Po' Ricks of the Coral Key Marine Reserve befriends a super intelligent dolphin called Flipper. Based on the 1963 film of the same name.
With:- BRIAN KELLY as Peter 'Po' Ricks / LUKE HALPAN as Sandy Ricks / TOMMY NORDON as Bud Ricks / ANDY DEVINE as Hap Gordon / SUSIE as Flipper
THE FLOCKTON FLYER
UK / Southern / 14x25m-e / 1976 -77
Writer: Peter Whitbread / Music: Jugg Music / Producer/Director: Colin Nutley
Children's drama series. A family take over a run down train station and try to set up a regular train service, even though they face local hostility and are short of funds.
With:- PETER DUNCAN as Jimmy / CAITRIN STRONG as Jessica / GWYNETH STRONG as Jan / DAVID NEAL as Bob Carter
UK / BBC / 120?x15m-e / 1952-54 black and White
Creators: Freda Lingstrom, Maria Bird / Music: Maria Bird
Puppet series. Part of the Watch With Mother featuring the adventures of Flowerpot inhabitants Bill and Ben and their regular tangles with Little Weed. The pair had their own language which basically consisted of the two of them speaking the phrase "Flobba-dobba-flobba-lob".
Voices:- PETER HAWKINS / GLADYS WHITRED / JULIA WILLIAMS
THE FLUMPS
BBC / 13x10m-e
Stop frame animated adventures. Tales of a group of six strange furry people called Flumps, the family were:- Grandfather Flump, Father Flump, Mother Flump, Perkin, Posie and baby of the bunch Pootle.
FLYING RHINO JUNIOR HIGH
Canada-France-UK / Scottish TV-Nelvana-Neurones-France S.A.R.L / x15m-e / 1998
Creators: Flying Rhinocerous Inc, Big Daddy Inc / Theme Music: Alex Khaskin, George Axon, Ed Roth / Based on the Flying Rhino series of books.
Animated series with a slightly educational slant.
Voices:- RICHARD BINSLEY as Earl-Phantom / RON RUBIN as Raticus-Rod / ASHLEY BROWN as Billy / TERRI HAWKES as Lydia / TRACY RYAN as Ruby / TRACEY MOORE as Marcus
FOLLOW THAT DOG
UK / Southern / 6x25m-e / 1974 13 Nov - 18 Dec Wed 4 25pm
Writer: Michael Nelson / Director: Peter Croft
Children's sitcom. A blundering cop is able to solve his cases with the help of 'telepathic' dog.
With:- NORMAN ROSSINGTON as P C Fogg / PATSY ROWLANDS as Sgt Bryant / ANTHONY DAWES as Insp Bridges / NIGEL RHODES as Peter / JANET FRENCH as Rosie
FOOTBALL CRAZY
UK / Thames 'Funny Ha Ha' / 1x30m-e / 1974 31 May - Fri 4 50pm
Writers: John Esmonde, Bob Larbey / Producer: Ruth Boswell / Director: Vic Hughes
Children's comedy. The manager of Wormwood Rovers is sacked because of his players incompetence.
With:- BOB TODD as Arnold Smedley / MADGE HINDLE as Daphne / LIZ GEBHARDT as Carol
FOREST RANGERS
Syndicated / 104x30m-e / 1965-67
Music: John Bath / Producer: William Davidson
Adventure series. The members of the Junior Rangers Club of Indian River help Ranger Keeley as he tries to keep the area crime and trouble free.
With:- GRAYDON GOULD as Ranger Keeley / MICHAEL ZENON as Joe Two Rivers / GORDON PINSENT as Sgt Scott / ROLLAND BEDAD as Uncle Raoul / RALPH ENDERSBY as Chub / SUSAN CONWAY as Kathy / BARBARA PIERCE as Denise / DON MASON as Steve / GEORGE ALLEN as Ted / REX HAGON as Pete / PETER TULLY as Mike / BARBARA HAMILTON as Mrs Appleby / RONALD COHOON as Zeke / SYME JAGO as Gabi
UK / ITV Network (ABC Weekend Television) / 7x20m-e / 1966 Sundays. Broadcast: 9 October 1966 to 20 November 1966, inclusive. (6.15-6.35pm.)
Adapted by John Kershaw from the book of the same name by American author and illustrator Alexander Key.
The Forgotten Door was directed by Pamela Lonsdale, whom is also credited for Ace of Wands and Chocky, among others. Incidentally, Chocky – adapted from John Wyndham’s novel -- is also about an ‘alien’ who comes to Earth; a very different story but, nevertheless, equally satisfying.
Main ‘storyteller’ for The Forgotten Door was Betty McDowall -- who starred in the film Time Lock about a boy trapped in a bank vault) and also the 1964 HG Wells' film, First Men In The Moon. Other ‘voices’ in The Forgotten Door were by Murray Kash, Ann Murray, Aaron Shirley and Roger Snowdon. Drawings were by John Ryan, the man behind Captain Pugwash, while Colin Andrews did the set design.
Being shown at 6.15pm. on Sunday evenings, this often seemed to be the slot for a tea-time story, fantasy or adventure, maybe with a religious theme. In fact, there was a religious adviser to the series in Ian McKenzie. (This was obviously years before all-day or 24-hour viewing and, to put it into time context, well over two years before the Apollo 11 landing on the Moon. ) A check on programme schedules the following year, for example, showed that fantasy still fitted the bill for this slot – The black and white version of The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe was screened. -- MacAnakin
FOR THE CHILDREN
UK / BBC / 1937-39 1946-50 black and white
Early version of Watch With Mother hosted by Annette Mills and featuring the delights of dancing puppet Muffin the Mule. In the thirties the shows were presented on Saturday afternoons by Mary Adams. The very first episode was broadcast 24 April 1937. In the forties the programmes went out on Sunday afternoons.
FOUR FEATHER FALLS
UK / AP-Granada / 39x15m-e / 1960 black and white
Creator/ Producer: Gerry Anderson / Special Effects: Reg Hill
Puppet series. Adventures of Tex Tucker, sheriff of wild west town Four Feather Falls, with four magic feathers giving his horse and dog the ability to talk.
Voices:_ NICHOLAS PARSONS as Tex Tucker / KENNETH CONNOR as Rocky-Dusty-Pedro / DAVID GRAHAM as Granpa Twink-Fernando / DENISE BRYER as Ma Jone-Little Jake
THE FOXBUSTERS
UK / Cosgrove Hall-ITV / 13x10m-e / 1999
Devisors: Dave Freedman, Alan Gibney / Book: Dick King-Smith / Executive Producer: Brian Cosgrove / Producer/Director: Jon Doyle
Animated adventure series. A trio of chickens try to keep foxes away from their farm.
Voices:- WHOOPI GOLDBERG as Ransome / JOANNA LUMLEY as Sims / JANE HORROCKS as Jeffries
FRAGGLE ROCK
UK / ITV-Jim Henson Prod. / 85x30m-e / 1983-87
Creator: Jim Henson
Muppet style entertainment. A lighthouse keeper lives on the Fraggle Rock of the title with his dog and assorted Muppet characters who included Boober, Gobo, Red and Wembley. The lighthouse keeper was played initially by Fulton Mackay and later John Gordon Sinclair. There was, briefly, an animated version which ran from 1987-88.
FRANCIS STORM INVESTIGATES
UK / ITV Network (ATV) / 5x30m-e / 1960 (broadcast: 8 March - 5 April) black and white
Creator: Peter Elliott Hayes / Director: Grahame Turner
Crime drama series about the exploits of private detective Francis Storm.
With:- BRIAN WORTH as Francis Storm / WILLIAM SIMONS as Robin / ROBIN WENTWORTH as Sgt Pilcher
FRANKENSTEIN JR
USA / CBS-Hanna Barbera / x15m-e / 1966-68
Executive Producers: William Hanna, Joseph Barbera
Animated fantasy series. Young scientist Buzz Conroy creates a fifty foot tall robot Frankenstein to fight crime.
Voices:- TED CASSIDY as Frankenstein / DICK BEALS as Buzz Conroy
FREEDOM FORCE
CBS-Filmation / x20m-e / 1978
Combining two of Filmation created characters, Isis and Hercules, with two classic characters from literature, Merlin and Sinbad, and a new character, Super Samurai, the Freedom Force was one of the segments of the Tarzan and the Super 7 show (and was included in the Batman and the Super 7 show a few years later). Led by Isis, the Freedom Force operated out of a pyramid in the Valley of Time. By bringing their combined powers and skills together, the group did battle with both evil and misunderstood beings and creatures.
Voices:- Michael Bell as Merlin, Sinbad, and Super Samurai/ Diane Pershing as Isis/ Bob Denison as Hercules
FREEWHEELERS
UK / Southern / 104x25m-e / 1967-73
Producer: Chris McMaster
Children's adventure series. A group of teenagers get involved in stopping various international criminals (as you do!).
With:- GREGORY PHILLIPS(67) / CHRIS CHITTELL(67-69) / TOM OWEN / CAROLE MOWLAM(69-73) / RONALD LEIGH-HUNT / VALENTINE DYALL(70) / MICHAEL RIPPER(70-73) / WENDY PADBURY as Sue (1971-73)
THE FRIENDLY GIANT
Canada / CBC / x30m-e / 1959-66 (30 September 58 - 27 May 66)
Creator: Bob Homme / Producers: Michael Spivak, Dan McCarthy, Doug David, Ed Mercel
Entertainment in which the Friendly Giant of the title and his friends Rusty and Jerome told stories and played music.
With:- BOB HOMME as the Friendly Giant / ROD CONEYBEARE as the voice of Rusty and Jerome
FROM MICKEY TO INFINITY - AND BEYOND
UK / ITV-Walt Disney-Beuna Vista / 1x55m-e / 1999 24 December Friday 1.55pm
Writer/Producer/Director: John Bartlett
Documentary. A look at the history of animation taking in the beginnings of Mickey Mouse upto the latest computer animation techniques as seen in Toy Story 2. Presented by Neil Buchanan.
FRIGHTENERS
UK / ITV / 4x25m-e / 1997
A short anthology series of children's dramas with the emphasis on the supernatural.
FROM THE TOP
UK / Central / 12x30m-e / 1985-86 Mon 4. 45pm
Writers: Bill Oddie, Laura Beaumont / Executive Producer: Lewis Rudd / Producers: Michael Dolenz(Season 1), Paul Harrison & Peter Murphy(Season 2)
Children's sitcom. A middle aged bank manager chucks up his job to join a stage school.
With:- BILL ODDIE as William Worthington / MOYRA FRASER as Annie Jolly / MAGGIE RENNIE as Dolly Jolly / GAVIN FORWARD as Leslie Finsberg / CATHERINE HOLMAN as Janis Koplowitz / MICHAEL QUILL as Wayne Layne / JOIESE WALLER as Polly Jolly / STAN HOLT as Mr Spadley
THE FRUITTIES
Spain / D'Ocon Films / x15m-e / 1997
Creator/Producer: Antoni D'Ocon / Music: Josep Roig
Animated adventure. Fun and games with a group of Fruit based creatures living in a volcano.
FUDGE
USA / ABC-Amblin-MCA / 1x90m-e 24x30m-e / 1995 (7 January - 16 Feb)
Creator: Judy Blume / Executive Producers: Carol Monroe, Steven Spielberg
Sitcom. Nine year old Peter Hatcher tries to keep his younger brother 'Fudge' out of trouble. The 90 minute episode is a TV Movie called Fudge-A-Mania that immediately preceded the series.
With:- LUKE TARSITANO as Farley Drexel 'Fudge' Hatcher / JAKE RICHARDSON as Peter Hatcher / EVE PLUMB as An Hatcher (Mom) / FORREST WITT as Warren Hatcher (Dad) / NASSIRA NICOLA as Sheila / ALEX BURRALL as Jimmy / ROB MONROE as Henry
UK / BBC2 / 1990's
Sunday Morning children's magazine show that clocked up over a hundred episodes. Presenters included a pre Live and Kicking Zoe Ball, Gail Porter, Tim Vincent, Chris Jarvis and Kate Heavenor. See also the follow up show FBi (Fully Booked Interactive).
FUN FACTORY
UK / ITV / 1980's
Saturday morning entertainment, shown by ITV following the demise of TISWAS. Fronted by Billy Butler. Other presenters included Wilf Lunn, Gary Crowley and Martyn Day. Also on hand was Jeremy Beadle.
FUNGUS THE BOGEYMAN
BBC1 / 3x50m / started 28 November 2004
Book: Raymond Briggs / Adaptation: Mark Haddon / Director: Stuart Orme / Producer: Ian Whitehead
Based on a children's story by Raymond Briggs. The Bogeymen are a community of green human-size creatures who live underground in their own villages and are unknown to the humans who live up top. The Bogeymen delight in being dirty and their job is to go into humans' homes at night and mess things around and play tricks. The basic story is of a young bogeyman called Mould being seen by a human girl Jessica who follows him underground and finds out about their community. Made with mixture of live actors (humans) and computer animation (for the Bogeymen and their village).
With:- MARTIN CLUNES as George White / FAY RIPLEY as Jane White / CLARE THOMAS as Jessica / TOM GOODMAN-HILL as Tony / / CHARLIE HICKS as Tom White
Voices:- MAK WILSON as Fungus / JORDAN METCALF as Mould / FIONA HOGAN as Mildew / ALICE CONNOR as Mucus
FUNHOUSE
UK / ITV / x25m-e / 1990's
Entertainment. Two teams of two
kids compete in a series of challenges inside the Funhouse to win through to the
prizetastic end game. Presented by Pat Sharp with the twins Martina and Melanie
Grant. Also with the voice of Gary King. The concept of"Fun House" was
first seen in The USA as a syndicated kids tv game show in the 1980's. The
show was produced in Hollywood,Ca. and was hosted by former kid actor and
one of the youngsters who had Mc'd the very last version of "Wonderama!":
J.D.Roth.
The show had two kids(A boy and a girl) working with well known kid
performers and/or personalities in performing stunts and answering
questions in the least amount of time. For the chance of earning points,
winning prizes and gaining the opportunity of running thru "The Fun
House!". The show was seen in NYC on station(WPIX TV Ch.11) weekday
afternoons in the late 1980's before the series moved to The Fox TV
Network where it was seen Weekday afternoons under it's new
title:"The Fox Fun House" for two more seasons before the series
was cancelled. Roth would go onto host and/or create and produce other tv
game shows for kids:"Masters Of The
Maze","Zooventures","Off The Wall"(Mr.Roth
produced but he did not Mc:"Off The Wall!"and"Moolah
Beach". - Many thanks to Kevin S. Butler for extra information on
this entry.
THE FUNKY PHANTOM
USA / ABC-Hanna Barbera / 17x20m-e / 1971
Music: John Sangster
Spooky animated drama series. Cases of three teens and a colonial ghost turned mystery solver. Very similar in style to Scooby Doo.
Voices:- DAWS BUTLER / MICKY DOLENZ / TOMMY COOK / TINA HOLLAND / JULIE BENNETT / CASEY KASEM
FUN TIME
Canada / CBC / x30m-e / 1956-57 ( 5 July 56 - 1 February 57/ Thursdays 5.30pm then Fridays 5.00pm)
Producer: Roger Racine
Variety. Captain Frank (and his parrot Matey) have fun on his Fun Time Showboat. Other regulars included kids Alan Jack and June Mack along with magician Tom Auburn.
FURTHER TALES FROM THE RIVERBANK: See Tales From the Riverbank
FURY
USA / ITC / 114x30m-e / 1955-59 black and white
Action adventure series. A young boy living on a ranch has adventures with his horse Fury. The series is also known as Brave Stallion.
With:- BOBBY DIAMOND / PETER GRAVES
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