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BB3B
''BB3B '' is a British animated series produced by Tell-Tale Productions in 2005. The entire series consists of thirteen episodes of twenty minutes each. It was shown on CBBC in the UK and ABC Kids in Australia. It first aired in 2005. The show was created by Iain Lauchlan and Will Brenton, who also created and produced ''Tweenies'', '' Boo!'', '' Fun Song Factory'' and ''Jim Jam and Sunny'', while the show's characters were designed by children's book illustrator Mike Gordon. Plot The series centres on the life of twin children, a brother and sister, Lucy and Louie, and their fears about their new baby brother, Billy Bob. BB3B actually stands for Billy Bob 3rd Baby. The plot generally involves a circumstance where the twins suspect their brother as usual of being an extraterrestrial, and they go on a wild adventure trying to prove it and stop him from launching an invasion. The twins are babysat by Chubba, a teenage boy with a fondness for pizza. Chubba often goes along wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bis (Scottish Band)
Bis ( , stylised in all lowercase) are a Scottish indie pop band composed of Steven Clark (Sci-Fi Steven), John Clark ( John Disco), and Amanda MacKinnon ( Manda Rin), formed in 1994. The band's name, rhyming with 'this', derives from "black iron skyline", a lyric from the song "Twilight of a Champion" by The The. After releasing numerous EPs and three studio albums, '' The New Transistor Heroes'' (1997), ''Social Dancing'' (1999), and '' Return To Central'' (2001), the band broke up in 2003, but re-formed briefly in 2007 for a series of concerts. In 2009, they re-formed again and released the album '' data Panik etcetera'' (2014). In 2019, the band's lineup returned to the original core three-piece and released the album ''Slight Disconnects''. In 2021, the band self-released ''Low Level (A Return To Central Travel Companion)'', a CD consisting of previously unreleased material recorded during the ''Return To Central'' sessions. In October 2022, ''Systems Music For Home Defe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tell-Tale Productions
Wish Films is an animation and live-action studio, established by Will Brenton and Iain Lauchlan in 2006. It is the successor to Tell-Tale Productions, which was formed in 1994, first producing live shows, and later went on to produce TV shows. Most of Wish's catalogue when it was known as Tell-Tale Productions is currently owned by NBCUniversal (via DreamWorks Animation), with the exception of ''Tweenies'', which is owned by BBC Studios. The rights to ''Boo!'' have been owned by NBCUniversal since 2003, followed by the most of their shows in 2016. History As Tell-Tale Productions On 14 September 2001, Tell-Tale signed a deal with Gullane Entertainment for the production on two new shows, ''Ella'', and ''Sprogs'', with the latter company distributing the series. On 26 July 2002, the BBC picked up the UK broadcasting rights to '' Boo!'' for broadcast in September 2003. On September 1 that year, it was announced that Universal Pictures had acquired worldwide distribution rights t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Brenton
William Brenton is a British Television writer, writer, Television producer, producer and Television director, director who has worked in many areas of television and theatre, primarily through his companies Tell-Tale productions and Wish Films, both of which he founded with Iain Lauchlan. Together they gained six British Academy of Film and Television Arts, BAFTA nominations, as well as many other awards for their work together. They won a 2000 BAFTA, Best Pre-School Live Action. They first met as presenters on the BBC children's programme ''Playdays'', where they presented the Tent Stop together. From there they went on the write and appear in the pantomimes at the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry, from 1991 up to 2000. These pantomimes are still performed all over the UK today by Imagine Theatre. During that time they created and produced many of the UK's favourite TV shows for children, including ''The Tweenies'', ''Fun Song Factory'', ''Boo! (TV series), Boo!'' and ''BB3B''. La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boo! (TV Series)
''Boo!'' is a British pre-school animated children's television series created by Will Brenton and Iain Lauchlan, and produced through their company Tell-Tale Productions for CBeebies with Universal Pictures handling co-funding and worldwide television distribution, home video and consumer product rights. The series aired for a total of 104 episodes and one Christmas special; it was nominated for the British Academy Children's Award for Pre-School Animation in 2003. Synopsis The series centres on the titular character, Boo, who plays a game entitled "Boo!", which is similar to Hide-and-seek. He plays with his friends in a variety of settings and locations. The commentary is performed by adult male and female narrators and a chorus of children. During the game, three key objects and Boo's friends are located. After Boo is found three times, the children go over the key objects that were found. Boo and his friends come together, then a song is sung, usually about matching chara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eve Karpf
Eve Karpf (born 2 August 1947) is a British actress. Among her roles she was the voice of Weed for the 2001 ''Bill and Ben'' reboot. Early life Karpf was born on 2 August 1947 in London. Her mother is the Polish concert pianist Natalia Karp née Weissman (1911-2007), a Jewish refugee from the Nazis and Holocaust survivor. She was trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. She then attended University of Bristol to study drama and theatre, graduating with a BA in Drama and Theatre Studies. Career She was also the voice of Dennis's Mum and Matilda in the 1996 '' Dennis and Gnasher'' television series, Mrs. Bird in ''The Adventures of Paddington Bear,'' The Voice in the first series of ''Trapped!'' and Grandma in '' The Large Family''. Karpf also featured in several audiobooks, among them ''A Creepy Company'' who was praised as being "a marvelous performer whose storytelling talents keep the listener spellbound". She is known for being the voice of the Ferrero Rocher commerc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Martin (actor)
Gary Martin is a British actor. Career Martin's father was a singer, and his mother was an actor and extra. In 1975, he had acted in a few adverts by the end of school, but needed to get a proper job. He got a cabaret act together and started performing on a cruise ship at 17. In 1976, he made his debut in the West End theatre with ''Jesus Christ Superstar'' at 18 after a period of training at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He later moved on to other theatre roles in the West End, such as Rocky Horror in ''The Rocky Horror Show'' in 1979, the voice of Audrey II in ''Little Shop of Horrors'' in 1983, which he described as a "deep, black, Harlem voice"; ''Time'' in 1986, Munkustrap in ''Cats'' from 1987 to 1990, ''Miss Saigon'' in 1989, ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'' in 1990, and Vince Fontaine in '' Grease'' in 1993. In 1980, he narrated a trailer for '' Saturn 3''. Martin had been doing jingles and adverts, but started doing voice acting, includi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Entertainment Rights PLC
Entertainment Rights PLC (formerly known as Sleepy Kids PLC and SKD Media PLC) was a British multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate that specialised in television shows and cartoons, children's media, films, and distribution. In May 2009, the company was acquired by Boomerang Media and merged into its own subsidiary Classic Media. History Early history "Sleepy Kids" was founded by Martin and Vivien Schrager-Powell in 1989. It was created in order to produce '' Midnight Patrol: Adventures in the Dream Zone'' (''Potsworth and Co.'' in the United Kingdom), a children's animated series. Schrager-Powell's business partner was U.S. animation studio Hanna-Barbera. Within months of its founding, Sleepy Kids became a public company. It produced '' Dr. Zitbag's Transylvania Pet Shop'' and ''Budgie the Little Helicopter''. In December 1998, the company merged with The Richard Digance Card Company, Clipper Films and Ridgeway Films, and after these mergers, the company wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calon (TV Production Company)
Calon (Welsh for 'heart') is the trading name of Mount Stuart Media Ltd., a British animation television production company based in Cardiff, the capital of Wales, which primarily produced Welsh language, Welsh animated series for S4C. The company was formerly known as ''Siriol Animation'' and ''Siriol Productions''. History Calon was set up following the management buy-out from Entertainment Rights of Siriol Productions, when Entertainment Rights moved its head office to London. Most members of staff stayed in Wales to help re-establish Siriol as an independent production company. The deal included all rights to current productions and a few older titles, but the rights to most of the older series are now held by Entertainment Rights. The company eventually employed over 40 people and was a developer of talent in the Welsh animation industry for more than 30 years. Calon continued working on animation production, but expanded into live-action content for both the UK and inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teresa Gallagher
Teresa Gallagher is a U.S-born British actress. She is best known for her role as Nicole Watterson in the Cartoon Network animated sitcom ''The Amazing World of Gumball''. Career Gallagher is known for her role as Ellen Smith in ''The Bill'', for her appearances on radio in '' No Commitments'', '' Salem's Lot'', and '' Memorials to the Missing''. She played Sarah in '' Footballers' Wives'', and Alison Canning in '' Casualty''. She presented the Children's BBC show '' Playdays'', and has provided the voices for other children's series including '' The Mr. Men Show'', '' Alphablocks'', '' Numberblocks'', and '' Octonauts''. She has recorded redubs for several anime films such as '' Laughing Target'', '' X'', '' Bounty Dog'', '' Demon City Shinjuku,'' and '' Cyber City Oedo 808''. Gallagher later returned to do voice acting for anime with the English dubbed version of the TV series '' Ronja, the Robber's Daughter''. In 2003, she voiced Amalia, the female lead in Rita Dove' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tweenies
''Tweenies'' is a British live action puppet children's television series created by Will Brenton and Iain Lauchlan, and produced by Tell-Tale Productions and the BBC. The programme was focused on four preschool-aged characters, known as the "Tweenies"; Jake, Fizz, Milo & Bella, whilst playing, singing, dancing and learning in a fictional playgroup in England. They are cared for by two adult Tweenies; Judy & Max and his dog; Doodles, and later another dog, Izzles. ''Tweenies'' first premiered on 6 September 1999 on the BBC's children's block and consisted of a total of 390 episodes, with the final episode airing on 25 July 2002. Repeated episodes of the series aired on CBeebies from 2002 to 2016. In 2000, the show won a British Academy Television Award for Best Pre-school Live Action Series, and singles featuring exclusive songs spent several weeks in the charts during the early 2000s. ''Tweenies'' also released music in the early 2000s and achieved five top 20 singles on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
B Movies
A B movie, or B film, is a type of cheap, low-budget commercial motion picture. Originally, during the Golden Age of Hollywood, this term specifically referred to films meant to be shown as the lesser-known second half of a double feature, somewhat similar to B-sides in recorded music. However, the production of such films as "second features" in the United States largely declined by the end of the 1950s. This shift was due to the rise of commercial television, which prompted film studio B movie production departments to transition into television film production divisions. These divisions continued to create content similar to B movies, albeit in the form of low-budget films and series. Today, the term "B movie" is used in a broader sense. In post-Golden Age usage, B movies can encompass a wide spectrum of films, ranging from sensationalistic exploitation films to independent arthouse productions. In either usage, most B movies represent a particular genre: the Western ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manda Rin
Amanda MacKinnon (born 22 March 1977), better known by her stage name Manda Rin, is a Scottish singer, artist and songwriter. She is the singer, drummer and keyboardist of the Scottish indie rock band bis, later fronted the Kitchen and also released a solo album. She also co-hosted a radio show on BBC Scotland called ''Air''. Rin was the only person ever to appear in three of the line up rounds on ''Never Mind the Buzzcocks'': twice on the original run on the BBC, and once on the revival on Sky. Her first appearance initially unaired; one of the contestants on the programme was Russell Brand who, shortly after taping, became embroiled in a tabloid row after leaving messages on the answerphone of Andrew Sachs for his radio programme, resulting in Brand being banned from the BBC. Music career Bis In 1994, Rin, along with the brothers Steven Clark (Sci-fi Steven) and John Clark ( John Disco), formed the band Bis in Glasgow, Scotland. In March 1996, Bis performed their single "Kan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
