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Spider!
''Spider'' is a British musical animated children's television mini-series made by Hibbert Ralph Entertainment for the BBC, that was originally aired on BBC One from 26 September to 30 December 1991. It followed the adventures of a grinning, accident-prone spider, the protagonist, and a young boy (although the boy was only present in eleven of the thirteen episodes). The stories were told through song, and performed by Jeff Stevenson with his children, Casey and Holly, singing backing vocals. The styles of music featured in the episodes vary from rock 'n roll to haunting and melancholic tunes, and were produced by Rick Cassman at Triple X Studios. A BBC video entitled ''Spider! – I'm Only Scary 'cos I'm Hairy!'' (BBCV 4753), which contained all thirteen episodes, was also released in 1992. It was re-released on DVD in 2004. Reception ''Spider'' was generally well received by critics and viewers, with praise directed to the series' simple animation, music, humour and multi-gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William's Wish Wellingtons
''William's Wish Wellingtons'' is an animated BBC children's television series produced by Hibbert Ralph Entertainment (who had previously created ''Spider!''), which was originally aired on BBC One from 25 October to 30 December 1994, then moved to BBC Two from 24 December 1995 to 31 May 1996, and moved back to BBC One from 25 September to 13 December 1996. It was narrated by actor Andrew Sachs. It was later translated into Gaelic by Búrach Productions with a different narrator and shown as ' on BBC Two Scotland. It was shown in the United States as part of Cartoon Network's ''Big Bag'' (but, when ''Big Bag'' was remade by Yorkshire Television in the United Kingdom, it was replaced with ''Koki'' given that it was on ITV). The central theme of the series is not dissimilar to ''The Galoshes of Fortune'' (1838) by Hans Christian Andersen. Synopsis In the series' first episode, ''William and Barksure'', William decided to go outside to play in the ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YTV Jr
YTV Jr. (formerly known as The Treehouse) was a block on YTV for preschoolers that was launched in 1994 and aired weekdays until 2002. History When YTV launched, it had a block of programs for preschoolers with a focus on Canadian content. In 1991, YTV began airing host segments during the block featuring their PJs (Program Jockeys) and the Grogs (replaced by The Fuzzpaws in 1994). In 1994, YTV's preschool block received the name The Treehouse. While most of YTV's hosted blocks had one or two hosts, The Treehouse was hosted by one or two of three PJs, Katie, Krista, and/or Todd, and one of The Fuzzpaws. As the name suggests, it was set in a tree house. On Fridays, PJ Katie would act out stories with clay animals; these segments were eventually spun off into the series '' PJ Katie's Farm''. Following the launch of Treehouse TV in 1997, The Treehouse received new bumpers and a new set. YTV relaunched The Treehouse on September 7, 1998 as YTV Jr. The Treehouse host segments we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Namibian Broadcasting Corporation
The Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) (, ''NUK;'' German: ''Namibische Rundfunkgesellschaft, NRG'') is the public broadcaster of Namibia. It was established in 1979, under the name South West African Broadcasting Corporation (SWABC). History Radio was originally broadcast in English and Afrikaans via shortwave from the South African Broadcasting Corporation's facilities in South Africa. The SABC established a local FM transmitter network in November 1969, relaying Radio South Africa, Radio Suid-Afrika, and Springbok Radio, and establishing a number of services in native languages, including Radio Ovambo, broadcasting in the Kwanyama and Ndonga languages, Radio Herero and Radio Damara Nama. The introduction of Radio Kavango along the northeastern border with Angola followed in February 1976 in the Kwangali, Mbukushu and Gciriku languages. In 1965, the pro-independence movement, the South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO), began broadcasting a one-hour radio pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musical Film
Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the Character (arts), characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serve merely as breaks in the storyline, often as elaborate "production numbers". The musical film was a natural development of the musical theater, stage musical after the emergence of sound film technology. Typically, the biggest difference between film and stage musicals is the use of lavish background scenery and locations that would be impractical in a theater. Musical films characteristically contain elements reminiscent of theater; performers often treat their song and dance numbers as if a live audience were watching. In a sense, the viewer becomes the diegesis, diegetic audience, as the performer looks directly into the camera and performs to it. With the Sound film, advent of sound in the late 1920s, musicals gained popularity with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABC2
ABC Family is an Australian free-to-air television channel owned by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and part of its ABC Television network. The channel broadcasts a range of family and teen entertainment programming. The channel operates between the hours of 7:30pm and 4:00am AEST/AEDT daily. The channel's bandwidth is used for the ABC Kids channel for young children during the remaining hours of the day. The channel was launched on 7 March 2005 as ABC2. It was rebranded as ABC Comedy on 4 December 2017, with a format focused on comedy programming. On 1 January 2021, it was rebranded as ABC TV Plus and returned to a general entertainment format. In May 2024, it was announced that the channel would rebrand as ABC Family on 3 June 2024. History Origins The history of the channel can be traced back to 1998 when the Australian Broadcasting Authority released a report, titled ''Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcasting'', recommending that the Australian Government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edd The Duck
Edd the Duck (originally Ed the Duck) is a puppet duck featured on the CBBC interstitial programme ''The Broom Cupboard'' alongside presenters Andy Crane and Andi Peters History Edd the Duck first appeared in late 1988 with a bald head, which later received a green woolen mohawk made from an old ''Blue Peter'' 'Punk Teddy' by Mackay-Robinson. The character frequently expressed a desire to become a presenter on ''Blue Peter.'' His co-star and rival was Wilson the Butler, a character shown only through his visible arms. In 1990, Edd released a single titled "Awesome Dood!" and served as the official UK Olympic team mascot at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. During the 1990s, Edd had a fan club managed by Cravencross under Tony Hinchliffe, who held an exclusive license from BBC Enterprise. Edd the Duck appeared in various pantomimes and short films with actors such as Bill Oddie and Gorden Kaye. On Easter Monday 2009, Edd appeared on the CBBC Channel on Easter Monday 2009 alongside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andi Peters
Andi Eleazu Peters (born 29 July 1970) is a British television presenter, producer, journalist and voice actor, currently employed by ITV and known for presenting Children's BBC, roles on breakfast TV shows ''Live & Kicking'', ''GMTV'', '' Good Morning Britain'' and ''Lorraine'', and for hosting '' Dancing on Ice: Extra'' and ''The Big Reunion''. He competed in the first series of the ITV skating competition ''Dancing on Ice''. He appeared in the third series of ''Celebrity MasterChef'' finishing as runner-up behind Atomic Kitten singer Liz McClarnon. Career Television During his early television career, Andi Peters worked for ITV as a presenter for Thames Television and as in-vision continuity announcer for Children's ITV. He was taken on by the BBC in 1989 as a presenter on Children's BBC for ''The Broom Cupboard'', succeeding Phillip Schofield and Andy Crane. Peters was accompanied by Edd the Duck, a hand puppet with a green mohican but, contrary to popular belief, nev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Parkin
Simon Parkin is an English writer. He is a contributing writer for ''The New Yorker,'' a critic for ''The Observer,'' and the author of four non-fiction books. He is the host of the My Perfect Console podcast, in which notable guests present five video games that have been meaningful in their lives. Parkin has been the recipient of two awards from the Society of Professional Journalists. His book ''A Game of Birds and Wolves'' was shortlisted for the 2020 Mountbatten Award for Best Book. His book ''The Island of Extraordinary Captives'' was one of the New Yorker's Best Books of 2022, and winner of the 2023 Wingate Prize. His book ''The Forbidden Garden of Leningrad'' was a finalist in the 2025 Orwell Prize for political writing. Career Parkin began contributing to ''The New Yorker,'' where he often writes about technology, in 2013. In 2016 he became the first video game critic for ''The Observer'', contributing to The New Review, the paper's critics' pages. Parkin has also wri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Sachs
Andreas Siegfried Sachs (7 April 1930 – 23 November 2016), known professionally as Andrew Sachs, was a German-born British actor. He made his name on British television and found his greatest fame for his portrayal of the comical Spanish waiter Manuel in ''Fawlty Towers''. Sachs had a long career in acting and voice-over work for television, film and radio. He was successful well into his eighties, with roles in numerous films such as '' Quartet'', and as Ramsay Clegg in ''Coronation Street''. Early life Sachs was born on 7 April 1930 in Berlin, Germany, the son of Katharina (née Schrott-Fiecht), a librarian, and Hans Emil Sachs, an insurance broker. His father was Jewish and his mother was Lutheran, with Austrian ancestry. The family moved to Britain in 1938 to escape the Nazis. They settled in north London, and he lived in Kilburn for the rest of his life. Career Early work In the late 1950s, while still studying shipping management at college, Sachs worked on radio p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asia Television
Asia Television Limited (, also known as ATV) is a digital media and broadcasting company in Hong Kong. Established as the first television service in Hong Kong as Rediffusion Television () on 29 May 1957, it shifted to terrestrial television in 1973 and was renamed as Asia Television (ATV) in 1982. ATV operated two main over-the-air channels: Cantonese-language ATV Home and English-language ATV World. Despite its relatively small market share, ATV received awards for its programmes. One of its successes was the local version of the British game show '' Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'' in 2001, providing ATV increased viewership. After 2000, ATV faced gradual decline in production quality and viewership, as well as financial difficulties—a process hastened under the leadership of Wang Zheng. ATV's credibility was severely damaged in 2011 after its news department had falsely reported the death of Jiang Zemin. On 1 April 2015, Hong Kong's Executive Council announced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TVNZ Kidzone
TVNZ Kidzone was a 24-hour New Zealand children's channel service run by state broadcaster Television New Zealand. The channel ran on Digital 106, channel 46 on Sky and channel 14 on Igloo. History Kidzone was originally a 12-hour service running on former TVNZ channel TVNZ 6. It then ran on TVNZ 7 for a year before its closure in 2012. TVNZ Television New Zealand (, "Te Reo Tātaki" meaning "The Leading Voice"), more commonly referred to as TVNZ, is a New Zealand state-owned media company and Crown entity. The company operates a television network, streaming service, and news se ... launched TVNZ Kidzone as TVNZ Kidzone24 on 1 May 2011, two months after the closure of TVNZ 6, by then, TVNZ 7 was carrying a two-hour Kidzone block. TVNZ closed the channel on 30 April 2016, due to SKY's contract with TVNZ expiring at the end of that month. It was made available via TVNZ OnDemand on May 1, 2016. References TVNZ Defunct television channels in New Zealand English-l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TVNZ 6
TVNZ 6 was a digital-only, commercial-free television channel operated by Television New Zealand. It launched in September 2007, and was available in 60.3% of New Zealand homes on the Freeview and SKY Television Digital platforms. TVNZ 6 was on air daily from 6am to midnight. The name TVNZ 6 was chosen because it was numeric, was deemed to allow "a broader content structure than any descriptive title", and matched the number assigned to it on the Freeview electronic programme guide. Schedule TVNZ 6 showed pre-school programmes during the Kidzone block from 6am to 6pm. Until its closure at the end of June 2012, TVNZ 7 also aired Kidzone from 6am to 8am. Kidzone also received a 24-hour channel on Sky TV called Kidzone24. The channel then played family programmes after Kidzone until closedown at midnight. At launch At the very start of TVNZ 6's launch, the channel was structured such that its daily schedule had three separate services titled: TVNZ Kidzone (6am to 4pm), TVNZ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
