Finger Tips
| Finger Tips | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Children's |
| Created by | The Foundation |
| Written by | Nic Ayling Vanessa Amberleigh |
| Directed by | Michael Kerrigan Jason Garbett |
| Presented by | Stephen Mulhern (Series 1 - 4) Fearne Cotton (Series 1 - 3) Naomi Wilkinson (Series 4-) Tim Dixon (Series 5) |
| Opening theme | Mr Miller & Mr Porter |
| Country of origin |  United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 120 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Vanessa Hill J Nigel Pickard |
| Producer(s) | Nic Ayling Vanessa Amberleigh |
| Running time | Various |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ITV Network (CITV) |
| Picture format | PAL (576i, 16:9) |
| Original run | September 3 2001- December 14 2008 – present |
Finger Tips is a television programme produced by RDF Media's Children's production division, The Foundation. It is made primarily for CITV and was first broadcast in 2001.
The Finger Tips presenters are Stephen Mulhern series 1-4, and Fearne Cotton series 1-3 (later replaced by Naomi Wilkinson series 4-5 and Tim Dixon series 5). The show is about creating things out of household items and aimed at a child audience. The programme manager is Wendy Larkin.
The programmes is recorded at The Maidstone Studios in Kent, former home to TVS Television and countless quality children's programming.
There are different categories:
- Finger Tips Top Make: A major project, normally at the start of the show
- Food Finger Tips: Easy cooking and baking recipes
- Fizzics Finger Tips: Fun and experiments with science
- Fun Finger Tips: Self-made games
- Green Finger Tips: Tips and ideas for plants and gardens
- Cryptic Finger Tips: Making cryptographs
- Techno Finger Tips: Artworks made with the computer
- Little Finger Tips: Artworks made from everyday objects
- Makeover Finger Tips: Items made for making over odds and ends from around the home
Special challenge is the One-Minute-Make. In this game one of the presenters tries to make something with only a few things in less than 60 seconds.
Although the programme was de-commissioned in 2004 when ITV axed children's programming, it has been brought back to life for 2008 and a new series of 30 programmes were transmit from September to December 2008.
Finger Tips also is on Super RTL.
The show is broadcast in the United Kingdom, Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey and Vietnam.
[edit] Series guide
- Series 1: 13 x 17′ (September 3 2001- November 26 2001)
- Series 2: 20 x 15’ / 7 x 10’ / 3 x 5’ (September 2 2002- September 27 2002)
- Series 3: 20 x 15’ / 5 x 12’ (June 2 2003- June 27 2003)
- Series 4: 13 x 15’ / 7 x 5’ (June 10 2004- September 2 2004)
- Series 5: 30 x 15’ / 30 x 11’ (September 6 2008- December 14 2008)
- Series 6: 25 x 15' / 15 x 18' (March 13 2010- ?)
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