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Fun Song Factory
GenreChildren's Pre-School
Created byGed Allen
StarringAston Merrygold
(as Cookie),
Laura Hamilton
(as Melody),
Chris Till
(as OJ),
Kerry Newell
(as Cal),
Polly Parsons
(as Paige)
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of episodes92
Production
ProducerTell-Tale Productions
Running time25 mins
Original release
NetworkITV Network (CITV/GMTV)
Release9 November 1998 –
2006

Fun Song Factory is a British preschool children's show on CITV aimed at youngsters. It was one of the first songs-based shows to be filmed in front of a live audience of children (following on from BBC Scotland/Scottish Television's 'Singing Kettle'), and is similar to Australian shows such as 'The Wiggles' and 'Hi-5'.

It was originally created in 1994 by Will Brenton and Iain Lauchlan, who later went on to create and produce The Tweenies, Boo!, BB3B, and Jim Jam and Sunny.

The first production was a sell through video filmed at the Polka Theatre in Wimbledon, presented by Iain Lauchlan, Sarah Davison and Dave Benson Phillips. The video was a great success, and led to a second being filmed at Chicken Shed in North London, this time presented by Iain, Dave and Michele Durler.

All in all seven videos were shot, selling 750,000 copies in the UK before the series was commissioned by GMTV in 1998. The TV show was originally presented by Justin Fletcher, Katy Stephens, Karl Woolley, Alex Lovell and Dave Benson Phillips. This show was nominated for a BAFTA in 1998. The series also featured Aston Merrygold of JLS as Cookie. The show worked well until in 2004 CITV commissioned an updated version of the show with different characters.

Live Videos

  • Fun Song Factory 1 (1 December 1994)
  • Fun Song Factory 2 (5 January 1996)
  • Party time at the Fun Song Factory (26 July 1996)
  • The Fun song factory at Old MacDonald Farm (28 September 1996)
  • Christmas Time at the Fun Song Factory (30 November 1996)
  • Fun Song Factory - Fun and Games (24 September 1997)
  • Fun Song Factory - Nursery Rhyme Land (5 November 1997)

UK VHS releases

VHS Title Release Date Episodes
Fun Song Factory Colours, Collywobbles, Hide and Seek (0585923) 14 September 1998 Colours, Collywobbles, Hide and Seek
Fun Song Factory Please and Thank You, Picnic Time, Helping (0585963) 26 October 1998 Please and Thank You, Picnic Time, Helping
Double the Fun at the Fun Song Factory (0419923) 22 March 1999 Birthdays, People Who Help, Sounds, Big and Small, Farm Animals, Numbers
Making Friends with the Fun Song Factory (0612613) 12 July 1999 Making Friends, Water, Senses
Fun Song Factory Music (0619963) 11 October 1999 Music, Creepy Crawlies, Wild Animals
Out and About Double Pack Fun Song Factory (0783623) 20 March 2000 Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes, Times of the Day, Letters and Words, Transport

UK DVD releases

DVD Title Release Date Episodes
Fun Song Factory GMTV Series Volume 1 (2EDVD0905) 3 November 2014 Birthdays, Sounds, Big and Small, Farm Animals, Numbers
Fun Song Factory GMTV Series Volume 2 (2EDVD0906) 3 November 2014 Please and Thank You, Picnic Time, Helping, Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
Fun Song Factory GMTV Series Volume 3 (2EDVD0907) 3 November 2014 Colours, Collywobbles, Hide and Seek, Making Friends, Senses
Fun Song Factory GMTV Series Volume 4 (2EDVD0908) 3 November 2014 Music, Creepy Crawlies, Wild Animals, Times of the Day
Fun Song Factory GMTV Series Volume 5 (2EDVD0909) 3 November 2014 Transport, Water, Seasons, Letters and Words, People Who Help
Fun Song Factory GMTV Series 5 Box Set (2EDVD0910) 3 November 2014 Birthdays, Sounds, Big and Small, Farm Animals, Numbers, Please and Thank You, Picnic Time, Helping, Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes, Colours, Collywobbles, Hide and Seek, Making Friends, Senses, Music, Creepy Crawlies, Wild Animals, Times of the Day, Transport, Water, Seasons, Letters and Words, People Who Help
Fun Song Factory Bullion Room Theatre (2EDVD0911) 1 December 2014 Fun Song Factory at Christmas 2002

Fun Song Factory GMTV Series Episodes

  • Birthdays 30 May 1998
  • Sounds 6 June 1998
  • Big and Small 13 June 1998
  • Farm Animals 20 June 1998
  • Numbers 27 June 1998
  • Please and Thank You 4 July 1998
  • Picnic Time 11 July 1998
  • Helping 18 July 1998
  • Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes 25 July 1998
  • Colours 1 August 1998
  • Collywobbles 8 August 1998
  • Hide and Seek 15 August 1998
  • Making Friends 22 August 1998
  • Senses 29 August 1998
  • Music 5 September 1998
  • Creepy Crawlies 12 September 1998
  • Wild Animals 19 September 1998
  • Times of the Day 26 September 1998
  • Transport 3 October 1998
  • Water 10 October 1998
  • Seasons 17 October 1998
  • Letters and Words 24 October 1998
  • People Who Help 31 October 1998

Fun Song Factory Children

Fun Song Factory: Lucy Tuck Paul Hicks Shantel Boothe Alex Henry Katie Hunter Rebecca Herod Dayle Hodge Katie Lewis

Fun Song Factory 2: Chris Foley Marianne Lynch Julian Triandaffylou Natalie Welsh Christian Morrall Jo Jo Morrall

Party Time at the Fun Song Factory: Katie Hunter Shantel Boothe Albey Brookes Xanthe Nobes Jack Coleman Zizi Vaign-Court Strallen Dayle Hodge Camilla Hunsley

The Fun Song Factory at Old Macdonald's Farm: Shantel Boothe Jack Coleman Rebecca Griffiths Xanthe Nobes Albey Brookes Elizabeth Dixon Dayle Hodge Zizi Vaign-Court Strallen

Christmas Time at the Fun Song Factory: Katie Hunter Shantel Boothe Albey Brookes Xanthe Nobes Jack Coleman Zizi Vaign-Court Strallen Dayle Hodge Camilla Hunsley

Fun Song Factory - Fun and Games: Shantel Boothe Lorna Gordon Katie Lewis Elizabeth Dickson Rebecca Griffiths Oliver Griffiths

Fun Song Factory - Nursery Rhyme Land: Georgie Couch Dayle Hodge Hanna Pearce Vanessa Solis Zizi Vaign-Court Strallen Rachel Ward

Birthdays: Jamie Mayer Mikayla Jones Jade Jeffries Alice Connor Mirren McLeod

Sounds: Dayle Hodge William Stokes Elizabeth Roberts Alex Pooley Mirren McLeod

Big and Small: Kizzi Carnegie Alice Connor Jenny Cachero Jade Chaston Myles Anderson

Farm Animals: Amber Charles Mikayla Jones Isabella Cheevers Jamie Mayer Francesca Baldwin

Numbers: Kizzi Carnegie Alice Connor Jenny Cachero Jade Chaston Myles Anderson

Please and Thank You: Amber Charles Mikayla Jones Isabella Cheevers Jamie Mayer Francesca Baldwin

Picnic Time: Dayle Hodge William Stokes Elizabeth Roberts Amber Charles Marlee Whitlock Mirren McLeod

Helping: Amber Charles Mikayla Jones Isabella Cheevers Jamie Mayer Francesca Baldwin

Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes: Sapphire Elia Myles Anderson Jenny Cachero Caroline Ward Kizzi Carnegie Jamie Mayer

Colours: Dayle Hodge William Stokes Elizabeth Roberts Alex Pooley Mirren McLeod

Collywobbles: Sapphire Elia Myles Anderson Jenny Cachero Caroline Ward Kizzi Carnegie Jamie Mayer

Hide and Seek: Dayle Hodge William Stokes Elizabeth Roberts Amber Charles Marlee Whitlock Mirren McLeod

Making Friends: Sapphire Elia Myles Anderson Jenny Cachero Caroline Ward Kizzi Carnegie Jamie Mayer

Senses: Kizzi Carnegie Alice Connor Jenny Cachero Jade Chaston Myles Anderson

Music: Jamie Mayer Mikayla Jones Jade Jeffries Alice Connor Mirren McLeod

Creepy Crawlies: Jenny Cachero Elizabeth Robert Myles Anderson Isabella Cheevers Jade Chaston

Wild Animals: Kizzi Carnegie William Stokes Dayle Hodge Caroline Ward Yasmin Hickson

Times of the Day: Jenny Cachero Elizabeth Robert Myles Anderson Isabella Cheevers Jade Chaston

Transport: Kizzi Carnegie Alice Connor Jenny Cachero Jade Chaston Myles Anderson

Water: Jamie Mayer Mikayla Jones Jade Jeffries Alice Connor Mirren McLeod

Seasons: Dayle Hodge William Stokes Elizabeth Roberts Amber Charles Marlee Whitlock Mirren McLeod

Letters and Words: Kizzi Carnegie William Stokes Dayle Hodge Caroline Ward Yasmin Hickson

People Who Help: Jenny Cachero Elizabeth Robert Myles Anderson Isabella Cheevers Jade Chaston

Fun Song Factory Songs in that episode

* Fun Song Factory:

  • Fun Song Factory Opening (Sung by Iain Lauchlan)
  • If You're Happy and You Know It (Sung by Iain Lauchlan)
  • One Finger, One Thumb (Sung by Iain Lauchlan)
  • Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes (Sung by Iain Lauchlan)
  • I Am the Music Man (Sung by Iain Lauchlan & Sarah Davison)
  • The Wheels On the Bus (Sung by everyone)
  • I Hear Thunder (Sung by Sarah Davison)
  • Sing a Song of Sixpence (Sung by all three presenters)
  • Hickory Dickory Dock (Sung by all three presenters)
  • Mary, Mary Quite Contrary (Sung by all three presenters)
  • Polly Put the Kettle On (Sung by Dave Benson Phillips & Iain Lauchlan)
  • Little Bo Peep (Sung by Sarah Davison)
  • The Grand Old Duke of York (Sung by everyone)
  • Round and Round the Garden (Said by Dave Benson Phillips)
  • Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear (Said by Iain Lauchlan)
  • Hokey Cokey (Sung by everyone)
  • One, Two, Three, Four, Five (Sung by Iain Lauchlan & Sarah Davison)
  • Five Little Speckled Frogs (Sung by Sarah Davison & Iain Lauchlan)
  • Yellow Submarine (Sung by everyone)
  • Postman Pat Theme (Sung by the kids)
  • Sleeping Bunnies (Sung by Iain Lauchlan)
  • Peter Rabbit (Sung by Iain Lauchlan, Sarah Davison & the kids)
  • Tommy Thumb (Sung by all three presenters)
  • Two Fat Gentlemen (Said by all three presenters)
  • Miss Polly Had a Dolly (Sung by all three presenters & the kids)
  • Incy Wincy Spider (Sung by Sarah Davison)
  • Wiggly Woo (Sung by Iain Lauchlan & Dave Benson Phillips)
  • Ten Fat Sausages (Sung by Iain Lauchlan & Dave Benson Phillips)
  • Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (Sung by Iain Lauchlan and the kids)
  • Five Little Ducks (Sung by Dave Benson Phillips)
  • Dingle Dangle Scarecrow (Sung by Sarah Davison & Paul Hicks)
  • Cows in the Kitchen (Sung by Iain Lauchlan, Sarah Davison & Paul Hicks)
  • Old MacDonald Had a Farm (Sung by everyone)
  • Fun Song Factory Closing (Sung by everyone)

Fun Song Factory 2:

  • Fun Song Factory Opening (Sung by Iain Lauchlan & the kids)
  • We All Clap Hands Together (Sung by Iain Lauchlan & the kids)
  • Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush (Sung by Iain Lauchlan & the kids)
  • This Old Man (Sung by Iain Lauchlan & the kids)
  • Be Happy (Sung by Iain Lauchlan & Michelle Durler)
  • Two Little Dicky Birds (Said by Dave Benson Phillips)
  • Slowly, Slowly (Said by Michelle Durler and Iain Lauchlan)
  • This Little Piggy (Said by all 3 presenters)
  • Oranges and Lemons (Sung by Iain Lauchlan and Michelle Durler)
  • Doctor Foster (Sung by Dave Benson Phillips)
  • Little Miss Muffet (Sung by Michelle Durler)
  • Jack and Jill (Sung by Iain Lauchlan)
  • Hey Diddle, Diddle (Sung by Dave Benson Phillips)
  • Old King Cole (Sung by Michelle Durler and Iain Lauchlan)
  • London Bridge (Sung by Iain Lauchlan, Michelle Durler and the kids)
  • Horsey, Horsey (Sung by Dave Benson Phillips)
  • Down at the Station
  • I'm Driving in My Car
  • The Runaway Train
  • Postman Pat Theme
  • I'm a Little Teapot
  • Pat a Cake, Pat a Cake
  • Jelly On a Plate (Sung by Dave Benson Phillips)
  • Five Chocolate Eclairs (Sung by Michelle Durler)
  • Five Currant Buns (Sung by Iain Lauchlan)
  • Teddy Bear's Picnic
  • Row, Row, Row Your Boat (Sung by Dave Benson Phillips)
  • A Sailor Went to Sea (Sung by all 3 presenters)
  • The Big Ship Sails (Sung by everyone)
  • Ten in a Bed (Sung by everyone)
  • Fun Song Factory Closing (Sung by everyone)

Party Time at the Fun Song Factory:

  • Rhythm of the Music
  • Put Your Finger in the Air
  • You Know You Have a Friend
  • My Friend's Orange (Sung by Ozzy)
  • Do You Know the Muffin Man?
  • Simple Simon
  • Humpty Dumpty
  • Aiken Drum
  • Bobby Shaftoe
  • Five Little Men
  • Five Little Soldiers
  • Five Little Mice
  • Five Little Firemen
  • I Can See a Rainbow
  • How High Does a Fly Fly?
  • Three Little Fishes
  • Mousey Brown
  • Chick, Chick, Chick, Chick, Chicken
  • Country Sounds
  • Happy Birthday (Sung by all three presenters & the kids)
  • Dance With Me (Sung by everyone)

The Fun Song Factory at Old MacDonald's Farm:

  • Fun Song Factory Opening
  • Do As I'm Doing (Sung by Iain Lauchlan, Ozzy and the kids)
  • How Do You Feel Today? (Sung by Sarah Davison, Iain Lauchlan, Ozzy and the kids)
  • Everybody Do This
  • This is the Way We Polish the Pipes
  • Come Down On the Farm
  • I Went to Visit a Farm One Day
  • When I Was a Lad in My Father's Farm
  • I Can't Stop Tapping My Feet (Sung by Sarah Davison and Dave Benson Phillips)
  • Horsey, Horsey
  • How Now Brown Cow?
  • The Caterpillar Song
  • Baa Baa Black Sheep
  • Mary Had a Little Lamb
  • Pop Goes the Weasel
  • Ride a Cock Horse
  • Little Boy Blue
  • Rub a Dub Dub
  • One, Two Buckle My Shoe
  • Five Little Ducks That I Once Knew
  • Five Little Ducks
  • Incy Wincy Spider
  • I Have a Little Spider
  • Five Little Chickens
  • Five Brown Eggs
  • The More We Are Together
  • Old MacDonald Had a Farm
  • Fun Song Factory Closing (Sung by everyone)

Christmas Time at the Fun Song Factory:

  • Deck the Halls
  • Here We Come a Caroling
  • We Three Kings
  • Good King Wenceslas
  • Away in a Manger
  • Here We Go Round the Christmas Tree
  • Five Little Reindeers (sung by Iain Lauchlan & kids)
  • Little Donkey
  • Jingle Bells
  • When Santa Got Stuck Up the Chimney
  • Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
  • Silent Night
  • All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth
  • The Christmas Song
  • We Wish You a Merry Christmas (Sung by everyone)

Fun Song Factory - Fun and Games:

  • Fun Song Factory Opening
  • Copy Me Do
  • Here We Go Looby Loo
  • Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
  • In and Out the Dusty Bluebells
  • The Farmer's in His Dell
  • There Was a Princess Long Ago
  • I'm a Little Teapot
  • Slowly, Slowly
  • Two Little Dicky Birds
  • Everybody Do This
  • I Went to School One Morning
  • Here We Go Gathering Nuts in May
  • We All Clap Hands Together
  • Sleeping Bunnies
  • Here is a Box
  • Five Little Speckled Frogs
  • Postman Pat Theme
  • Old King Cole
  • Sing a Song of Sixpence
  • BINGO
  • The Grand Old Duke of York
  • Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
  • Hokey Cokey
  • Fun Song Factory Closing (Sung by everyone)


Fun Song Factory - Nursery Rhyme Land:

  • Fun Song Factory Opening
  • Polly Put the Kettle On
  • This Old Man
  • Sing a Song Of Sixpence
  • Michael Finnegan
  • Georgie Porgie
  • Simple Simon
  • Little Jack Horner
  • Jack Sprat
  • Jack be Nimble
  • Peter Piper
  • She Sells Seashells
  • Mary Had a Little Lamb
  • Jack and Jill
  • Rub a Dub Dub
  • Goosey, Goosey Gander
  • There Was a Crooked Man
  • Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear
  • The Bear Went Over the Mountain
  • Tommy Thumb
  • Two Fat Gentlemen
  • Old Mother Hubbard
  • There Was an Old Woman
  • Old Woman Tossed Up in a Basket
  • Do You Know the Muffin Man?
  • Bobby Shaftoe
  • Miss Polly Had a Dolly
  • Doctor Foster
  • Frere Jacques (Sung by Dave Benson Phillips and Sarah Davison)
  • Oranges and Lemons
  • Pop Goes the Weasel
  • Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat
  • Old King Cole
  • The Grand Old Duke of York
  • Fun Song Factory Closing (Sung by everyone)


Birthdays

  • Michael Finnegan
  • If You're Happy and You Know It
  • Five Little Candles
  • Pat a Cake, Pat a Cake
  • The Farmer's In His Den
  • Happy Birthday
  • Sleeping Bunnies


Sounds

  • Cows In the Kitchen
  • Oranges and Lemons
  • We Can Play On the Big Bass Drum
  • Walking Through the Jungle
  • In the Middle of the Night


Big and Small

  • You Know You Have a Friend
  • Size Magic
  • We Think Mice Are Rather Nice
  • The Ant and the Elephant
  • My Friend's Orange
  • I'm the Same as You
  • I Saw a Giant Walking


Farm Animals

  • There's a Cow In the Kitchen
  • Horsey, Horsey
  • Five Little Ducks
  • This Little Piggy
  • Chick, Chick, Chick, Chick Chicken
  • Mary Had a Little Lamb
  • Old Macdonald Had a Farm


Numbers

  • Ten Green Bottles
  • 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
  • Four Wheels On My Wagon
  • Five Little Ducks
  • Ten In a Bed


Please and Thank You

  • How Do You Feel Today?
  • Two Fat Gentlemen
  • Five Currant Buns
  • I'm a Little Teapot
  • Remember Please and Thank You
  • Here We Go Looby Loo


Picnic Time

  • Here We Go Looby Loo
  • Ten Fat Sausages
  • I Hear Thunder
  • Jelly On a Plate
  • Feeling Down Song
  • If You're Happy and You Know It


Helping

  • One Finger, One Thumb
  • This Is the Way We Dust It Down
  • We Went to the Kitchen
  • I Can
  • Gonna Help Fred Out
  • Rhythm of the Music


Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes

  • Hokey Cokey
  • Put Your Finger In the Air
  • I Can't Stop Tapping My Feet
  • Tommy Thumb
  • Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes


Colours

  • Ozzy Went to Paint
  • These are All the Colour Moods
  • Mousie Brown
  • Yellow Bird
  • The Colours Song
  • I Can Sing a Rainbow


Collywobbles

  • We All Clap Hands Together
  • Incy Wincy Spider
  • Wiggly Woo
  • The Caterpillar Song
  • If You're Scared
  • Dance With Me


Hide and Seek

  • How Do You Feel Today?
  • We're Playing Hide and Seek
  • I Have a Little Spider
  • They'll Be Coming Through the Factory
  • If You're Happy and You Know It


Making Friends

  • Do As I'm Doing
  • Everybody Do This
  • We're Really Glad You Came
  • One Finger, One Thumb
  • Copy Me Do
  • If You Want to Make a Friend


Senses

  • Everybody Do This
  • Country Sounds
  • Put Your Hands In the Box
  • Five Chocolate Eclairs
  • Looking Through the Telescope
  • The Senses Song


Music

  • Music Man
  • Come On Feel the Music
  • When We're Singing
  • It's the Music Box
  • Rhythm of the Music


Creepy Crawlies

  • There Are Lots of Creepy Crawlies All Around
  • Wiggly Woo
  • Ringo's Beetle Song
  • Caterpillars Only Crawl
  • Mrs Ladybird
  • Insects poem
  • Incy Wincy Spider
  • Five Little Spiders
  • The Minibeasts Song


Wild Animals

  • I've Been All Around the World
  • One Elephant Went Out One Day
  • A Crocodile Swam in the Water
  • The Bear Went Over the Mountain
  • Look After the World
  • Down in the Jungle


Times of the Day

  • What Shall We Do When the Clock Strikes Eight?
  • Eggs and Bacon
  • We Went to the Factory
  • The Jam Sandwich Song
  • There Was a Princess Long Ago
  • Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear


Transport

  • The Runaway Train
  • Horsey, Horsey
  • Five Little Men in a Flying Saucer
  • The Wheels On the Bus
  • Row, Row, Row Your Boat
  • Yellow Submarine


Water

  • Open and Shut
  • Wash Your Dirty Hands
  • Down Comes the Rain
  • This is the Bread that Jay Makes
  • Five Little Ducks That I Once Knew
  • Five Little Speckled Frogs
  • Bobby Shaftoe
  • A Sailor Went to Sea, Sea, Sea


Seasons

  • Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
  • Seasons Come and Seasons Go
  • The Wind poem
  • Five Little Snowmen
  • The Spring Song
  • Doctor Foster
  • The Sun Has Got His Hat On


Letters and Words

  • SALLY
  • Splash
  • Five Little Speckled Frogs
  • Peter Rabbit
  • Monkey ABC


People Who Help

  • This Old Man
  • Uncle Bill
  • Five Little Firemen
  • Miss Polly Had a Dolly
  • Stop, Look and Listen Before You Cross the Road
  • Dingle Dangle Scarecrow
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