Fourways Farm
Appearance
Fourways Farm | |
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Created by | Chris Ellis |
Directed by | Tom Stanier |
Voices of | Martin Jarvis |
Narrated by | Martin Jarvis |
Music by | Jon Brookes |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
No. of episodes | 25 |
Production | |
Producer | Patrica Williams |
Running time | 10 minutes per episode [approx.] |
Production company | Case Television |
Original release | |
Network | Channel 4 |
Release | 1994 – 1996 |
Fourways Farm was an animated children's television series produced in 1994 by Case Television and aired on Channel 4 during 4Learning Primary Science between 1994 and 1996.
Characters
- Davenport the Dog
- Martha the Cow
- Godfrey the Horse
- Ginger the Cat
- Dudley the Pig
- Brenda the Duck
- Uno the Rat (the oldest and the biggest)
- Duo the Rat (the middle in both size and age)
- Trio the Rat (the youngest and the smallest)
- Voltaire the Weather Vane (the narrator)
Episodes
- 1. On Reflection
- 2. Moonstruck
- 3. Falling Upwards
- 4. Sunflowers
- 5. Three of A Kind
- 6. Who's Been Eating
- 7. A Drop of The Hard Stuff
- 8. Material Differences
- 9. Ups and Downs
- 10. The Sound Of Music
- 11. Floating And Sinking
- 12. Buried Treasure
- 13. Appropriate Measures
- 14. Animal Magnetism
- 15. Gauging The Weather
- 16. Birth and Death
- 17. Paws For Thought
- 18. Snow Problem
- 19. Hot And Cold
- 20. Shadow Play
- 21. Colours
- 22. Sickness And Health
- 23. Changes
- 24. Four Seasons
- 25. Wind And Air
VHS Releases
Fourways Farm was released on video from 1994 to 1996 by Cinema Club, Video Collection International and The Video Collection, considering of five 50-minute videos, with five 10-minute episodes on each video. Ordinarily, five VHS releases of Fourways Farm were (and still are) available in the United Kingdom.
VHS Title | Release Date | Episodes |
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Fourways Farm - Moonstruck and Other Stories | 10 October 1994 | On Reflection, Moonstruck, Falling Upwards, Sunflowers and Three of a Kind |
Fourways Farm - Ups And Downs and Other Stories | 12 December 1994 | Who's Been Eating?, A Drop of the Hard Stuff, Material Differences, Ups and Downs and The Sound Of Music |
Fourways Farm - Buried Treasure and Other Stories | 9 January 1995 | Floating and Sinking, Buried Treasure, Appropriate Measures, Animal Magnetism and Gauging the Weather |
Fourways Farm - Paws For Thought and Other Stories | 6 February 1995 | Birth and Death, Paws For Thought, Snow Problem, Hot and Cold and Shadow Play |
Fourways Farm - Four Seasons and Other Stories | 8 January 1996 | Colours, Sickness and Health, Changes, Four Seasons and Wind and Air |
References
- http://shop.channel4learning.com/?page=shop&cid=14&pid=1642
- http://www.r-e-m.co.uk/rem/xrem.php?T=28911
- http://www.abc.net.au/abckids/shows/prog226.htm
Categories:
- Use dmy dates from September 2012
- 1994 British television programme debuts
- 1995 British television programme endings
- 1990s British television series
- Fictional farms
- British children's television programmes
- British animated television series
- Stop-motion animated television series
- Channel 4 television programmes
- Peabody Award-winning television programs
- Animated television series stubs