Fun Song Factory

*Fun Song Factory*
Fun Song Factory
	Logo for the 2004 series
Genre	Children's Pre-School
Created by	Ged Allen
Starring	Aston Merrygold; (as Cookie),; Laura Hamilton; (as Melody),; Chris Till; (as OJ),; Kerry Newell; (as Cal), ; Polly Parsons; (as Paige)
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	92 (7 live)
Production
Producer	Tell-Tale Productions
Running time	25 mins
Production companies	Tell-Tale Productions; ITV Studios
Original release
Network	ITV Network (CITV/GMTV)
Release	1994 –; 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 The 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, part of the Playdays production team, 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 Michelle 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 Shows (1994-97)

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 and DVD releases

Abbey Home Media (1994-1998)
Polygram Video (1999)
Universal Studios Home Entertainment (1999–present)
Right Entertainment (2004-2009)
Classic Media (2009–present)

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

Fun Song Factory GMTV Series (1998) 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 Songs in each episode

* Fun Song Factory:

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

Fun Song Factory 2:

Fun Song Factory Opening
We All Clap Hands Together
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
This Old Man
Be Happy
Two Little Dicky Birds
Slowly, Slowly
This Little Piggy
Oranges and Lemons
Doctor Foster
Little Miss Muffet
Jack and Jill
Hey Diddle, Diddle
Old King Cole
London Bridge
Horsey, Horsey
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
Five Chocolate Eclairs
Five Currant Buns
Teddy Bear's Picnic
Row, Row, Row Your Boat
A Sailor Went to Sea
The Big Ship Sails
Ten in a Bed
Fun Song Factory Closing

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
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
Dance With Me

The Fun Song Factory at Old MacDonald's Farm:

Fun Song Factory Opening
Do As I'm Doing
How Do You Feel Today?
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
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

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
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

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

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
Oranges and Lemons
Pop Goes the Weasel
Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat
Old King Cole
The Grand Old Duke of York
Fun Song Factory Closing

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 Jack 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

External links

Fun Song Factory at itv.com/citv