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Fun Factory | |
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Starring | Andy Sheldon |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Production | |
Running time | 4 hours |
Original release | |
Network | Sky Channel |
Release | 1985 – 1991 |
Fun Factory was a children's programme on the satellite television channel Sky Channel (later to become Sky One) that ran from 1985 to 1991. It continued as a programming block without a host up until 1994. This show is support to be of a stand up comedy and was very popular in 1985. The show went on for a while but stopped because as the years went by people started watching it lesser and less.
Original Programme
[edit]It was originally hosted by Mr P, who was later replaced by Andy Sheldon, Snoot the seal and Crocker the crocodile. The programme included cartoons such as:
- Transformers
- He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
- Jem
- Inspector Gadget
- M.A.S.K.
- Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors
- Lady Lovely Locks
- The Care Bears
- BlackStar
- Denver The Last Dinosaur
- Barrier Reef
- Ivanhoe
- Emily
Second Incarnation
[edit]After Sky Channel's renaming to Sky One in 1989, the Fun Factory name was used for a weekend block programming strand showing nothing but animated series, notably without any live-action presenters in-between the programmes - just animated interstitials. This version of the Fun Factory lasted from 1991 to September 1994, when it was replaced with The DJ Kat Show weekend spin-off, KTV. A partial list of series shown on the Sky One-era Fun Factory include:
- Charlie Brown
- Barbie and the Rockers (UK Title : Barbie And The Rock Stars)
- Dick Tracy
- Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
- Inspector Gadget
- Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors
- The Little Mermaid
- The Marvel Superheroes
- M.A.S.K.
- Mrs. Pepperpot
- My Little Pony
- The New Adventures of Superman
- The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show
- Pole Position
- Police Academy
- Silverhawks
- Star Trek: The Animated Series
- Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles
- Transformers
- Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light
- Beverly Hills Teens