Chapman Entertainment
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Chapman Entertainment is a United Kingdom television production company founded by Keith Chapman and the producer of the Fifi and the Flowertots television show for Channel 5.
The company was founded by Chapman in 2001, together with Greg Lynn, a former record industry executive and Andrew Haydon a former managing director of John Reid Entertainment, an artist management company. The company was created for the purpose of exploiting both the intellectual property rights of Chapman's creations and also those of interested third parties.[1]
The company is structured to allow greater rewards and input to property creators. This developed from Chapman's own frustrations at his lack of involvement with his Bob the Builder character. He created the character in the early 1990s and struck a deal with HIT Entertainment which saw them develop the character. The project was handed over to HOT Animation, specifically Jackie Cockle and Curtis Jobling, who took the basic title and premise of the show and ran with it, developing the project in-house from a blank canvas. The resulting show was commissioned by the BBC.
In 2005 Chapman Entertainment launched the Fifi and the Flowertots show on Five and Nick Jr, also selling the show to broadcaster in 20 companies.[1]
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ a b Carter, Meg. "Bob the Builder's gaffer prepares to unleash Fifi on world's tots", The Guardian, Thursday April 28, 2005.
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