Fun Song Factory

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'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 an unprecedented 750,000 copies in the UK before the series was commissioned by GMTV in 1998. The TV show was originally presented by Justin Fletcher, Katie Stevens and Dave Benson Phillips. This show was nominated for a BAFTA in 1998. The show worked well until in 2004 CITV commissioned an updated version of the show with different characters.

Live Videos

• Fun Song Factory 1
• Fun Song Factory 2
• Party time at the Fun Song Factory
• The Fun song factory at Old MacDonald Farm
• Christmas Time at the Fun Song Factory
• Fun and Games at the fun song factory
• Nursery Rhyme land in the fun song factory

Presenters

• Dave Benson Phillips,
• Sarah Davison,
• Iain Lauchlan,
• Katie Stevens,
• Justin Fletcher,
• Alex Lovell,
• Karl Woolley

Children

The Young Set: Shantel Boothe, Jack Coleman, Rebecca Griffiths, Xanthe Nobes, Albey Brookes, Elizabeth Dixon, Dayle Hodge, Zizi Vaign-Court Strallen, Liam Corrigan, Madeline Bryce, Sapphire Elia, Alice Connor, Katie Hunter, Camilla Hunsley.

The Ending

Fun song factory was discontinued and went off air on CITV in 2006 and it repeated on the CITV channel until 2010.

External links

• Fun Song Factory at itv.com/citv