| Wizadora | |
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Cover of one of the Wizadora video releases, showing Tatty Bogle and Wizadora |
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| Created by | Don Arioli Carolyne Cullum |
| Starring | Cathy Lawday (1991–92) Wendy van der Plank (1993–96) Lizzie Mcphee (1997–98) Steven Ryde (1995–98) Brian Murphy Tessa Hatts Joe Greco (1993–94) |
| No. of series | 7 PLUS 1OXFED SERIES |
| No. of episodes | 204 (18x15mins, 186x9min.) |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Janie Grace |
| Running time | 9 or 15 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ITV Network (CITV), Tiny Living |
| Original run | 5 January 1993 – Early 1998 |
Wizadora was a children's television programme broadcast on ITV in the United Kingdom from 1993 to 1998. However, it was first used as a language teaching tool for children to learn the English language, by Oxford University Press in 1991.[1] The series was created by Don Arioli and Carolyne Cullum. It starred Wendy van der Plank as 'Wizadora', and then from 1996, Lizzie Mcphee. The show was filmed by Meridian Broadcasting.
The episodes all took place in or around Wizadora's cottage. Wizadora, a trainee wizard, is always trying to solve problems using magic.
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Wizadora's companions included –
Puppeteers Phil Eason, Francis Wright, Michael Bayliss, Sue Dacre, Don Austen, Brian Herring, Neil Sterenberg, Rebecca Nagan, Debbie Cumming, and Sheila Clark worked on the series.
The series was made for Meridian Broadcasting by production companies Workhouse and North Pole Productions at The Fountain Studios in New Malden and directed by David Crozier. The theme music was composed by Dave Hutton who was also the Senior Cameraman on the first four series of the show. The theme tune was recorded at Gordon Thrussell's studios at Ashford in Kent and the credits show music by 'Hutt and Thrust'. This was because the director, David Crozier, did not want the same name for two different credits on the programme (i.e.: Snr Cameraman and Music). The other cameramen were Roger Backhouse and Angus Macmillan and sometimes Steve Leach. The vision mixer was Julie Miller. Wizadora was seen on Living's Morning Children's slot "Tiny Living", until Tiny Living was replaced by Living2.
Jill Golick wrote several episodes.
The second actor to play Tatty Bogle, Steven Ryde, was the voice-over announcer between programmes for the CITV service during the same period.
The programme ran for seven series. The very first episode, The Magic Parcel, was broadcast on Tuesday 5 January 1993, and the final episode was shown sometime in early 1999.
1. The Magic Parcel (January 5, 1993)
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The show has been on DVD (oxford press). Some VHS cassettes were released in the mid-1990s. The Video Collection Inernational (1993–1999)
Strand Home Video (1993–1994)
Video Treasures (1994–1998)
Anchor Bay Entertainment (1998–1999)
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2. Strand Home Video
3. Video Treasures
4. Anchor Bay Entertainment
5. Wizadora Intro
6. Closing Credits
7. Logos [2]
| # | Title | US Release Date | Notes |
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| 1 | Wizadora - Time For Tyding | March 5, 1993 | Includes: The Magic Parcel, Time For Tyding, and Mops and Bicycles. |
| 2 | Wizadora – Hangle in Charge | March 31, 1993 | Includes: Mops and Bicycles, Hangle in Charge, and A Very Special Day. |
| 3 | Wizadora – Hello Filbert | April 30, 1993 | Includes: Wellingtons and Snails, The Purple Powder and Tea Time Troubles. |
| 4 | Wizadora – A Lovely Day | May 31, 1993 | Includes: Mops and Bicycles, Hangle in Charge, and A Very Special Day. |
| 5 | Wizadora – The Purple Powder | September 13, 1993 | Includes: The Purple Power, Weltagons and Snails and Tea Time Troubles. |
| 6 | Wizadora – Something Old, Something New | December 20, 1993 | Includes: Something Old, Something New, And More. |
| 7 | Wizadora – Tea Time Trubbles. | January 11, 1994 | Includes: Wellingtons and Snails, The Purple Powder and Tea Time Troubles. |
| 8 | Wizadora – July 6, 1994 | July 6, 1994 | Includes: Biactol, Twirl, The Health File, Shebal |
| 9 | Wizadora – Christmas Party | August 24, 1994 | Includes: 4 Episodes |
| 10 | Wizadora – September 7–28, 1994 | September 28, 1994 | Includes: 4 Episodes |
| 11 | Wizadora – The Great Flood | October 13, 1994 | Includes: The Great Flood, Cheer Up Filbert, and Bubble Trubble. |
| 12 | Wizadora - A Message of Max | October 28, 1994 | Includes: A Message of Max, No Time For Tea Time, Sneezleberries for Wizadora |
| 13 | Wizadora – Buttons and Holes | November 11, 1994 | Includes: Buttons and Holes, Let's Dance, and Hard, Soft, Smooth and Rough. |
| 14 | Wizadora – Cheer Up Filbert Bumper Special As seen in Theaters | December 6, 1994 | Includes: 10 Episodes 100 Minutes. |
| 15 | Wizadora – No Time for Tea Time | January 9, 1995 | Includes: No Time for Tea Time,'The Tantrum Spell', and Watch Out Below. |
| 16 | Wizadora – Filbert's New House | September 9, 1995 | Includes: Filbert's New House, The Mud Monster, and Watch Out Below. |
| 17 | Wizadora – Hangle Takes A Trip | October 1, 1995 | Includes: Hangle Takes A Trip, Glad Rags, and Sticky Situation. |
| 18 | Wizadora – Glad Rags Bumper Special As seen in Theaters | October 18, 1995 | Includes: 10 Stories |
| 19 | Wizadora – Sticky Sunction Bumper Special As seen in Theaters | Flebuary 9, 1996 | Includes: 4 Stories |
| 20 | Wizadora – What Your's Mine? | August 24, 1997 | Includes: What's Yours Mine? and Many More. |
| 21 | Wizadora – The Crows Bumper Special As seen in Theaters | February 10, 1998 | Includes: What's Yours Mine? and Many More. |
| 22 | Wizadora – No Doughnuts for Breakfast And Other Stories | August 18, 1998 | Includes: 10 Episodes. |
| 23 | Wizadora – Christmas And Other Stories | December 25, 1998 | Includes: 3 Episodes. |
| 24 | Wizadora – Good bye Wizadora And Other Stories | February 2, 1999 | Includes: 3 Episodes. |
| # | Title | UK Release Date | Notes |
| 1 | Wizadora – Mops and Bicycles | April 1, 1993 | Includes: Mops and Bicycles, Hangle in Charge, and A Very Special Day. |
| 2 | Wizadora – Wellingtons and Snails | July 13, 1993 | Includes: Wellingtons and Snails, The Purple Powder and Tea Time Troubles. |
| 3 | Wizadora – Magic Parcel | August 13, 1993 | The Magic Parcel, Time for Tidying and Hello Filbert. |
| 4 | Wizadora – Wizadora – A Colourful Day. | August 23, 1993 | A Colourful Day, Lovely Weather and Picnic Problems. |
| 5 | Wizadora - A Message of Max | September 30, 1994 | Includes: A Message of Max, And More |
| 6 | Wizadora – Sneezeberries | January 9, 1995 | Sneezeberries and 5 other stories |
| 7 | My Little Wizadora – Glad Rags | July 14, 1995 | |
| 8 | My Little Wizadora – Wizadora – A Colourful Day | August 18, 1995 | |
| 9 | My Little Wizadora – Treat Sized Tape | September 3, 1995 | |
| 10 | My Little Wizadora – Lovely Weather / Picnic Problems | January 11, 1996 |
Kellogg's (1993-1999)
National Endowment for the Arts (1993-1999)
Kellogg's Rice Crispies (1993-1999)
CPB (1993-1999)
Carnegie Corporation of New York (1993-1994)
National Science Foundation (1993-1999)
The Pew Charitable Trusts (1994-1999)
The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations (1994-1999)
Viewers Like You (1993-1999)