Astro Farm
Astro Farm | |
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Created by |
Andy Ellis David Yates |
Voices of |
Tina Heath Jonathan Kydd Richard Tate |
Opening theme |
Dave Cooke Paul Field |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 5 |
No. of episodes | 53 |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | David Yates |
Producer(s) | Kath Swain |
Editor(s) | Simon Cox |
Running time | 10 minutes |
Production company(s) | FilmFair for Central Independent Television |
Distributor | ITV Studios |
Release | |
Original network | CITV (ITV) |
Picture format | 4:3 |
Original release | 11 September 1992 – 4 December 1996 |
Astro Farm is an English children's television series animated in stop motion. It featured the adventures of the Foxwoods, a small family who work on an asteroid, which is covered in farmland. Astro Farm was produced by FilmFair for Central Independent Television, and was first broadcast on CITV in 1992; Nick Jr. later repeated it from 2000.
The main action takes place on an asteroid dedicated to farming. The Foxwoods live in a small cottage with a barn nearby. Daisy, the cow lives in a separate farm. The atmosphere is artificial and is controlled by the weather machine in the cottage. The Gorps live on a nearby asteroid known as 'Gorpdale' which is dark and wet.
The principal characters are Lizzie; Lizzie's husband Sam; their son, Tom; Dinko, a dog; Daisy, the big moo and blue chickens called Clucks; featuring the Gorps, Splodger and Biff, 2 miscreants who steal food and cause trouble at the farm.
Episodes
Series 1 (1992)
- Wacky weather (11 September 1992)
- Flying Dinko (18 September 1992)
- The well (25 September 1992)
- Moo flu (2 October 1992)
- Astro dragon (9 October 1992)
- Butterfly (16 October 1992)
- Disappearing bubbles (23 October 1992)
- The big sneeze (30 October 1992)
- The tomato competition (6 November 1992)
- Barn dance (13 November 1992)
- The black hole mole (20 November 1992)
- Training Dinko (27 November 1992)
- The surprise (4 December 1992)
Series 2 (1993)
- Biff builds a rocket! (15 October 1993)
- Cluck soup (22 October 1993)
- Holiday (29 October 1993)
- King Splodger (5 November 1993)
- Lizzie's quiet day (12 November 1993)
- Pumpkin (19 November 1993)
- Seeing double (26 November 1993)
- Shrinking machine (26 November 1993)
- Solar wind (3 December 1993)
- Wild martian tiger (10 December 1993)
- Wishing well (17 December 1993)
Series 3 (1994)
- All aboard! (13 October 1994)
- Astrodale Farm (20 October 1994)
- Bathtime (27 October 1994)
- Biff's baby (3 November 1994)
- Crow twins (10 November 1994)
- Dial G for Gorpdale (17 November 1994)
- Magic onions (24 November 1994)
- Spooked! (1 December 1994)
- Super Tom (8 December 1994)
Series 4 (1995)
- 1, 2, 3, pull! (28 September 1995)
- A mole in one (5 October 1995)
- Biff, do your best! (12 October 1995)
- Cowboy Tom (19 October 1995)
- Dragon moon (26 October 1995)
- Futile attraction (2 November 1995)
- Pied Piper of Gorpdale (9 November 1995)
- Slimcurd, Slimcurd, everywhere! (16 November 1995)
- Splodger, the spider (23 November 1995)
- That takes the biscuit! (30 November 1995)
Series 5 (1996)
- Lucky dip (2 October 1996)
- Mousequake (9 October 1996)
- Pigs might fly (16 October 1996)
- Poultry in motion (23 October 1996)
- Spaced out Splodger (30 October 1996)
- Sparks fly! (6 November 1996)
- Splodger's about! (13 November 1996)
- Surprise!, surprise! (20 November 1996)
- To catch a thief (27 November 1996)
- Tom and the beanstalk (4 December 1996)
Credits
(Series one only)
- Devised by: Andy Ellis & David Yates
- Written by: John Sayle
- Music by: Dave Cooke
- Directed by: Paul Field & David Johnson
- With the voices of: Tina Heath, Jonathan Kydd & Richard Tate
- Stories and original design: Andy Ellis
- Song lyrics: Paul Field
- Animation: Mark Waring
- Camera: Simon Paul
- Studio assistant: John Ellis
- Sets: Alan Murphy
- Model makers: Colin Armitage & Heather Boucher
- Puppet makers: Maxine Guest, Sam Holland & Simon Quinn
- Costumes: Margaret Haden
- Editor: Simon Cox
- Senior editor: Andi Sloss
- Production supervisor: Robert Dunbar
- Producer: Kath Swain
- Executive producer: David Yates
External links
- Astro Farm at Toonhound.
- Astro Farm on IMDb.