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Dappledown Farm was a British children's television programme, starring and presented by Brian Cant and a series of puppets. It started airing in 1990 on TVAM before moving to Channel 5's Milkshake! when the series got rebooted in 1998. Despite production of the show stopped in 1999, it was still shown in repeats until 2005.
Brian Cant Marcus Clarke Helena Smee Sally Preisig David Alan Barclay Joe Greco Katherine Smee Dave Taylor Tim Jones Geoff Felix Nick Wilson
Composer
Peter Gosling
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Original language
English
No. of series
5
Production
Production companies
Clear Idea Television United Productions (1998-1999)
Distributor
Clear Idea Television
Release
Original network
ITV (1990-1992), Channel 5 (1998-1999)
Original release
1990 (1990) – 1999 (1999)
In the show's narrative, Cant's character Brian was the owner of the Dappledown Farm. For each episode, he introduced feature cartoons from a studio farm set.[1] For example, in the first episode, Brian told the story of animals on the farm that hatched from an egg such as birds, snakes, and tortoises.[2] In addition to the puppets, the show also integrated stories that involve real-life animals.
Puppet characters in the show included: Dapple the Horse; Mabel the Cow; Stubble and Straw, the two mice; Columbus the Cockerel; Lucky Ducky; Colin the Coot; Millie the Moorhen; Fiona the Frog; and Harry the Heron. These characters had different personalities that range from mischievous to bashful.[3] For this reason, there are times when they quarrel with each other and Brian the farmer served as the mediator.[3]
The puppets were created by the Hands Up Puppets company.[4]
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