They started with producing the later four episodes of Brambly Hedge, a series of 25-minute episodes based on the eight illustrated children's books by Jill Barklem.
The company then made Rubbadubbers, a series about bath toys that come alive. Pingu, a Swiss-British animated series about a family of penguins, was recreated with great success from 2003 to 2006.
HOT ceased to produce the main series of Bob the Builder after 2008 when the studio announced that jobs would be cut, and opted to produce a direct-to-DVD series called Bob the Builder: On Site, using stop motion from Bob's world and live action from real world construction sites. The studio closed prior to HIT's purchase by Mattel, but was fully dissolved on 18 August 2012.[1]
animation, this, article, multiple, issues, please, help, improve, discuss, these, issues, talk, page, learn, when, remove, these, template, messages, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, cita. This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources HOT Animation news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2014 Learn how and when to remove this message A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view Please discuss further on the talk page August 2010 Learn how and when to remove this message Learn how and when to remove this message HOT Animation was a British animation studio owned by HIT Entertainment that specialised in stop motion animation The studio was first incorporated in September 1997 and was officially established on 1 April 1998 by Jackie Cockle Brian Little and Joe Dembinski HOT AnimationCompany typeSubsidiaryIndustryMediaTelevision productionFounded16 September 1997 26 years ago 1997 09 16 1 FounderJackie CockleBrian LittleJoe DembinskiDefunct18 August 2012 11 years ago 2012 08 18 1 HeadquartersManchester EnglandKey peopleJackie CockleBrian LittleJoe DembinskiProductsChildren s television seriesStop motionTotal assets 1 119 millionNumber of employees67 2007 ParentHIT Entertainment They started with producing the later four episodes of Brambly Hedge a series of 25 minute episodes based on the eight illustrated children s books by Jill Barklem Their worldwide success did not follow until the creation of Bob the Builder a British animated television series which follows general contractor Bob and the Can Do Crew of building vehicles The theme tune was released as a single Can We Fix It with an accompanying promo produced at HOT which beat Kylie Minogue s Please Stay Eminem s Stan and Westlife s What Makes a Man among others to become the Christmas number one single The company then made Rubbadubbers a series about bath toys that come alive Pingu a Swiss British animated series about a family of penguins was recreated with great success from 2003 to 2006 HOT ceased to produce the main series of Bob the Builder after 2008 when the studio announced that jobs would be cut and opted to produce a direct to DVD series called Bob the Builder On Site using stop motion from Bob s world and live action from real world construction sites The studio closed prior to HIT s purchase by Mattel but was fully dissolved on 18 August 2012 1 Contents 1 Productions 1 1 Television 1 2 Feature length specials 1 3 Direct to home video 1 4 Music videos 1 5 Other 2 References 3 External linksProductions editTelevision edit Brambly Hedge 1998 2000 episodes 5 8 only Bob the Builder 1999 2008 seasons 1 16 only Rubbadubbers 2002 2005 Pingu 2003 2006 seasons 5 6 only Thomas and Friends 2002 2007 series 6 11 only Feature length specials edit Bob the Builder A Christmas to Remember 2001 Bob the Builder The Live Show 2002 Bob the Builder The Knights of Can a Lot 2003 Bob the Builder Snowed Under The Bobblesburg Winter Games 2004 Bob the Builder Project Build It When Bob Became a Builder 2005 Bob the Builder Project Build It Built to Be Wild 2006 Bob the Builder Project Build It Scrambler to the Rescue 2007 Bob the Builder Project Build It Race to the Finish 2008 Direct to home video edit Bob the Builder On Site 2008 2011 Music videos edit Can We Fix It 2000 Mambo No 5 2001 Eskimo Disco 7 11 2006 Big Fish Little Fish 2008 Other edit Dinosaur Roar 1999 pilot for HIT Entertainment Gina and Stella 2001 short film Bitziboos 2004 pilot for HIT Entertainment Life on Mars 2007 Camberwick Green parody sequence for season 2 episode 5 References edit a b c https find and update company information service gov uk company 03437019External links editOfficial website archived nbsp This article related to an animation studio is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title HOT Animation amp oldid 1222328301, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
