- The Lampies
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The Lampies Genre Kid's Entertainment Created by Dave Bonner Ending theme Mcasso No. of seasons 2 No. of episodes 52 Production Producer(s) Morgan Francis Running time 11 Min The Lampies is a children's television series in which fictional engineers (Anthropomorphic Powers) defend a lighting network. The series was created by Dave Bonner and features a mixture of 2D and 3D animation.
The Lampies is a traditional hand-drawn animation for children aged 3 and above. The series has award winning music.[citation needed]
Created by Dave Bonner in conjunction with Uli Meyer Animation Studios and music by Mcasso Music, there are 52 eleven-minute episodes that were originally commissioned by the BBC.[citation needed] Financial issues caused the creative and business drive to falter and momentum was lost.[citation needed] In 2003 The Lampies IP was bought from the receiver by a private investor.[citation needed]
TV distribution rights for Series One were sold into 33 countries."International Songwriting Competition Results". 2006. http://www.songwritingcompetition.com/previouswinners#2006. When series one was broadcast in 2001 it regularly achieved over 40% of target viewing audience. This figure reached over 50% during 2002.[citation needed] Series two of The Lampies was completed in March 2002 and generated similar audience figures with prime slots on BBC 1 and 2.[citation needed] An introductory DVD - SWITCH ON TO THE LAMPIES was launched on 7 April 2008.[citation needed] The first full DVD, Disc 1 Series One - A BIT OF A JAM AND OTHER STORIES was launched on 19 May 2008.[citation needed] LP Productions formed a partnership with Save the Children in 2008.[citation needed] £2 from the sale of each SWITCH ON TO THE LAMPIES DVD will go towards the Save the Children protection work with very vulnerable children in Mongolia.[citation needed]
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Plot
Anthropomorphic electrical power engineers and their children defending the Lighting Network.
Music
The Lampies theme tune was one of the most popular on CBBC, and helped the show gain popularity.[citation needed] It won first place in an International Songwriting Competition in 2006. Written by Mike Connaris of London-based Mcasso Music, the Lampies Title song won the Children's category against huge International competition.[citation needed] The judges included Tom Waits, Chris Hillman, John Mayall and Jerry Lee Lewis.[citation needed] The Lampies released a Christmas single called "Light Up the World for Christmas" in 2001.[citation needed] There is an extended version of the song, which is over two minutes.[citation needed]
Credits
Director: Dean Roberts, Mark Marren
Producer: Morgan Francis
Executive producer: Theresa Plummer-Andrews, James Coldwell
Writers: David Bonner, Jimmy Hibbert
Music: Mcasso overseas
Anime directors: Andreas Von Andrian, Jean-Paul Vermeulen
Storyboards: Andreas Von Andrian, Mik Casey, Mark Marren, Serena Gattuso, Dean Roberts, Tevor Ricketts, David Stoten, Jeremy Swan, Jean-Paul Vermeulen, Tim Watts
Board assistants: Chris Drew, Hae Sook Park
Layouts: Sean Burke, Alan Case, Lee Noble, Matt Noble, Andy Price, Andy Roper
Layout assistants: Javier Moratinos, Christian Roberton
Key backgrounds: Michael Hirsh, Ray Rankine
Prop design: David McFall, Helga Elgison
Key animation poses: Terry Bannon, Simon Clarke, Chris Drew, Nicolette Van Gendt, Barry Hales, Paul Lee, Paul McKeown, Elroy Simmons, Gerben Steenks, Ian Wilkes
Col stylist: Selena D'Santos
Anime services: Animasia UK Ltd, Animation Services Honk Kong Ltd.
@Spider Eye Services
3D environments: Michael Hughes, Richard Ridout
Final Compositing: Ben Weschke, Andy Turner, Paul Tarberer, Chris D'Santos, Dave Griffiths
Softimage modelling: Paul McBride, Suzanne Slatcher
Title seq: Simon Leech
Sound rec: Mag Masters
Dubbing mixer: Mark Owen
Track breakdown: Stuart Parmenter
Editors: Mark Edwards, Rory Timoney
@Red Balloo Productions
Accounting: Dennis Mullen, Trevor Shirlock, Michael Brown, Ian Robertson
Legal Services: Tim Care, George Lyall,
Secretarial Services: Christine Close
Prod runners: Jason Kotey, Andres Puente
Prod secretary: Vikki Lawes
Prod accountant: Edmund Amarasinghe
Prod co-ord: Marianne Rousseau
Studio Man: Mark Farrington
Producer Man: Erica Darby
Producer: Morgan Francis at Uli Meyer Studios, London
Voices:
References
External links
Categories:- BBC children's television programmes
- British animated television series
- Fictional anthropomorphic characters
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