Dappledown Farm

Dappledown Farm
GenreFamily
Puppetry
Children's television series
Educational
Created byCatherine Kirkwood and Nick Wilson
Directed byAdrian Hedley
Catherine Kirkwood
Nick Wilson
Creative directorNikky Smedley
Voices ofBrian Cant
Marcus Clarke
Helena Smee
Sally Preisig
David Alan Barclay
Joe Greco
Katherine Smee
Dave Taylor
Tim Jones
Geoff Felix
Nick Wilson
ComposerPeter Gosling
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series5
Production
Production companiesClear Idea Television
United Productions (1998–1999)
Original release
NetworkTV-am (ITV) (1990-1992)
Channel 5 (1998–1999)
Release11 March 1990 (1990-03-11) –
1999 (1999)

Dappledown Farm is a British children's television programme, starring and presented by Brian Cant and a series of puppets. It began airing on 11 March 1990 on TV-am[1] until 27 December 1992[2] and was originally broadcast on Sunday mornings. After TVAM's closure, the re-runs were broadcast on The Children's Channel in 1993[3] before it was later moved to Channel 5's Milkshake! in 1997[4] when the series got rebooted in 1998.

Despite the fact that production of the show stopped in 1999, it was still shown in repeats until November 2004.[5]

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.[6] 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.[7] In addition to the puppets, the show also integrated stories that involve real-life animals.

Puppet characters

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.[8] For this reason, there are times when they quarrel with each other and Brian the farmer served as the mediator.[8]

The puppets were created by the Hands Up Puppets company.[9]

VHS

  • Dappledown Farm 1: Water Everywhere & Columbus Under the Weather
  • Dappledown Farm 2: Senses & Forgetful Brian

References

  1. ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/search/results/?date=1990-03&iid=2270&keyword=Dappledown+Farm. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/search/results/?date=1992-12&iid=2270&keyword=Dappledown+Farm. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/search/results/?date=1993&iid=2270&keyword=Dappledown+Farm. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ "Search".
  5. ↑ "Search".
  6. ↑ Jones, Ian (2004). Morning Glory: A History of British Breakfast Television. Devon: Kelly Publications. p. 120. ISBN 9781903053201.
  7. ↑ Limited, GipsyMedia. "Episode 0, Season 1 : Eggs – Dappledown Farm". digiguide.tv. Retrieved 26 June 2018. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  8. 1 2 TV.com. "Dappledown Farm". TV.com. Archived from the original on 26 June 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  9. ↑ "Dappledown Farm children's TV Series Puppetry information". handsuppuppets.com. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
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