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The Lampies
The Lampies is a British animated children's television series created by David Bonner and produced by Red Balloo Productions in conjunction with Uli Meyer Animation Studios for the BBC.
A group of friendly sprite-like power engineers maintain and defend the lamp post "HO32" which is the critical area of the entire Lighting Network. The Roons, who live with their only leader, Arch Roon, in the dark sewers below, are the green yellow-eyed creatures who always plan to threaten the whole Lighting Network due to their strong dislike of light. Sewer rats can still also prove to be a pest to the Lampies themselves.
The series was created by David Bonner in conjunction with Uli Meyer Animation Studios, with music by Mcasso Music.
The series ended production abruptly before the second season was completed due to financial issues, which caused the creative and business drive to malfunction.
In 2003, The IP was bought from the receiver by the chairman of Darlington Football Club and businessman, George Houghton.
TV distribution rights for Series One were sold into 33 countries."International Songwriting Competition Results". 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]
HIT Entertainment released a single UK-only VHS tape release of the programme entitled "Captain Who and Other Stories" in 2001.
The series has seen two DVD releases that were intended to relaunch the series for a new generation after the sale of the series to LP Productions. The first release, "Switch Onto the Lampies" was released on 7 April 2008, where £2 from the sale of the DVD went towards the Save the Children protection work. The second, "A Bit of a Jam and Other Stories", was released on 19 May 2008 and contains the first half of the first series.
The Lampies
The Lampies is a British animated children's television series created by David Bonner and produced by Red Balloo Productions in conjunction with Uli Meyer Animation Studios for the BBC.
A group of friendly sprite-like power engineers maintain and defend the lamp post "HO32" which is the critical area of the entire Lighting Network. The Roons, who live with their only leader, Arch Roon, in the dark sewers below, are the green yellow-eyed creatures who always plan to threaten the whole Lighting Network due to their strong dislike of light. Sewer rats can still also prove to be a pest to the Lampies themselves.
The series was created by David Bonner in conjunction with Uli Meyer Animation Studios, with music by Mcasso Music.
The series ended production abruptly before the second season was completed due to financial issues, which caused the creative and business drive to malfunction.
In 2003, The IP was bought from the receiver by the chairman of Darlington Football Club and businessman, George Houghton.
TV distribution rights for Series One were sold into 33 countries."International Songwriting Competition Results". 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]
HIT Entertainment released a single UK-only VHS tape release of the programme entitled "Captain Who and Other Stories" in 2001.
The series has seen two DVD releases that were intended to relaunch the series for a new generation after the sale of the series to LP Productions. The first release, "Switch Onto the Lampies" was released on 7 April 2008, where £2 from the sale of the DVD went towards the Save the Children protection work. The second, "A Bit of a Jam and Other Stories", was released on 19 May 2008 and contains the first half of the first series.