Wizadora

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Television series
German title Wizadora
Original title Wizadora
Country of production United Kingdom
Year (s) 1993 to 1998
length 9 or 15 minutes
genre Language course
Theme music Dave Hutton
idea Don Arioli
Carolyne Cullum
production Workhouse and North Pole Productions for ITV ,
Tiny Living
Moderation Cathy Lawday (1991–1992)
Wendy van der Plank (1993–1996)
Lizzie Mcphee
(1997–1998)
Steven Ryde (1995–1998)
Brian Murphy
Tessa Hatts
Joe Greco (1993–1994)
First broadcast January 5th, 1993 on ITV Network on WDR TV

Wizadora was a children's television program thatairedon ITV in the UK from 1993 to 1998. However, it was first used by Oxford University Press in 1991 as a language learning tool for children who were about to learn the English language. The television series was developed by Don Arioli and Carolyne Cullum. In her first Wendy van der Plank and then from 1996 Lizzie Mcphee as 'Wizadora' with. The show was filmed by Meridian Broadcasting .

All of the episodes took place in or around Wizadora's house. Wizadora, a witch in training, always tries to solve problems with magic .

characters

Wizadoras are acquaintances

  • Tatty Bogle - a mentally retarded scarecrow who lives in Wizadora's front yard and constantly confuses words. She is played by Joe Greco (1993-1994) and Steven Ryde (1995-1998).
  • Stan the Shopkeeper, who regularly supplies magical catalog items, and is portrayed by Brian Murphy .
  • Pippa the Postwoman, (the postwoman), played by Tessa Hatts .
  • Top / Sticky / Bottom - three talking drawers
  • Phoebe - a talking phone
  • Philbert - a talking vegetable and also a magician in training. Philbert is a regular gardener. Philbert had a half-brother named Tarquin.
  • Dog Doormat - a barking door mat
  • Hangle - a purple coat hanger (who insists on calling itself a cloak hanger) with a yellow raincoat, glasses, and a purple mustache has a crude sense of humor.
  • Very Old Fish - a cryptically speaking fish
  • Poot - Wizadora's computer
  • Nigel the Snail - Very Old Fish's friend
  • The Crows - Two crows causing panic in Tatty Bogle's garden
  • Roxy - a pretty friendly speaking spider
  • Dusty - a creature that lives under the refrigerator. He has a very loud operatic voice and usually sleeps.
  • Katie and Tom are two normal English children.

Puppeteers Phil Eason , Francis Wright , Michael Bayliss , Sue Dacre , Don Austen , Brian Herring , Neil Sterenberg , Debbie Cumming , and Sheila Clark worked for the television series.

Further information

The series was produced for Meridian Broadcasting by production companies Workhouse and North Pole Productions at The Fountain Studios in New Malden . David Crozier directed. The theme music was composed by Dave Hutton who was also the head cameraman for the first four seasons. The track was recorded at Gordon Thrussell's studios in Ashford, Kent and features show music from 'Hutt and Thrust' on the credits. This happened because the director David Crozier didn't want to have two different credits there (e.g.: head cameraman and theme music). The cameramen were Roger Backhouse and Angus McMillan, and sometimes Steve Leach. The mixer was Julie Miller. Wizadora appeared on Living's Morning Children's slot " Tiny Living " until Tiny Living was replaced by Living2.

Jill Golick wrote several episodes.

The second actor to play Tatty Bogle, Steven Ryde , became the inter-TV voice-over announcer for CITV at the same time.

Episodes

The show ran for seven seasons. The first episode, The Magic Parcel , aired January 5, 1993, and the last start of the year 1998. In the third program of the German television were in the context of the series Planet School eight episodes of Season 1 (Phoebe Calling, A Red Banana, Happy Birthday, The Magic Cloak, Can You Fly ?, Where's Katie ?, The Picnic and Hangle is Lost), which are aimed at students learning English in the 1st and 2nd year of study.

Home video and DVD

The show was released on DVD by Oxford University Press . Some VHS tapes were released in the mid-1990s.

Broadcast dates on ITV

  • Duration of the episodes of the 1st season 15 minutes, from the 2nd season: 9 minutes.
  • Season 1: 18 episodes from January 5, 1993 to May 4, 1993
  • Season 2: 30 episodes from September 4, 1993 to December 15, 1993
  • Season 3: 30 episodes from September 7, 1994 - December 15, 1994
  • Season 4: 32 episodes from September 1995 to December 13, 1995
  • Season 5: 30 episodes from September 5, 1996 to December 17, 1996
  • Season 6: 32 episodes from January 7, 1997
  • Season 7: 32 episodes from autumn 1997 to early 1998

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ [1]
  2. ^ The Original Wizadora . Retrieved July 30, 2011.
  3. ↑ http://www.planet-schule.de/wissenspool/wizadora/inhalt.html
  4. ↑ http://www.planet-schule.de/wissenspool/wizadora/inhalt/sendung/phoebe-calling.html#
  5. ^ Wizadora at Classic Kids TV . Retrieved July 30, 2011.