Fun Song Factory: 2 [VHS]

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Iain: Oh, there's the hooter! It's time for us to go everybody! See you next time in the Fun Song Factory but let's say goodbye to our special guests! Rupert! After the original 7 videos sold a combined total of 750,000 copies in the UK, GMTV commissioned a television series in 1998, consisting of twenty-three episodes. Dave Benson Phillips now became the main presenter, and appeared in every episode. Other presenters rotated from a selection of four - Katy Stephens, who previously appeared on Fun Song Factory: Fun and Games, Karl Woolley, a producer for Tell-Tale Productions, Justin Fletcher, who made his television debut role in the series, and Alex Lovell, who also made her television debut.

Dave: Was that you? Are you sure? Right, I'll tell you what, I'm gonna do it again. Hang on, it was you, was it? All twenty-three episodes have been released on various VHS tapes, released by Abbey Home Entertainment and later PolyGram Video/ Universal Pictures Video. The 2004 series was formatted similarly to other children's music shows like Hi-5, where in addition to the show's action songs, every episode featured a pop song. The 2004 series also ditched using presenters, instead using a cast of characters with acting names who appeared in every episode: Melody ( Laura Hamilton), OJ and Cookie (Chris Till and Aston Merrygold, the latter being later part of the boyband JLS), Paige ( Polly Parsons) and Cal (Kerry Newell). In 2006, a live show produced by Imagine Theatre (under license from Entertainment Rights) featuring the cast toured theatres across the United Kingdom. The show featured brand new songs that were not heard in the TV series. [1] [2] A series of shows performed at Butlins holiday parks in June 2008 featured Dave Benson Phillips and Emma Quintin as presenters. [3] DVD Releases [ edit ]In the United Kingdom, a double-VHS/DVD release of the series, titled "Favourite Songs"/"Farm" was released by Universal Pictures Video and Right Entertainment in August 2005. Containing twelve episode altogether. [4]

In Singapore, HVN Entertainment released thirteen 4-episode DVD and VCD volumes of the series that made up the entire series. The volumes were titled "In the Countryside", "Songs to Please", "In the Town", "Things That Grow", "Transport", "Birds", "Sailors", "Words", "Kings & Queens", "Energy", "Important People", "In the Garden" and "Friends". Fun Song Factory is a British preschool children's television series and video series. It was originally created in 1994 by Will Brenton and Iain Lauchlan, who at the time, were part of the Playdays production team. The series was produced through their studio Tell-Tale Productions and was originally released as a Direct-to-video series through Abbey Home Entertainment (and later PolyGram Video)'s "Tempo-Pre-School" imprint. The Tempo Pre-School video promo from 1995 plus " Fun Song Factory" advert. (announced by Gary Martin) Iain: Oh, I don't know about you Dave but I could do with a kip. I wonder if there's anywhere to sleep in the Fun Song Factory.Dave: Oh! Oh, sorry about that, everyone. Oh, there you go. That's all yours. Oh, sorry about that, everybody. I was-- I was so tired after chasing that runaway train,. I decided to have a little kip.

The series began as a series of direct-to-video features that were recorded live in front of an audience of children. Iain: Bye-bye everybody! Bye Jo Jo. Ha ha ha! Oh, yes! Now, you see the good thing about the Fun Song Factory is, the Fun Song Factory will play all your favourite songs and you can join in with all the actions. But the problem with the Fun Song Factory is, you're never quite sure what’s going to happen next. You see, anything can happen. And probab-- Oh, I think it just did. Oh, I d-- Aah!Iain: Well, factory, haha! I actually asked for a big pot with teabags, not Pat with postbags. Hahaha Iain: Whoo! You were brilliant, well done. Give yourselves applause. That was lovely! Really good! Whoo-hoo! Iain: But this time, we're going to do all together! We're going to clap our hands, then stamp our feet, then stretch our arms, nod our heads, and then everybody shake together like that! Are we all ready! Are you gonna remember them all?