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Zippy and George's Puppet Legends (2005)
Country of Origin: UK
Date of Original Broadcast: 17 September 2005
Number of Seasons: n/a
Total Number of Episodes: 1
Running Times: 50m
Format:
Colour Format: colour
Aspect Ratio:
Sound: stereo
CREW
PRODUCTION
Production Company: Radar for Channel 4
Head of Production: Tim Breadin
Executive Producer: Sean Doherty
Producer: Chris Hill
Assistant Producer: Jack Bayles
Production Manager: Samantha Evans
Production Coordinator: Victoria Duffin
PHOTOGRAPHY
Cameras: Dave Hamilton Green, Duane <cClune, Chris Hartley, Robert
Foster, Mike Marmion, Jon Dennis
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Offline Editor: Tom Heaney
Online Editor: Nick King
SOUND
Sound: Andrew Glebe
Dubbing Mixer: Ian Marriott-Smith
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Puppeteers: Ronnie Le Drew, Mark Mander
VISUAL EFFECTS
Titles Sequence: Tom Britton, Leonora Chan
Title Images: Art Archive; Kobal Collection; Rex Features; Children's
Art Prints
OTHER CREW
Researcher: Chris Holdridge
Archives: BBC Television; Sooty used by permission of Sooty Limited;
Entertainment Rights; Five TV; Freemantlemedia; Granada International;
ITN Archive; ITN Granada; Moving Image; Muppets Holding LLC; Ventricolee
Productions
Archivists: Ernest Stoddart, Zosia Alchimowicz
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
With Thanks To: Fremantlemedia Ltd
CAST
Roy Skelton (voices of Zippy and George)
Geoffrey Hayes (himself)
Philip Schofield (himself)
Trevor and Simon (real name: Trevor Neal and Simon Hickson) (themselves)
Keith Harris (himself)
Mike Read (himself)
Paul Gambaccini (himself)
Simon Buckley (himself)
Gerry Anderson (himself)
Matthew Corbett (himself)
Lord Hattersley (himself)
Chris Barrie (himself)
Roger Law (himself)
Steve Nallon (himself)
Anne Diamond (herself)
Nick Owen (himself)
Laurie Mansfield (himself)
Ian Hyland (himself)
Brian Henson (himself)
Paul Zerdin (himself)
Chris Langham (himself)
PLOT SUMMARY
Zippy and George, the puppet stars of TV's Rainbow
(1972-1992), present a look at some of the classic puppet characters
from British television.
AVAILABILITY
UK
Television Distributors: Channel 4
TIMELINE
2005
September
17: UK - television broadcast (on Channel 4)
2006
March
2: UK - television broadcast (on Channel 4)
LINKS
INCLUDES FOOTAGE FROM
The Basil Brush Show (1968-1980)
Fingerbobs (1972)
Get Fresh (1986-1988)
Going Live (1987-1993)
Good Morning Britain (1983-1992)
The Keith Harris Show (1982-1990)
The Muppet Show (1976-1981)
Pinky and Perky (1957-1973)
Pipkins (1973-1981)
Rainbow (1972-1992)
Roland Rat the Series (1986)
The Sooty Show (1955-1967)
The Sooty Show (1967-1992)
Spitting Image (1984-1996)
Thunderbirds (1965-1966)
REFERENCES
OTHER SOURCES
screen
credits
KEYWORDS
television history, puppets
Last Updated:
28 February, 2010
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