Dappledown Farm (1990)

Directed by

Adrian Hedley

Genre

children's television series

Country

United Kingdom

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Brian Cant hosts this children's show from a farm set. He introduces cartoons and tells stories about animals. The show uses puppets and real animals.

gentleplayfulnostalgiceducationalwhimsicalslow-pacedfeel-goodlighthearted

What happens

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 until 27 December 1992 and was originally broadcast on Sunday mornings. After TVAM's closure, the re-runs were broadcast on The Children's Channel in 1993 before it was later moved to Channel 5's Milkshake! in 1997 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. 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. 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. In addition to the puppets, the show also integrated stories that involve real-life animals. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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