Underplayed Gems

Dappledown Farm (1990)

Dappledown Farm poster
Directed by
Adrian Hedley
Genre
children's television series
Country
United Kingdom
Length
5 seasons
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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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.

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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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