Five Minutes More (TV series) - Wikipedia
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| Five Minutes More | |
|---|---|
 Title card | |
| Genre | Children's |
| Written by | Jan Page Mellie Buse |
| Directed by | Mark Barnard |
| Voices of | Nigel Plaskitt Gillie Robic Elizabeth Lindsay Mark Jefferis Louise Gold |
| Country of origin | Australia United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 64 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Angus Fletcher Martin Robertson |
| Producers | Donna Andrews Justine Flynn |
| Running time | 5 minutes |
| Production companies | Snow River Media[1] Buster Dandy Productions[1] |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC Kids |
| Release | 23 August – 21 November 2006 |
Five Minutes More is a children's television series co-produced between Australia and the United Kingdom. It was produced by Snow River Media and Buster Dandy Productions, and developed by The Jim Henson Company. The series premiered on ABC on 23 August 2006. Broadcast on the V-me in United States of America.[1]
The show starts off with one of the five animals telling a story: Faraway, an aardvark; Georgie, a penguin; Florrie, a dog; Sam, a monkey; and Louisa, a polar bear. Each story has a moral to it.
All of the characters are puppets originally designed by Playhouse Disney Asia in the South East Asia, and built by Solution Studios.[1] All sets are cardboard and costumes are made with quilt fabric the same type on the bed they sit on telling these stories. The quilt is specially made with square pictures mostly based on a stories that is about to or has been already told. The series was shot in eight weeks in Australia, and dubbed in Britain.[2]
- Five Minutes More – The Very Best Present
- Five Minutes More – The Best Birthday Party Ever
- Five Minutes More – Bingle Bongle Boo
- Five Minutes More – Make Me A Rainbow
- Five Minutes More – All Together Now
- Five Minutes More – Magic of Music
- Five Minutes More – Volume One
- Five Minutes More – Bumper Pack Two Disc Collection
- ^ a b c d Reeve-Crook, Antony (8 September 2006). "New puppet show heads ABC's Mipcom slate". C21 Media. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
- ^ Houston, Melinda (20 August 2006). "Taking a softly, softly approach". The Age. Retrieved 3 January 2010.