Tots TV

Tots TV
Developed by	Ragdoll Productions
Directed by	Rob Ollerton Tom Poole Nick Hayward-Young Robin Toyne
Starring	Véronique Déroulède Claire Carre Alexandra Hogg Andrew Davenport Robin Stevens
Composer	Andrew McCrorie-Shand
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of episodes	276[1]
Production
Producer	Anne Wood
Cinematography	Mike Callan Brian Owens Andy Martin Derek Gruszeckyj
Editors	Johnathan Bravo Howard Dell Gareth Maynard Julia Weaver Nigel Buck
Running time	10-25 minutes
Production companies	Ragdoll Productions Central Independent Television (1993–1995) Carlton UK Productions (1995–1998)
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	4 January 1993 (1993-01-04) – 27 April 1998 (1998-04-27)

Tots TV is a British children's television programme made by Ragdoll Productions and Central.

The programme has three ragdoll friends. They are Tilly, Tom and Tine. Tilly is a French girl with red hair and white skin. she speaks in basic French. This is changed to English in Latin American broadcasts and Spanish in the American version. Tom is a blue-haired boy with dark skin and glasses. Tiny is the youngest Tot. He is smaller than the others and has green hair and white skin. The programme also includes their pet Donkey. He lived in a stable next to the tots' secret house. There was also Furry Boo a small mischievous dog that the tots do not know about.

Tots TV was written by two of its puppeteers Robin Stevens (Tom) and Andrew Davenport (Tiny). Tilly was played by three actresses. They were Véronique Deroulede, Claire Carre and Alexandra Hogg. The series won two BAFTA awards for its producer Anne Wood and director Vic Finch. The progrmme was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on the ITV network (as part of CITV). CBeebies, the BBC's television channel for young children, picked up the series from 2004. It started being shown on BBC Two and the CBeebies channel on the 19 April.^[1]

The series was also broadcast in the United States on the PBS network from 1996 to 2002. In the American version, Tilly spoke Spanish instead of French.^[2] In 2000 Discovery Kids broadcast the series throughout Central and South America, the Caribbean and the Falkland Islands.^[3]

References

1. "Ragdoll Story". Ragdoll.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 November 2010. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
2. "PBS Premieres New Episodes of 'Tots TV' and 'Teletubbies'. - Free Online Library". Thefreelibrary.com. Archived from the original on 2013-03-23. Retrieved 2013-09-20.
3. 21 July 2000 (2000-07-21). "Ragdoll has licensed Tots TV to Discovery Kids for broadcast through Central and South America, the Caribbean and the Falkland Islands, writes Georgina Lipscomb. The Itsy Bity Entertainment Company, R | News | Broadcast". Broadcastnow.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-09-20.

Other websites

• Tots TV at BBC
• Tots TV on IMDb