Carrie and David's Popshop
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Carrie and David's Popshop is a children's television series aired on Cbeebies
, originally broadcast in 2008. It is presented by celebrity vocal coaches Carrie Grant
and David Grant
, with their pet dog Riff, puppeteered by Dave Chapman
, and produced by BBC Scotland
.
-related situation that usually ends in them giving the viewer (behind the camera
) an object. Then a warm-up song is sung. A child or children would then come into the popshop and ask for a song for a certain purpose (eg. to skip going to bed or to get their dad to dance) then Carrie and David would have an idea (We're getting the feeling!) and sing a song asking what genre of music
they want their song to be sung in. The customer would then leave awaiting their pod (see below). Unlike most current CBeebies
programmes, Carrie & David wear the same clothes in every episode.
Then Carrie and David's dog Riff would 'prepare the zone' and sing a song about setting the equipment up. Carrie and David would expand their idea, come up with lyrics and decide what instruments
to use, during which the object that the viewer was given earlier usually comes into use. Carrie and David then perform the song they have come up with and Riff records it on a pod. Riff hands the pod to the viewer who gives the pod to the original customer. When they open the pod stars come out and the video of their song comes out. They dance and sing along. The actors were used to play other parts in other episodes (i.e brothers, sisters or relatives.) This is why so few actors were used in the production of Series 1. Most of the actors were Scottish and sourced from auditions nationwide.
The show is Series Produced by Nigel P Harris for BBC Scotland.
The musical director is Andrew McCrorie-Shand who did the music in Tots TV
and Teletubbies
.
CBeebies
CBeebies is the brand used by the BBC for programming aimed at children 6 years and under. It is used as a themed strand in the UK on terrestrial television, as a separate free-to-air domestic British channel and used for international varients supported by advertising, subscription or both...
, originally broadcast in 2008. It is presented by celebrity vocal coaches Carrie Grant
Carrie Grant
Carrie Grant is a British vocal coach and session singer. She is best known for her work on the television talent contests Fame Academy, Comic Relief does Fame Academy and Pop Idol, together with her husband and colleague David Grant. She is also personal voice coach to many successful pop stars...
and David Grant
David Grant (singer)
David Grant is an English pop singer and celebrity vocal coach.-Career:Grant became famous in the early 1980s as a member of UK soul/funk duo, Linx, whose biggest hit was Intuition in 1981. He began a solo career in 1983 with the Top 40 hit "Stop and Go"...
, with their pet dog Riff, puppeteered by Dave Chapman
Dave Chapman
Dave Chapman is an English actor, television presenter, puppeteer and voice artist.-Career:Dave Chapman trained at The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and The Jim Henson Company...
, and produced by BBC Scotland
BBC Scotland
BBC Scotland is a constituent part of the British Broadcasting Corporation, the publicly-funded broadcaster of the United Kingdom. It is, in effect, the national broadcaster for Scotland, having a considerable amount of autonomy from the BBC's London headquarters, and is run by the BBC Trust, who...
.
Overview
Carrie and David took off the show by acting out a musicMusic
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
-related situation that usually ends in them giving the viewer (behind the camera
Movie camera
The movie camera is a type of photographic camera which takes a rapid sequence of photographs on strips of film which was very popular for private use in the last century until its successor, the video camera, replaced it...
) an object. Then a warm-up song is sung. A child or children would then come into the popshop and ask for a song for a certain purpose (eg. to skip going to bed or to get their dad to dance) then Carrie and David would have an idea (We're getting the feeling!) and sing a song asking what genre of music
Music genre
A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other types of music...
they want their song to be sung in. The customer would then leave awaiting their pod (see below). Unlike most current CBeebies
CBeebies
CBeebies is the brand used by the BBC for programming aimed at children 6 years and under. It is used as a themed strand in the UK on terrestrial television, as a separate free-to-air domestic British channel and used for international varients supported by advertising, subscription or both...
programmes, Carrie & David wear the same clothes in every episode.
Then Carrie and David's dog Riff would 'prepare the zone' and sing a song about setting the equipment up. Carrie and David would expand their idea, come up with lyrics and decide what instruments
Musical instrument
A musical instrument is a device created or adapted for the purpose of making musical sounds. In principle, any object that produces sound can serve as a musical instrument—it is through purpose that the object becomes a musical instrument. The history of musical instruments dates back to the...
to use, during which the object that the viewer was given earlier usually comes into use. Carrie and David then perform the song they have come up with and Riff records it on a pod. Riff hands the pod to the viewer who gives the pod to the original customer. When they open the pod stars come out and the video of their song comes out. They dance and sing along. The actors were used to play other parts in other episodes (i.e brothers, sisters or relatives.) This is why so few actors were used in the production of Series 1. Most of the actors were Scottish and sourced from auditions nationwide.
The show is Series Produced by Nigel P Harris for BBC Scotland.
The musical director is Andrew McCrorie-Shand who did the music in Tots TV
Tots TV
Tots TV is a television show, produced by Ragdoll Productions and Central . Tots TV was also broadcast in the USA on PBS from 3 January 1993 to 27 April 1998...
and Teletubbies
Teletubbies
Teletubbies is a BBC children's television series targeted at pre-school viewers and produced from 1997 to 2001 by Ragdoll Productions. It was created by Ragdoll's creative director Anne Wood CBE and Andrew Davenport, who wrote each of the show's 365 episodes. The programme's original narrator was...
.
Songs
All songs are written by the Grants. In a typical programme, the following songs will feature:- Theme song
- Warm-up song - usually Bounce, Bounce, warm up your voice or Music Voices
- Is It This Or Is It That?
- Riff's song - In relation to his job in the popshop
- The customer's chosen song
External links
- Carrie and David's Popshop at the CBeebies Website
- Carrie and David's Popshop on BBC iPlayer