The Lampies
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The Lampies is a children's television series in which fictional engineers (Anthropomorphic Powers) defend a lighting network. The series was created by Dave Bonner and features a mixture of 2D and 3D animation.
The Lampies is a traditional hand-drawn animation for children aged 3 and above. The series has award winning music.
Created by Dave Bonner in conjunction with Uli Meyer Animation Studios and music by Mcasso Music, there are 52 eleven-minute episodes that were originally commissioned by the BBC. Financial issues caused the creative and business drive to falter and momentum was lost. In 2003 The Lampies IP was bought from the receiver by a private investor.
TV distribution rights for Series One were sold into 33 countries. When series one was broadcast in 2001 it regularly achieved over 40% of target viewing audience. This figure reached over 50% during 2002. Series two of The Lampies was completed in March 2002 and generated similar audience figures with prime slots on BBC 1 and 2. An introductory DVD - SWITCH ON TO THE LAMPIES was launched on 7 April 2008. The first full DVD, Disc 1 Series One - A BIT OF A JAM AND OTHER STORIES was launched on 19 May 2008. LP Productions formed a partnership with Save the Children in 2008. £2 from the sale of each SWITCH ON TO THE LAMPIES DVD will go towards the Save the Children protection work with very vulnerable children in Mongolia.
electrical
power engineers and their children defending the Lighting Network.
, Chris Hillman, John Mayall and Jerry Lee Lewis
. The Lampies released a Christmas single called "Light Up the World for Christmas" in 2001. There is an extended version of the song, which is over two minutes.
Producer: Morgan Francis
Executive producer: Theresa Plummer-Andrews, James Coldwell
Writers: David Bonner, Jimmy Hibbert
Music: Mcasso overseas
Anime directors: Andreas Von Andrian, Jean-Paul Vermeulen
Storyboards: Andreas Von Andrian, Mik Casey, Mark Marren, Serena Gattuso, Dean Roberts, Tevor Ricketts, David Stoten, Jeremy
Swan, Jean-Paul Vermeulen, Tim Watts
Board assistants: Chris Drew, Hae Sook Park
Layouts: Sean Burke, Alan Case, Lee Noble, Matt Noble, Andy Price, Andy Roper
Layout assistants: Javier Moratinos, Christian Roberton
Key backgrounds: Michael Hirsh, Ray Rankine
Prop design: David McFall, Helga Elgison
Key animation poses: Terry Bannon, Simon Clarke, Chris Drew, Nicolette Van Gendt, Barry Hales, Paul Lee, Paul McKeown, Elroy
Simmons, Gerben Steenks, Ian Wilkes
Col stylist: Selena D'Santos
Anime services: Animasia UK Ltd, Animation Services Honk Kong Ltd.
@Spider Eye Services
3D environments: Michael Hughes, Richard Ridout
Final Compositing: Ben Weschke, Andy Turner, Paul Tarberer, Chris D'Santos, Dave Griffiths
Softimage modelling: Paul McBride, Suzanne Slatcher
Title seq: Simon Leech
Sound rec: Mag Masters
Dubbing mixer: Mark Owen
Track breakdown: Stuart Parmenter
Editors: Mark Edwards, Rory Timoney
@Red Balloo Productions
Accounting: Dennis Mullen, Trevor Shirlock, Michael Brown, Ian Robertson
Legal Services: Tim Care, George Lyall,
Secretarial Services: Christine Close
Prod runners: Jason Kotey, Andres Puente
Prod secretary: Vikki Lawes
Prod accountant: Edmund Amarasinghe
Prod co-ord: Marianne Rousseau
Studio Man: Mark Farrington
Producer Man: Erica Darby
Producer: Morgan Francis at Uli Meyer Studios, London
Voices:
The Lampies is a traditional hand-drawn animation for children aged 3 and above. The series has award winning music.
Created by Dave Bonner in conjunction with Uli Meyer Animation Studios and music by Mcasso Music, there are 52 eleven-minute episodes that were originally commissioned by the BBC. Financial issues caused the creative and business drive to falter and momentum was lost. In 2003 The Lampies IP was bought from the receiver by a private investor.
TV distribution rights for Series One were sold into 33 countries. When series one was broadcast in 2001 it regularly achieved over 40% of target viewing audience. This figure reached over 50% during 2002. Series two of The Lampies was completed in March 2002 and generated similar audience figures with prime slots on BBC 1 and 2. An introductory DVD - SWITCH ON TO THE LAMPIES was launched on 7 April 2008. The first full DVD, Disc 1 Series One - A BIT OF A JAM AND OTHER STORIES was launched on 19 May 2008. LP Productions formed a partnership with Save the Children in 2008. £2 from the sale of each SWITCH ON TO THE LAMPIES DVD will go towards the Save the Children protection work with very vulnerable children in Mongolia.
Plot
AnthropomorphicAnthropomorphism
Anthropomorphism is any attribution of human characteristics to animals, non-living things, phenomena, material states, objects or abstract concepts, such as organizations, governments, spirits or deities. The term was coined in the mid 1700s...
electrical
Electricity
Electricity is a general term encompassing a variety of phenomena resulting from the presence and flow of electric charge. These include many easily recognizable phenomena, such as lightning, static electricity, and the flow of electrical current in an electrical wire...
power engineers and their children defending the Lighting Network.
Music
The Lampies theme tune was one of the most popular on CBBC, and helped the show gain popularity. It won first place in an International Songwriting Competition in 2006. Written by Mike Connaris of London-based Mcasso Music, the Lampies Title song won the Children's category against huge International competition. The judges included Tom WaitsTom Waits
Thomas Alan "Tom" Waits is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car."...
, Chris Hillman, John Mayall and Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis is an American rock and roll and country music singer-songwriter and pianist. An early pioneer of rock and roll music, Lewis's career faltered after he married his young cousin, and he afterwards made a career extension to country and western music. He is known by the nickname 'The...
. The Lampies released a Christmas single called "Light Up the World for Christmas" in 2001. There is an extended version of the song, which is over two minutes.
Credits
Director: Dean Roberts, Mark MarrenProducer: Morgan Francis
Executive producer: Theresa Plummer-Andrews, James Coldwell
Writers: David Bonner, Jimmy Hibbert
Music: Mcasso overseas
Anime directors: Andreas Von Andrian, Jean-Paul Vermeulen
Storyboards: Andreas Von Andrian, Mik Casey, Mark Marren, Serena Gattuso, Dean Roberts, Tevor Ricketts, David Stoten, Jeremy
Swan, Jean-Paul Vermeulen, Tim Watts
Board assistants: Chris Drew, Hae Sook Park
Layouts: Sean Burke, Alan Case, Lee Noble, Matt Noble, Andy Price, Andy Roper
Layout assistants: Javier Moratinos, Christian Roberton
Key backgrounds: Michael Hirsh, Ray Rankine
Prop design: David McFall, Helga Elgison
Key animation poses: Terry Bannon, Simon Clarke, Chris Drew, Nicolette Van Gendt, Barry Hales, Paul Lee, Paul McKeown, Elroy
Simmons, Gerben Steenks, Ian Wilkes
Col stylist: Selena D'Santos
Anime services: Animasia UK Ltd, Animation Services Honk Kong Ltd.
@Spider Eye Services
3D environments: Michael Hughes, Richard Ridout
Final Compositing: Ben Weschke, Andy Turner, Paul Tarberer, Chris D'Santos, Dave Griffiths
Softimage modelling: Paul McBride, Suzanne Slatcher
Title seq: Simon Leech
Sound rec: Mag Masters
Dubbing mixer: Mark Owen
Track breakdown: Stuart Parmenter
Editors: Mark Edwards, Rory Timoney
@Red Balloo Productions
Accounting: Dennis Mullen, Trevor Shirlock, Michael Brown, Ian Robertson
Legal Services: Tim Care, George Lyall,
Secretarial Services: Christine Close
Prod runners: Jason Kotey, Andres Puente
Prod secretary: Vikki Lawes
Prod accountant: Edmund Amarasinghe
Prod co-ord: Marianne Rousseau
Studio Man: Mark Farrington
Producer Man: Erica Darby
Producer: Morgan Francis at Uli Meyer Studios, London
Voices:
- Jimmy HibbertJimmy HibbertJames "Jimmy" Hibbert is an English television writer and voice actor best known for his work for Cosgrove Hall.He was brought up and educated at Leighton Park School and in Henley-on-Thames and later studied at the University of Manchester achieving a BA in drama...
- Eve KarpfEve KarpfEve Karpf is a British actress who trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. She has extensive experience as a voice-over actress...
- Rob RackstrawRob RackstrawRobert "Rob" Rackstraw is a British voice actor. He is perhaps best known for his various voices in the television series Bob the Builder, mainly the scarecrow Spud. He has an extensive voice over career over 15 years long and is considered to be one of the UK's leading male voice actors...
- Susan SheridanSusan SheridanSusan Sheridan is a British actress. Her voice acting roles include Noddy in the Cosgrove Hall/BBC Television series Noddy's Toyland Adventures, Trillian in the radio series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Princess Eilonwy in the animated film The Black Cauldron.She has also provided...