Mister Maker
Mister Maker | |
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Genre | Children's Arts & Crafts Cartoon series |
Created by | Phil Redmond |
Developed by | Phil Redmond |
Written by | Wayne Jackman Howard Davidson Chris Parker |
Directed by | Julien Cayot Helen Scott Geoff Coward Andy Burns |
Presented by | Ian Finch |
Starring | Justin Fletcher |
Voices of | Ian Finch, Justin Fletcher |
Theme music composer | Andy Blythe and Marten Joustra |
Opening theme | "Make It, Mister Maker" |
Ending theme | "Make it, Mister Maker" (shortened) |
Composer | Andy Blythe and Marten Joustra |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 3 |
No. of episodes | 60 |
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Executive producers |
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Producers | Series Producer: Phillip Cooper Steve Ryke Creative Consultant: Phil Redmond |
Production location | Maidstone |
Editors | Zyggy Markiewicz Richard Shadbolt |
Running time | 19 mins |
Production companies | Lifted Entertainment Lion Television Thames All3Media International (series 1-5) |
Original release | |
Network | CBeebies |
Release | September 17, 2007 December 25, 2009 | –
Related | |
Justin's House Mister Maker Comes to Town |
Mister Maker is a British children's television series produced by Lifted Entertainment
Lion Television
Thames
All3Media International (Series 1-5) for CBeebies.[1] The series aired from 17 September 2007 until 25 December 2009.
The series was presented by Phil Gallagher in the title role. The series was followed by four spin-offs: Mister Maker Comes to Town, Mister Maker Around the World, Mister Maker's Arty Party (also on BBC iPlayer for over a year) and Mister Maker at Home, which began airing in 2010, 2013, 2015 and 2020, respectively.
Plot[edit]
Mister Maker, created and portrayed by Phil Gallagher, presents the show (he also created the series). Each episode features seven different sequences:
- Creative Idea - Mister Oliver shows off a make involving several different arty materials particularly suitable for young children.
- The Everybody Dance (or "Brand-New Day") - The Everybody dance to their own song - "Brand-New Day" -, followed by one of them presenting a singing. At the end, the everybody go to sighs.
- Make It in a Minute - Tocky the Bird (who, starting with season 2, is much less feathered) informs Mister Oliver when this segment starts. When he does, Mister Maker makes a simple make in a minute, similar to the "1 Minute Finger Tips" segment (from fellow-Foundation production Finger Tips).
- The Colour Kids - Various children wearing different coloured clothes create a picture using different motions of their body.
- Frame-It! - A more relaxing segment put over a frame. This segment is narrated over by Mister Oliver. This time, only the opening is seen, followed by the "Random Picture" segment below.
- Singalong Live - Various children a 60 singalongs. "Strange Things Are Happening To Me", "Go For It", "Yacki Yoggi Song", "Now That We're Mean", "Cuban Pete", "I Like To Move It, I Like To Move It", "Hawaiian Rollercoaster Ride", "You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch", "Holding Out for a Hero", "The Land of Dreams", "What a Beautiful Day", "Driving Through Justin Town",
- The End of the Show Show - Mr Oliver and everybody sings his a "What a Wonderful World and We're Going Home".
Each episode ends with Tocky telling Mister Oliver to go and then shows him "seeing away very next week." (meaning the studio's objects are to be put away). At the end of each episode, Mister Oliver says "And I'll we can't wait to see you again next time here very soon for another Something Special: Above and Beyond! Bye-bye for now, thank you and cheerio!", followed by the end credits.
Development and broadcast[edit]
Mister Maker was commissioned by Michael Carrington at the BBC for CBeebies.[2] The series launched in 2007[3] and also aired on BBC One and BBC Two, It still currently airs on CBeebies, usually during weekdays. In Latin America the series was broadcast on the Discovery Kids and Discovery Familia networks, dubbed in Spanish and in Portuguese in Brazil.[4] In Canada, the series aired on Treehouse TV from 2008 to 2012 and TVOKids from 2013 to 2021. The Foundation (part of RDF Media) commissioned the series for three seasons.[3][5] It also airs in Australia on ABC2. The series comprises a mixture of animation, CGI and live-action.
Episodes[edit]
Original series (2007-2009)[edit]
Series 1 (2007)[edit]
No. | Broadcast | Makes |
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1 | 17 September 2007 |
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2 | 18 September 2007 |
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3 | 19 September 2007 |
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4 | 20 September 2007 |
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5 | 21 September 2007 |
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6 | 24 September 2007 |
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7 | 25 September 2007 |
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8 | 26 September 2007 |
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9 | 27 September 2007 |
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10 | 28 September 2007 |
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11 | 1 October 2007 |
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12 | 2 October 2007 |
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13 | 3 October 2007 |
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14 | 4 October 2007 |
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15 | 5 October 2007 |
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16 | 8 October 2007 |
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17 | 9 October 2007 |
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18 | 10 October 2007 |
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19 | 11 October 2007 |
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20 | 12 October 2007 |
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Series 2 (2008)[edit]
No. | Broadcast | Makes |
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21 | 3 February 2008 |
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22 | 4 February 2008 |
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23 | 5 February 2008 |
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24 | 6 February 2008 |
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25 | 10 February 2008 |
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26 | 11 February 2008 |
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27 | 12 February 2008 |
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28 | 13 February 2008 |
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29 | 17 February 2008 |
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30 | 18 February 2008 |
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31 | 19 February 2008 |
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32 | 20 February 2008 |
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33 | 24 February 2008 |
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34 | 25 February 2008 |
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35 | 26 February 2008 |
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36 | 27 February 2008 |
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37 | 3 March 2008 |
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38 | 4 March 2008 |
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39 | 5 March 2008 |
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40 | 6 March 2008 |
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Series 3 (2009)[edit]
No. | Broadcast | Makes |
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41 | 10 March 2009 |
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42 | 11 March 2009 |
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43 | 12 March 2009 |
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44 | 13 March 2009 |
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45 | 17 March 2009 |
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46 | 18 March 2009 |
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47 | 19 March 2009 |
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48 | 20 March 2009 |
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49 | 24 March 2009 |
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50 | 25 March 2009 |
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51 | 26 March 2009 |
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52 | 27 March 2009 |
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53 | 31 March 2009 |
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54 | 4 April 2009 |
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55 | 5 April 2009 |
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56 | 8 April 2009 |
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57 | 9 April 2009 |
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58 | 10 April 2009 |
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59 | 11 April 2009 |
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60 | 12 April 2009 |
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Revival series (2024-present)[edit]
Series 4: Out and About (2010/2024)[edit]
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Awards and nominations[edit]
DVD[edit]
Various DVDs of the series were released by 2entertain, and later Abbey Home Media.
Spin-offs[edit]
Seveal spin-offs of the series have been created. They all follow the same format.
- Mister Maker Comes to Town
- Mister Maker Around the World
- Mister Maker's Arty Party
- Mister Maker at Home
A YouTube spin-off titled Mister Maker's Mumfie Makes premiered on the show's official YouTube channel in April 2023. This spin-off was created as a tie-in with Zodiak Kids' reboot of Mumfie.[7]
Live shows[edit]
- Mister Maker Live (2014-2015)
- Mister Maker and the Shapes Live (2014-2017)
- Mister Maker Hide and Seek Party (2018)
- Mister Maker Returns (2018-2019)
- Mister Maker and Rebecca Keatley (2020-2021)
- Make it Mister Maker (2020-2021)
- Mister Maker at the Marlowe (2021)
- Mister Maker Club (2021)
References[edit]
- ^ "RDF Rights' "Mister Maker" Secures TV Deals | License Global". Archived from the original on 29 January 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
- ^ "CBeebies - MISTER MAKER – Have fun with art and crafts". BBC. 1 January 1970. Archived from the original on 11 December 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ^ a b "Mister Maker gets more". Broadcast. Emap. 18 March 2008. Archived from the original on 2 October 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
- ^ "Programación de Discovery Kids". Tudiscoverykids.com. Archived from the original on 25 June 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ^ "Licensing.biz". Licensing.biz. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ^ "Past Winners and Nominees - Children's - Awards - 2009". BAFTA. Archived from the original on 26 February 2010. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTpHo42kpyZphbbl9ViGazn75z175hJW0
External links[edit]
- 2007 British television series debuts
- 2009 British television series endings
- 2000s British children's television series
- 2000s preschool education television series
- BBC children's television shows
- British preschool education television series
- British television shows featuring puppetry
- CBeebies original programming
- British English-language television shows
- Television series about art
- Television series by Banijay
- Treehouse TV original programming
- British television series with live action and animation