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Fifi
and the
Flowertots (2005-)
producers:
Cosgrove Hall
Films for
Chapman Entertainment
animation: stop-motion animation
episodes:
105 x 10mins
"Fifi - And the Flowertots,
Fifi - Forget-Me-Not,
Fifi - It's a lovely day!.."
Fifi the Flowertot lives in a bright and busy garden
world with her friends,
who are a mixture of animated flora and fauna.
There's a bee called Bumble,
Pip the Gooseberry, Violet, Primrose, Poppy, Aunt Tulip,
Webby spider
and others. There's also motoring Mo the Lawnmower,
who only Fifi seems
to understand. Plus, there are the garden's
two mischief makers, a wasp
called Stingo and Slugsy the slug who are always up
to something.
Busy Fifi is always on the go, be it cooking or
gardening in and around
Forget-Me-Not Cottage, or assisting her friends,
there's always something
to do or someone to help. The trouble is, Fifi
is a Forget-Me-Not, which
means she can get charmingly forgetful at the
best of times, an frustratingly
so at others. So it's handy that her pals
are always at hand, to keep her
on course...
Fifi and her Flowertot world was conceived by
Keith Chapman of Chapman
Entertainment. Keith was the originator of Bob
the Builder, and where that
series has a leaning towards preschool boys, so Fifi
reaches out to preschool
girls. The series was the first to be produced by
Keith's titular company,
which he founded with Greg Lynn and Andrew Haydon.
Originally, the series
was part of a deal with Universal Studios, but when they
withdrew new private
finance had to be found. Cosgrove Hall began animating
the £3.5m series
in January 2004, and the first of 52 episodes
reached UK screens
in May 2005.
"Fifi and the Flowertots" has an exceptionally
catchy theme song, courtesy
of Alan Coates and Kim Goody, who previously brought
us the Tiny Planets
singalong. And giving voice to Fifi is Little
Voice herself, Jane Horrocks,
who's previous toon credits include The
Blobs, Christmas Carol, Hooves
of Fire, Foxbusters
and more...
» Bumble
has undergone a namechange for US audiences. They call
him Fuzzbuzz over there.
And Poppy is called Poppady...
Don't
forget them!
Here are all the Flowertots and insects and their homes...
Name Home
Fifi Forget-Me-Not
Cottage
Bumble Honeysuckle
House
Viloet
Flowertot
Cottage
Primrose Flowertot
Cottage
Pip a
Gooseberry Bush
Poppy Flowertot
Market
Mo Forget-Me-Not
Garage
Aunt Tulip Pineapple
Palace
Grubby with
Aunt Tulip in Pineapple Palace
Webby Webby's
Web
Stingo Apple
Tree House
Slugsy Slugsy's
Den, below Apple Tree House
Garden
gangs
Fifi and her Flowertot friends are just the latest
in a celebrated line of garden
gangs to have been brought to life over the years.
You may recall we've had:
• Bill
and Ben • The
Herbs
• Creepy
Crawlies • Manfred
• Gordon
Gnome
Broadcast
info
"Fifi and the Flowertots" premiered
on the UK's Five channel, within
their "Milkshake!" morning line-up for
kids, on May 2nd 2005...
Current
promos/tie-ins
Chapman Entertainment have recently got together
with Art
You Grew Up With
to producea selection of fabulous Fifi prints.
There are four extra-special giclees
measuring 19"x 17" and restricted to
just 25 signed and numbered editions,
plus a lovely portrait edition...
•
Fifi's Picnic +
Fifi Portrait
•
Flowertots Sing! (500
editions)
•
Forget-me-not
Cottage
•
Fifi with Cotton Socks
Episode
titles
Flowertots Fallout
Bumble Catches a Cold
Smelly Slugsy
Bumble Gets a Makeover
Bumble Helps Out
Stingo Gets Stuck
Flowertots Go Nuts
Bumble's Big Race
Blueberry Surprise
Picture Perfect
Violet's Party
Leave it to Stingo
Mud Spies
Treasure Hunt
Sports Day
Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum, Fifi
Life's a Beach
Fifi's in Charge
Hole Lot of Fun
Knitting Nonsense
Spotty Pip
Don't Go Changing
The Wasp that Cried Ouch
Primrose's Perfume Pong
Chocolate Surprise
Pip Learns to Dance
Fizzy Business
The Belle of the Ball
Flying Lessons
Fifi's Big Crunch Day
Fifi's Scarecrow
Soup of the Day
Fiddlesticks Fifi
Fifi's Good Turn
Forget Me Tot
Fancy Free Fifi
Stingo's Shopping Spree
Fifi Follows the Clues
Big Band Night
Daisy Chain Dance
Fun at the Fair
Flowertot Babysitter
Singalong Song
Pip the Gardener
Slugsy's Rescue
Milkshake
Flowertot Rainbow
Fifi's Frosty Morning
Poppy's Day Off
Can We Have Our Ball Back?
Violet's Big Bracelet
Bumble's Afraid of the Dark
Count on Fifi
Poppy the Line Dancing Queen
King Stingo
Hide 'N' Seek
My Friend Fifi
Diggly's Big Adventure
Pip's Playground
Mud Sculptures
Stingo's Naughty Day
Shrinking Pip
Bumble's Special Lunch
Fifi Miss Me Not
Pirate Primrose
Primrose Loses it
Dr Webby
Make Room for Fifi
Slugsy's Song
Stingo's Bridge
Violet's Flower Festival
Pumpkin Pie for Diggly
Rockabye Stingo
Inspector Stingo
Fifi's Busy Day
Dingaling Poppy
Fifi's Film Show
Pip and the Genie
Runaway Mo
Stingo's Enormous Carrot
Fifi's Pancake Fun
Pip's Pony
Aunt Tulip's Carnival
Storm
Just One Hornetto
Wasps
Slugsy Won't Slide
The Flowertot Taxi
Fifi's Happy Day
Fly High Primrose
Lovelorn Slugsy
Fifi's Snowy Fun
Big Blueberry Hunt
Grubby Ahoy
My Fair Bumble
Mystery in Flowertot Garden
Pineapple Palace
Panic
Pip and the Wizard
Poppy's Great Race
Snowtime for Pip
Stingo Cleans Up
Stingo Has Visitors
Fifi on DVD
Okay, brace yourselves. Here are all the
standalone releases
we've had, thus far:
Fifi
and the Flowertots: Fifi's Talent Show
Region 2 / 2 Entertain / June 2005
Fifi
and the Flowertots: Fifi's In Charge
Region 2 / 2 Entertain / October 2005
Fifi
and the Flowertots: Fifi's Chocolate Surprise
Region 2 / 2 Entertain / March 2006
Fifi
and the Flowertots: Bumper Collection 1
Region 2 / 2 Entertain / March 2006
Fifi
and the Flowertots: Fun at the Fair
Region 2 / 2 Entertain / Sept 2006
Fifi
and the Flowertots: Fifi's Frosty Morning
Region 2 / 2 Entertain / November
2006
Fifi
and the Flowertots: Fifi's Happy Day!
Region 2 / 2 Entertain / October 2007
Fifi
and the Flowertots: Fifi's Snowy Fun
Region
2 / 2 Entertain / Nov 2007
Fifi
and the Flowertots: Bumper Collection 2
Region 2 / 2 Entertain / March 2008
Fifi
and the Flowertots: Bumper Collection 3
Region 2 / 2 Entertain / May 2008
Fifi
and the Flowertots: Fifi's Carnival
Region
2 / 2 Entertain / May 2009
Fifi
and the Flowertots: Snowtime
Region
2 / 2 Entertain / Sept 2010
Fifi
and the Flowertots: Happy Birthday Fifi
Region
2 / 2 Entertain / May 2010
Fifi
and the Flowertots: Hide and Seek
Region
2 / 2 Entertain / May 2011
Fifi
and the Flowertots: Twinkle Time Bumper
Region
2 / 2 Entertain / July 2011
There's also a repeat double-bill and a "Best Of" compilation:
Fifi
and the Flowertots: Snowy Collection
Region
2 / "Frosty Mornin"g & "Snowy Fun" / Nov 2008
Best
of Fifi and the Flowertots
Region
2 / 2 Entertain / Sept 2008
First
Series credits
created by Keith Chapman
a Cosgrove Hall Films Ltd production
for Chapman Entertainment
a Chapman Entetainment production
for Five in association with Nickelodeon
UK
producers:
executive producer
for Chapman Ent:
script editor:
scripts:
theme tune & music:
episode songs:
art director:
storyboard artists:
studio direction:
lighting camera:
assistant lighting camera:
camera assistants:
animators:
puppets:
puppet maintenance:
props:
set dressers:
senior costume maker:
costume maker:
sets:
production manager:
production accountants:
production assistant:
computer graphics:
data management:
IT support:
recorded at:
audio post production:
video post production:
creative director:
commercial director:
production manager:
show co-ordinators:
voices:
Tim Harper
Chris Bowden, Debbie Peers
Gregory Lynn
Victoria Wilson
Gillian Corderoy, Rachel Dawson,
Dave Ingham, Wayne Jackman,
Diane Redmond
written & performed by
Alan Coates and Kim Goody
Pat Gallagher,
Alan Coates, Kim Goody
Bridget Appleby
Fat City Films, Karen Heywood,
Clinton Priest, John Offord,
Alex Evans, Dave King
Lisa Jane Gray, Tim Collings,
Justin Noe, John Duffy,
Richard Cockerill, Jo Richards
Rob Evans, Dan De Giovanni
Phil Gray, Susan Guy,
Barry Purves,
Hayden Secker, Adam Farish,
Richard Haynes, Russell Hicks,
Duncan Kinnaird, Jon Webb,
Tim Allen, Alison Evans, Bob Scott,
Austin Charlesworth, Andy Chapman,
Andy Spillstead, Monica McCartney,
Chris Tootell, Leo Nicholson,
John Ashton, John
Oates,
Gareth Love, Andy Joule
Mackinnon & Saunders
Patricia Brennan, Westley Wood,
Laura Fairbrother, Megumi Ogo
Simon Walmsley,
Steve Dee, Ben Cooke
Dominic Lee, John McGuinness,
Paul Flannery
Andrea Lord
Georgina Greathead
Paul Galloway Design
Laura Duncalf
Claire Deane, Sarah Ulyatt
Steve Levinshon
Paul Campbell, Jon Turner,
Haydn Secker, Michael Persson,
Flix Facilities Ltd
Pete Kidd, Roy Huckerby
Phil Atak, Matt Horsfield
The Sounddhouse
Hullabaloo Studios
Flix Facilities Ltd
for Chapman Entertainment
Keith Chapman
Andrew Haydon
Emily Whinnett
Clare Harding, Chloe Grant
Jane Horrocks
Marc Silk
Maria Darling
Tim Whitnall
On
the web
Fifi
and the Flowertots
The official site, with songs
and games...
Chapman
Entertainment
Fifi is created and owned by Keith
Chapman's busy company...
Mackinnon
& Saunders
They made the models and props...
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