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The Lampies (2001)
producers: Red
Balloo / Uli Meyer Studios
animation: 2D
animation
episodes: 52
x 11mins
"If
you start looking around, up high and deep underground,
You will see light everywhere, but how does the
light get there?"
"Who keeps these lights so bright?"
On every street corner in every town there's a lamp
post, and in every lamp post
you'll find the Lampies. The Lampies keep the world
illuminated, come what may.
That usually involves them preventing the evil Roons from
getting their hands on the
lamps and plunging the world into darkness...
"The Lampies" series stars Captain Brightlight
as the leader of the squad based
in territory H032. Amongst his subordinates are the
cute and feisty Livewire,
Charge, Contact, Burnout and a lively pet called Dustywugg.
Matronly Spotlight
ensures everything is ticking over just-so, which is
handy, because ultimately,
the squad must answer to the top brass, in the form of the
bombastic
Brigadier Big Beam!
During the course of the two series we get to discover
much more about the world
of the Lampies. We meet Brightlight's brother, Flashlight,
also a baby called Pinspot.
Then there's an episode with Bikey, who maintains bicycle
lights, and another with
Livewire's Uncle Longbeam who dwells in a lighthouse...
The production is bright and lively, and there are lots of three-dimensional
establishing shots, closing in on the various street lamps and
environments.
A Lampies Xmas single "Light Up the World for Christmas"
was released in 2001 and
it was closely followed by an album of songs inspired by
the series. Alan Swinden
was the main voice on the records. Alan also happens to be
a prospering Funeral
Director! There was also a Lampies touring stage show.
It was produced and scripted
by Stephen Gold and directed by Penny Hogan, and the plot
involved the gang's
attempt to protect a pop concert from the mischievous attentions
of the Roons...
"The Lampies" were created by Dave Bonner,
who was formerly a policeman.
When the show was commissioned he left his flat feet
behind and fast-footed
into the toon world with his production company, Red
Balloo. Red Balloo followed
up "The Lampies" with the stop-motion series
Dr. Otter...
In 2003, the series and characters were bought by a
private investor,
and they are now owned by LP Productions...
In
the news
The
Hound: December 2001
News about that Lampies single...
Lampies Episodes
Captain Who
Dustywugg: Space Marine
Walkabout
The Inspection
Flash By name
Dustywuppy
Birds Nest Oops
Bit of a Jam
Bikey
Thunder and Frightening
Bouncer
Boris
Decoy
Dick Static
Too Many Cooks
Striplight
Tooth of the Matter
Chief Beef
Roadworks
Pinspot
Who Dares Whines
Dark and Stormy Night
Cyber Lampy
Return of Geoff
And That's Magic
Shipmate Charge
Neon
Save By the Bikey
The Boy Who Could See Lampies
Space Walk
Boogie Lights
Pump it up
Charge's Sausage Mole
Sacked
Roon Goo Attack
HO32 Squadron
Bike Gone
Moth Magic
Football Roonigans
Lampies Unplugged
An Open and Shut Case
The Haunted Lamp
Lights on Legs
House Call
The Vacation
Watching Over Lois
Red Light at Night
The Goon Roon
All That Glitters
A Day at the Movies
Roon Alert
Bright Light in Love
The Lampies on DVD
The
Lampies: A Bit of a Jam and other Stories
Region
2 / first thirteen episodes / Pinnacle Vision / May 2008
The
Lampies: Switch On to The Lampies
Region
2 / six episodes / Pinnacle Vision / April 2008
a
David Bonner creation
animation
produced by Uli Meyer Entertainments
technical direction by Spider Eye
producer:
executive producers:
writers:
music:
overseas animation directors:
storyboards:
board assistants:
layouts:
layout assistants:
key backgrounds:
prop design:
key animation poses:
colour stylist:
animation services:
3D environments:
final Compositing:
softimage modelling:
title sequence:
sound recording:
dubbing mixer:
track breakdown:
editors:
accounting:
legal services:
secretarial services:
production runners:
production secretary:
production accountant:
production co-ordinator:
studio manager:
production manager:
producer:
voices:
Dean Roberts, Mark Marren
Morgan Francis
Theresa Plummer-Andrews, James Coldwell
David Bonner, Jimmy Hibbert
Mcasso
Andreas Von Andrian, Jean-Paul Vermeulen
Andreas Von Andrian, Mik Casey, Mark Marren,
Luc Chamberland, Dean Roberts, Tevor Ricketts,
David Stoten, Sharon Smith, Jean-Paul Vermeulen,
Tim Watts
Chris Drew, Hae Sook Park
Sean Burke, Alan Case, Lee Noble, Matt Noble,
Andy Price, Andy Roper
Javier Moratinos, Christian Roberton
Michael Hirsh, Ray Rankine
David McFall, Helga Elgison
Terry Bannon, Simon Clarke, Chris Drew,
Nicolette Van Gendt, Barry Hales, Paul Lee,
Paul McKeown, Elroy Simmons, Gerben Steenks,
Ian Wilkes
Selena D'Santos
Animasia UK Ltd, Animation Services Honk Kong Ltd.
@Spider Eye Services
Michael Faherty, Richard Ridout
Ben Weschke, Andy Tunrer, Paul Tarberer,
Chris D'Santos, Dave Griffiths
Paul McBride, Suzanne Slatcher
Simon Leech
Mag Masters
Mark Owen
Stuart Parmenter
Mark Edwards, Matt Saxton
@Red Balloo Productions
Dennis Mullen, Trevor Shirlock, Michael Brown,
Ian Robertson
Tim Care, George Lyall,
Christine Close
Jason Kotey, Andres Puente
Vikki Lawes
Edmund Amarasinghe
Marianne Rousseau
Mark Farrington
Erica Darby
Morag Francis at Uli Meyer Studios, London
Jimmy Hibbert
Eve Karpf
Rob Rackstraw
Sue Sheridan
On
the web
The
Lampies
The
official site for this sparking show...
Lampies
Blog
They have their own blog, as well...
MySpace:
The Lampies
And a MySpace page...
Lampies
Fans
And - goodness - here they are
on Facebook...
Uli
Meyer
The series was animated by Uli
Meyer Studios. They also
developed Red Balloo's follow-up
"Dr Otter" when it was still a
2D affair...
Digital
Animators.
This professional ezine article
supplies the detail behind the show's
production...
Michael
Hirsh
Michael identifies two of his
Lampies backgrounds for us,
alongside others on his extensive
CV....
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