The Magic House (TV series)
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The Magic House is a British children's television animation puppet show created by Joe Austen, that was broadcast on Scottish Television from 7 January 1994 to 30 July 1996. The television programme was adapted from a series of children's books written and illustrated by Austen in the early 1980s. The show's 52 10-minute episodes were aired across the ITV Network between 1994 and 1996.[1] As well as the television episodes, a spin-off series of books was also produced, written and illustrated by Joe Austen.[2] The show, which featured Uncle Teapot, Kitty Kettle, Barney Bin and other characters based on household items, proved a success with the characters appearing in adverts for the Trustee Savings Bank for children's savings accounts.[3] The show’s theme music is a pastiche of the Beatles song "It's All Too Much".
The Magic House | |
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Genre | Children's |
Created by | Joe Austen |
Written by | Joe Austen |
Directed by | Simon Staffurth Adrian Edwards |
Starring | Peter Forbes Symon Macintyre Colin Purves Julie Westwood Brian Herring Heather Fraser Dave Murden Michael Bayliss Marie Phillips |
Theme music composer | Kim Goody Alan Coates |
Opening theme | "We're So Happy to See You in the Magic House" |
Ending theme | "We're So Happy to See You in the Magic House" (Instrumental) |
Composers | Kim Goody Alan Coates |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producers | Sandy Ross Rhoda MacDonald |
Producers | Adrian Edwards John Price |
Editor | Robert Scott |
Running time | 10 minutes |
Production company | Scottish Television |
Original release | |
Network | ITV (CITV) |
Release | 1994 (1994) – 1996 (1996) |