Fun Song Factory: 2 [VHS]

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All twenty-three episodes have been released on various VHS tapes, released by Abbey Home Entertainment and later PolyGram Video/ Universal Pictures Video. Michelle: Ah. Right, you pass right over to me because you know what we could have a picnic. Now we just need to invite a few guests. Strange sounds are coming through the factory and Dave wonders if it's the "Collywobbles" to blame... Fun Song Factory is a British preschool children's television series and video series. It was originally created in 1994 by Will Brenton and Iain Lauchlan, who at the time, were part of the Playdays production team. The series was produced through their studio Tell-Tale Productions and was originally released as a Direct-to-video series through Abbey Home Entertainment (and later PolyGram Video)'s "Tempo-Pre-School" imprint.

Iain: Whoo! You were brilliant, well done. Give yourselves applause. That was lovely! Really good! Whoo-hoo! Children: Kizzi Carnegie, Jamie Meyer, Sapphire Elia, Myles Anderson, Jenny Cachero & Caroline Ward Dave: I'll tell you what, you can join in this time, alright? So get your fingers up. Let's have a look at your fingers. Are you holding your fingers up as well? Oh good. Everybody ready? The 2004 series was formatted similarly to other children's music shows like Hi-5, where in addition to the show's action songs, every episode featured a pop song. The 2004 series also ditched using presenters, instead using a cast of characters with acting names who appeared in every episode: Melody ( Laura Hamilton), OJ and Cookie (Chris Till and Aston Merrygold, the latter being later part of the boyband JLS), Paige ( Polly Parsons) and Cal (Kerry Newell).Iain: Oh, I don't know about you Dave but I could do with a kip. I wonder if there's anywhere to sleep in the Fun Song Factory.

Michelle: Right now, after 3, we're all going to have to shout "Wake up, Dave" extremely loudly. Right, ready? 1, 2, 3... The children make large and small friends with each other with help from Ozzy and help Sally overcome her fear of mice.Dave: Ooh, listen to this! Oh, look! It's a baby double bass! No, actually, to tell you the truth, it's a fiddle! You know the song, don't ya? It goes like this. Here we go! The series began as a series of direct-to-video features that were recorded live in front of an audience of children.

Dave: Was that you? Are you sure? Right, I'll tell you what, I'm gonna do it again. Hang on, it was you, was it? Iain: But this time, we're going to do all together! We're going to clap our hands, then stamp our feet, then stretch our arms, nod our heads, and then everybody shake together like that! Are we all ready! Are you gonna remember them all? The first Fun Song Factory was released on 1 December 1994, and released as part of a series of original straight-to-video content commissioned by Abbey Home Entertainment's Abbey Broadcast Communications subsidiary. It was filmed at the Polka Theatre in Wimbledon, presented by Iain Lauchlan, Sarah Davison and Dave Benson Phillips, a team of children known as "Factory Workers", and costumed versions of Postman Pat, Rupert Bear, SuperTed and Dusty the Dinosaur making special guest appearances. End of Fun Song Factory 2 (1996)/Fun Song Factory Closing Credits/A Tell-Tale Production for Abbey Broadcast Communications plc After the original 7 videos sold a combined total of 750,000 copies in the UK, GMTV commissioned a television series in 1998, consisting of twenty-three episodes. Dave Benson Phillips now became the main presenter, and appeared in every episode. Other presenters rotated from a selection of four - Katy Stephens, who previously appeared on Fun Song Factory: Fun and Games, Karl Woolley, a producer for Tell-Tale Productions, Justin Fletcher, who made his television debut role in the series, and Alex Lovell, who also made her television debut.

The series centers around a factory where music is created. In it, live presenters alongside children come inside and sing a number of nursery rhymes, which depend on per episode. Michelle: It wasn't loud enough I'm afraid. We're gonna have to do it much louder than that, otherwise he'll never wake up. Right, ready? 1, 2, 3... Dave: Oh! Oh, sorry about that, everyone. Oh, there you go. That's all yours. Oh, sorry about that, everybody. I was-- I was so tired after chasing that runaway train,. I decided to have a little kip.