Fun Song Factory is a British

United Kingdom

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 preschool children's show on CITV

CITV

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 aimed at youngsters. It was one of the first songs-based shows to be filmed in front of a live audience of children (following on from BBC Scotland's 'Singing Kettle'), and is similar to Australian shows such as 'The Wiggles

The Wiggles

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' and 'Hi-5

Hi-5 (Australian TV series)

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'.

It was originally created in 1994 by Will Brenton and Iain Lauchlan, who later went on to create and produce The Tweenies, Boo!

Boo!

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, BB3B

BB3B

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, and Jim Jam and Sunny.

The first production was a sell through video filmed at the Polka Theatre in Wimbledon, presented by Iain Lauchlan, Sarah Davison and Dave Benson Phillips. The video was a great success, and led to a second being filmed at Chicken Shed in North London, this time presented by Iain, Dave and Michele Durler.

All in all seven videos were shot, selling an unprecedented 750,000 copies in the UK before the series was commissioned by GMTV in 1998. The TV show was originally presented by Justin Fletcher

Justin Fletcher

Justin Fletcher, MBE is an English children's TV personality in the United Kingdom.Fletcher is most associated as a presenter and actor on the BBC pre-school television channel CBeebies, both speaking and performing in various often self-created roles.-Biography:Born in Reading, Berkshire, he is...

, Katie Stevens and Dave Benson Phillips. This show was nominated for a BAFTA in 1998.
The show worked well until in 2004 CITV commissioned an updated version of the show with different characters.

Live Videos

• Fun Song Factory 1
• Fun Song Factory 2
• Party time at the Fun Song Factory
• The Fun song factory at Old MacDonald Farm
• Christmas Time at the Fun Song Factory
• Fun and Games at the fun song factory
• Nursery Rhyme land in the fun song factory

Presenters

• Dave Benson Phillips,
• Sarah Davison,
• Iain Lauchlan,
• Katie Stevens,
• Justin Fletcher
  Justin Fletcher
  Justin Fletcher, MBE is an English children's TV personality in the United Kingdom.Fletcher is most associated as a presenter and actor on the BBC pre-school television channel CBeebies, both speaking and performing in various often self-created roles.-Biography:Born in Reading, Berkshire, he is...
  
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• Alex Lovell
  Alex Lovell
  Alexandra "Alex" Lovell is an English television presenter.-History:Lovell was born in Gravesend, Kent, grew up in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, and attended Rose Bruford College drama school in London....
  
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• Karl Woolley

Children

The Young Set:
Shantel Boothe,
Jack Coleman,
Rebecca Griffiths,
Xanthe Nobes,
Albey Brookes,
Elizabeth Dixon,
Dayle Hodge,
Zizi Vaign-Court Strallen,
Liam Corrigan,
Madeline Bryce,
Sapphire Elia

Sapphire Elia

Sapphire Elia , is an English actress and singer best known for her roles in musical drama Britannia High and the soap opera Emmerdale.-Early and personal life:Sapphire Chrystalla Elia was born on 15 April 1987 in London...

,
Alice Connor

Alice Connor

Alice Rose Connor is a British actress, born in Buckinghamshire, England. She is best known for her roles in the television adaptation of Jacqueline Wilson's novel The Illustrated Mum, in the children's television series The New Worst Witch , and in the film The Thief Lord as Hornet...

,
Katie Hunter,
Camilla Hunsley.

The Ending

Fun song factory was discontinued and went off air on CITV

CITV

CITV is a British television channel from ITV Digital Channels Ltd, a division of ITV plc. It broadcasts content from the CITV archive, as well as commissions and acquisitions. CITV itself is the programming block on the main ITV Network .The CITV channel broadcasts from 06:00 to 18:00...

 in 2006 and it repeated on the CITV

CITV

CITV is a British television channel from ITV Digital Channels Ltd, a division of ITV plc. It broadcasts content from the CITV archive, as well as commissions and acquisitions. CITV itself is the programming block on the main ITV Network .The CITV channel broadcasts from 06:00 to 18:00...

 channel until 2010.

External links

• Fun Song Factory at itv.com/citv
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