Big Barn Farm | |
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Genre | Children's television series Live action Animation Comedy |
Created by | Ian Carley James Kearsley Mark Harris |
Voices of | Ben Fairman Ellie Fairman Shelley Longworth Kate O'Sullivan Carla Mendonca Mike Winsor Gemma Harvey [1] |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 40 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Sarah Colclough Michael Carrington |
Running time | Series 1: 14-15 minutes Series 2: 11 minutes |
Production company | The Foundation |
Original release | |
Network | CBeebies |
Release | 8 March 2008 – 4 June 2010 |
Big Barn Farm is a British live-action and animated children's comedy television series following the lives of four young animals on a farm which uses a combination of live-action and animation. [2] It was produced by The Foundation and commissioned by Michael Carrington for the BBC children's channel CBeebies. It was narrated by Ben Fairman in the first series and Dave Lamb in the second series.
The programme is set on a farm and follows the adventures of four young animals: Petal the piglet, Gobo the goat, Dash the donkey and Digger the puppy, who are called the farmyard bunch. [3] The storylines are told from the young animals' point of view and revolve around their emotions and the situations they find themselves in. [3] In each adventure the farmyard bunch explore their friendships whilst discovering their roles on the farm with help from the other farm animals. [3] Each episode constitutes an individual story, usually involving the main characters getting into some minor difficulty and pulling together to get out of that difficulty. There is no narrative thread to the episodes, each standing on its own without the need for prior understanding or any loose ends at the end.
The series aims to help children understand the importance of friendship, develop knowledge of the world around them and help develop problem solving skills. [4]
Before the show airs, the CBeebies presenter may encourage the young viewers to sing along with the theme song, which is generally sung very fast and provides some basic information about each of the main characters. The closing song is similar, but longer and details all of the animal characters, including the minor ones.
The main characters around the farm include:
There are also several human characters who feature in the programme, but do not speak, the farmer (played by Chris Noel), [1] the farmer's wife (played by Laura Wyles), [1] the farmer's son (played by Reef Matthews), [5] and the farmer's daughter (played by Katie Parks). [6]
Big Barn Farm was created and produced by The Foundation, which is part of the RDF Media group, the programme combines footage of real animals with animation. The visual effects were created by Ian Carley, at iCarley Media, and James Kearsley, at JK Studios, using 450 individual shots of talking animals. [7] The Executive Producer for Cbeebies was Sarah Colclough.
The set was created around a flint stable block and a barn which were not part of a real working farm. The animals lived on set or nearby during filming. [3]
The production filmed at Stede Court Estate near Maidstone in Kent. [8]
A DVD of Big Barn Farm, titled "Welcome to Big Barn Farm" was released on 17 November 2008.
# | Title | Airdate | Overview |
Series 1: 2008 [9] | |||
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1 | You Can't Teach New Dogs Old Tricks | 3 March 2008 | Digger the Puppy steps into Old Pop the Sheep Dog's shoes for the day. |
2 | Lester Loses his Voice | 4 March 2008 | Lester the cockerel loses his voice. The farmyard bunch come up with a series of hilarious ideas to help him get it back. |
3 | The Grass is Always Greener | 5 March 2008 | Gobo the goat is bored with the grass in his field. Dash the Donkey, Petal the Piglet and Digger the Puppy try to help him find tastier, juicier grass, but, as usual, things don't turn out quite as expected. |
4 | Keeping Quiet | 6 March 2008 | The farmyard bunch have to be quiet to let the kittens sleep, but being quiet is very difficult. They find kitten named Mrs. Paws on the tractor and call for help. |
5 | Petal and Gobo Fall Out | 7 March 2008 | After hearing Petal the piglet and Gobo the goat arguing, Dash the donkey and Digger the puppy must find a way to get them to be friends again. |
6 | To Catch a Thief | 10 March 2008 | The farmyard bunch have to find who has stole Digger the puppy's sticks, squeaky toys and blanket. |
7 | The Important Visitors | 11 March 2008 | The farm yard is tided for important visitors. |
8 | Greedy Goat | 12 March 2008 | Gobo the goat is sure that the farmer has missed feeding time and tries to find a tasty, satisfying snack. |
9 | Lester the Leader | 13 March 2008 | Lester the rooster decides that it is his job to be leader of the farm, but Mrs Snuffles the pig challenges him to the job. |
10 | Driving Miss Petal | 14 March 2008 | Petal the piglet finds a toy tractor belonging to the farmer's son. |
11 | Best in Show | 17 March 2008 | The animals prepare for the agricultural show. |
12 | 40 Winks | 18 March 2008 | The farmyard bunch try to find a quiet place to sleep, so that they can stay up to see Old Pop the sheep dog return from the sheep dog trails. |
13 | Hot and Sticky Day | 19 March 2008 | The farmyard bunch try to keep cool on a hot and sticky day. |
14 | Digger's Got to Go | 20 March 2008 | Digger the puppy hears the farmer say 'Digger's got to go' and the farmyard bunch wonder who on the farm will leave. |
15 | Recycling Proficiency Test | 21 March 2008 | The farmyard bunch discover a bear hidden in a pile of junk. |
16 | Hide and Seek | 24 March 2008 | The farmyard bunch play a game of hide and seek. |
17 | Going Camping | 25 March 2008 | Gobo the goat discovers a camp site in the farmers field and they think the tent is a monster. |
18 | Touch the Sky | 26 March 2008 | Gobo the goat finds a piece of cloud and the farmyard bunch wonder if the sky is falling down |
19 | What's Up Ducks? | 27 March 2008 | The duckies try to find a new home after they see a monster in their pond. |
20 | Who's Afraid of the Windy Wolf? | 28 March 2008 | On a windy day on the farm, the farmyard bunch think there is a wolf on the farm and build houses like the three little pigs. |
Series 2: 2010 [9] | |||
1 (21) | Summer Fete | 19 April 2010 | The local school are holding their summer fete at Big Barn Farm. The farmyard bunch ruin the stalls whilst trying to stop Gobo the goat eating a cake. |
2 (22) | What's That Smell? | 20 April 2010 | There is a strange smell on Big Barn Farm. Gobo the goat, Petal the piglet and Dash the donkey soon realize it is Digger the puppy who needs a bath. |
3 (23) | Great Eggspectations | 21 April 2010 | The farmyard bunch find what they think is a dinosaur egg and try to hatch it. |
4 (24) | Pink Play Pen | 22 April 2010 | Petal the piglet is unhappy that she is the only member of the farmyard bunch who doesn't have her own home and tries to find a new one. |
5 (25) | Hide a Donkey | 23 April 2010 | The animals try to hide Dash the donkey when the vet comes to visit. |
6 (26) | Gobo's Imaginary Friend | 26 April 2010 | A new goat named Oscar the goat causes trouble at Big Barn Farm. |
7 (27) | Hidden Piglet | 27 April 2010 | All of the piglets are hiding in Big Barn Farm. |
8 (28) | Gobo Gets Hiccups | 28 April 2010 | Gobo the goat gets the nasty case of the hiccups. |
9 (29) | Giant Sunflower Seeds | 29 April 2010 | The farmyard bunch planted a sunflower seed. |
10 (30) | Oink Factor | 30 April 2010 | Petal the piglet thinks Petal has the oink factor. |
11 (31) | Vegetable Thief | 3 May 2010 | Someone's been taking all of the vegetables from the vegetable patch. |
12 (32) | Dash's Birthday Surprise | 4 May 2010 | The farmyard bunch planned a birthday party for Dash the donkey. |
13 (33) | Quiz Wizard | 5 May 2010 | Digger the puppy finds a rosette and take great delight in fetching it back for Wizard. |
14 (34) | Runaway Rubbish | 6 May 2010 | The farmyard bunch try to play football but end up chasing rubbish instead. |
15 (35) | Butter Fingers | 7 May 2010 | The farmyard bunch decide to save some of Madame the cow's milk and roll a milk churn around the farm. [6] |
16 (36) | Adventures of Petal | 31 May 2010 | Petal the piglet decides to go for an adventure on her own. [6] |
17 (37) | Brave Star | 1 June 2010 | Petal the piglet and Gobo the goat compete to see who is the bravest animal on the farm. [10] |
18 (38) | Pampered Pooch | 2 June 2010 | A new dog named Trixibelle visits the farm but the farmyard bunch's games are too messy for her. [5] |
19 (39) | Baby Sitters | 3 June 2010 | The farmyard bunch try babysitting. [11] |
20 (40) | Pigs Might Fly | 4 June 2010 | Petal the piglet decides Petal wants to be the first pig to fly. [1] |
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