Bolibompa

Last updated
Bolibompa
Bolibompadraken.jpeg
The mascot, Bolibompadraken, in 2010
GenreChildren's television series
Country of originSweden
Original languageSwedish
Production
Producer Sveriges Television
Original release
ReleaseAugust 31, 1987 (1987-08-31)

Bolibompa is a Swedish children's television series produced by Sveriges Television (SVT). It first aired in 1987 and SVT continues to regularly produce Bolibompa related content as of 2022. Each episode consists of several short segments presented by one or occasionally several of the series hosts. At the end of each segment the host presents another children's program. After the episode ends Bolibompa returns with another, usually live, segment. [1] [2] The main Bolibompa series which had been airing most evenings since 1987 got taken out of production at the end of 2022 but the Bolibompa name and its mascot will continue to be used for other television programming. [3]

Contents

1987-2014

The Bolibompa signature theme was introduced on 31 August 1987 [4] –[2015] [5] and the accompanying intro on 23 September 1989. The music to and the word Bolibompa itself were created by composer Lasse Dahlberg; the word bolibompa itself was invented by Dahlberg and his producer Mona Sjöström who wanted to create a children's rhyme with both rhythm and inspiration from Africa. [6] It was also he and his children who were heard in the theme used during the first twelve years. Dahlberg was also responsible for the earlier intro for Barnprogram on TV2 ("Kom nu rå – vaddå – barnprogram i tevetvå!!"). [7] The intro was made by graphic artist/animator Bryan Foster. It featured the dragon that was then featured in the new intro produced by the Dallas agency that started in 1999.

The original theme was as follows:

Barnprogram! Ja!
Bolibompa, bolibomp-bomp-a.
Bolibompa, bolibomp-bomp-a.
Bolibompa, bolibomp-bomp-a.
Bolibompa, bolibomp-bomp-a.
Boli-boli-boli-boli-bompa.
– Har du sett …
– Va?! …
– Kanal 1!

Even after the rename of Kanal 1 to SVT1 in 1996, the intro was still in use. This was replaced on September 24, 1999 with a new intro and a new tune, with graphics devised by Dallas Sthlm. From now on, Bolibompa became the official name of the program. [8]

Bolibompa has undergone major changes since 1987, but the core concept as a frame for other content was kept for several decades. Until 1990 it was only presenting other programs without dedicated hosts or original content. [1] In 2005 Bolibompa started broadcasting in the mornings on top of the usual 18:00-19:00 slot. [9]

The program moved to SVT B (known as Barnkanalen on air) on 25 August 2008 upon a revision of the evening schedules of SVT1 and 2, leaving its former channel after nearly 21 years on air. This also affected other children's programs that aired on said channels. [10]

2015-Present

The show underwent major changes in January 2015. The production moved away from the old set to a new one featuring the Bolibompa dragon's house. The dragon itself was made more prominent. The goal of these changes was to appeal to pre-schoolers. The evening broadcast is shortened to 30 minutes and the morning broadcast, which used to go under the name Bolibompa as well was renamed to Morgonshowen (Literally the morning show). [11] [12]

Morgonshowen consisted, just like Bolibompa, of other children's programmes interspersed with short segments from the host. These segments included a daily dressing race and toothbrushing, the intention being that children would follow along before school or pre-school. In 2019 Morgonshowen stopped broadcasting with the same children's programs being broadcast at the same time without Morgonshowen as a frame. SVT cited decreasing viewer figures and most children watching their content digitally as reasons for the change. [13]

Since 2015 Bolibompa has also launched several spin-off shows such as Bolibompa: Draken och äggmysteriet ("The dragon and the eggmystery"), Bolibompa Baby and Bolibompa: Prinsessorna och Pruttas hämnd ("The princesses and Pruttas revenge"). To differentiate the show previously known as just Bolibompa it was renamed Bolibompa: Drakens trädgård ("The dragon's garden"). [14] Drakens trädgård was produced until 2017 after which it has been doing reruns. As a replacement came Drakens hotell ("The dragon's hotel") where the dragon started to talk. In 2021 a new short lived concept was introduced, Bolibompaklubben ("The Bolibompa club"). It was a show where the dragon interacts with children both in person and through video chat, recordings, sent in drawings and more. [15] Bolibompaklubben was cancelled at the end of 2022 bringing the main evening segment to an end. [3] As a consequence, new programs in the Bolibompa universe were created, primarily for SVT Play, with the main Bolibompa brand leaving linear television after 35 years on air. [16]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sveriges Television</span> Swedish national telecaster and quasi-autonomous non-government entity

Sveriges Television AB, shortened to SVT, is the Swedish national public television broadcaster, funded by a public service tax on personal income set by the Riksdag. Prior to 2019, SVT was funded by a television licence fee payable by all owners of television sets. The Swedish public broadcasting system is largely modelled after the system used in the United Kingdom, and Sveriges Television shares many traits with its British counterpart, the BBC.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">SVT1</span> Swedish public TV channel

SVT1 is the primary television station of the Swedish public service broadcaster Sveriges Television in Sweden.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">SVT2</span> Swedish public TV channel

SVT2, is one of the two main television channels broadcast by Sveriges Television in Sweden.

<i>Aktuellt</i> Swedish TV series or program

Aktuellt is a Swedish nightly news programme produced by Sveriges Television (SVT) and broadcast on its second channel, SVT2 in Sweden.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Swedish Educational Broadcasting Company</span>

Swedish Educational Broadcasting Company is a public-service corporation providing educational programming on radio and television.

<i>Rapport</i> (TV programme) 1969 Swedish TV series or program

Rapport ("Report") is one of the two main news programmes from the Swedish television broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">SVT Play</span> Television channel

SVT Play is the brand used for the video on demand service offered by Sveriges Television, more specifically to the streaming services offered on the SVT website, svt.se, and its counterpart for mobile phones. The brand was introduced in December 2006, when the existing streaming television service got a new name. In September 2007, SVT launched their own channel on YouTube. From late 2007 until end of 2008 SVT Play was also available as a channel on Joost.

<i>Musikhjälpen</i> Swedish radio and television program

Musikhjälpen is a Swedish televised benefit performance radio show marathon. The annually recurring show is a charity fundraiser for a chosen cause, the cause is changed each year. Three radio hosts or television personalities are locked inside a glass building for 144 hours. Each presenter acts as a host for eight hours respectively, totaling three shifts per day. It is broadcast in December, during one week, with dates varying each year.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Claes Borgström</span> Swedish lawyer and politician (1944–2020)

Claes Gustaf Borgström was a Swedish lawyer and politician. He served as Equality Ombudsman (JämO) from 2000 until 2007. A member of the Social Democratic Party prior to 2013, he joined the Left Party in that year.

The Gender War is a documentary in two parts by journalist Evin Rubar on radical feminism in Sweden and its influence on Swedish politics. It was produced by Nordisk Film and broadcast by Sveriges Television in the series Dokument inifrån on 15 and 22 May 2005. The Gender War was also part of Evin Rubar being awarded the TV award Kristallen and Sveriges Television's equality award the same year.

Hjärnkontoret is a Swedish children's science programme broadcast by SVT since 10 January 1995. Today, it's hosted by Benjamin "Beppe" Singer and its earlier hosts include DJ Webster, Frida Nilsson, Henry Chu, Victoria Dyring and Fredrik Berling.

Anton Carl Diderik Dahlberg is a Swedish sailor, who specializes in the 470 class, a two-person dinghy. He has represented Sweden, along with his partner Sebastian Östling, in two editions of the Olympic Games, and with Fredrik Bergström in 2016 and 2020, winning an Olympic silver in 2020. He has been representing the Royal Swedish Yacht Club throughout most of his career.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pernilla Månsson Colt</span> Swedish television presenter, producer, editor and journalist

Eva Pernilla Elisabet Månsson Colt is a Swedish television presenter, producer, editor, and journalist.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shima Niavarani</span> Swedish actress and singer (born 1985)

Shima Niavarani is an Iranian-Swedish actress and singer. She has performed in theater, film, television and radio in over 40 productions. Niavarani got her breakthrough at the age of nineteen in the play Autodidakt i enmansakt which she directed and played in. She toured with the play for over a year and her work received several awards. She is perhaps most known for her solo-musical Shima Niavarani är en Übermensch which was broadcast on SVT in 2010, and for her role as "Maiken" in the TV4 series Allt faller which was directed by Henrik Schyffert.

Melodifestivalen 2016 was the 56th edition of the Swedish music competition Melodifestivalen, which selected Sweden's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. The competition was organised by Sveriges Television (SVT) and took place over the six-week period between 6 February and 12 March 2016.

Sweden participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "If I Were Sorry" written by Oscar Fogelström, Michael Saxell, Fredrik Andersson and Frans Jeppsson Wall. The song was performed by Frans. In addition to participating in the contest, the Swedish broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT) also hosted the Eurovision Song Contest after winning the competition in 2015 with the song "Heroes" performed by Måns Zelmerlöw. SVT organised the national final Melodifestivalen 2016 in order to select the Swedish entry for the 2016 contest in Stockholm. After a six-week-long competition consisting of four heats, a Second Chance round and a final, "If I Were Sorry" performed by Frans emerged as the winner after achieving the highest score following the combination of votes from eleven international jury groups and a public vote.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Arantxa Alvarez</span> Swedish television presenter and singer

Arantxa Isabel Álvarez Garri is a Swedish television presenter and singer. She grew up in Norrköping and is since 2014 residing in Malmö.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sara Skyttedal</span> Swedish politician

Sara Magdalena Skyttedal is a Swedish politician previously of the Christian Democrats party. She was Member of the European Parliament from 2019 to 2024.

Citizens' Coalition, officially known as Bourgeois Future until 2017, is a right-wing political party in Sweden that was founded in 2014. The party considers itself liberal-conservative and green conservative, while observers described it as a right-wing party critical of immigration and conservative.

Emma Lovisa Karlsson is a Swedish sailor. She represented Sweden at the 2020 Summer Olympics, finishing 14th in women's 470 event, and won the 2022 European Championships in the mixed 470 event.

References

  1. 1 2 Hammarbäck, Peter (31 August 2007). "Barnklassiker håller stilen". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Svenska Dagbladet. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  2. ↑ "Bolibompa | Kontakt - Sveriges Television". kontakt.svt.se (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  3. 1 2 Jönsson, Nils (31 December 2022). "Klassiska programmet läggs ner: "Nytt kapitel i Bolibompas historia"". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  4. ↑ Lindholm, Maria (2007-08-31): "Bolibompa 20 år i dag". resume.se. Accessed 10 July 2015.
  5. ↑ TT (2014-12-15): "Bolibompa-draken får nytt hem". Archived 2015-07-12 at the Wayback Machine norran.se. Accessed 10 July 2015.
  6. ↑ Åsbrink, Helena, Bolibompa
  7. ↑ Bergman, Lisa (2007-06-22): "Bolibompa". fokus.se. Accessed 10 July 2015.
  8. ↑ Barnjuryn: Nya Bolibompa är roligare, 24 september 1999, Aftonbladet
  9. ↑ "Sveriges Televisions public service-redovisning 2005" (PDF). omoss.svt.se. SVT. p. 39. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  10. ↑ "SVT möblerar om – det här är nytt" (in Swedish). Sydsvenskan. 21 August 2008. Archived from the original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
  11. ↑ "Bolibompa görs om". Sveriges Television (in Swedish). SVT Nyheter. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  12. ↑ "Bolibompa-draken får nytt hem". norran.se (in Swedish). Norr Media. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  13. ↑ Safiyari, Safa (3 December 2019). "Tack för Morgonshowen!". omoss.svt.se (in Swedish). SVT. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  14. ↑ Fahl, Hanna (1 May 2020). "Hanna Fahl: Finns det någonting mer härligt komplicerat än SVT Barn just nu?". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  15. ↑ "Bolibompaklubben | Kontakt - Sveriges Television". kontakt.svt.se (in Swedish). SVT. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  16. ↑ "SVT slutar rama in barnprogrammen – Bolibompaklubben skrotas". Aftonbladet. 31 December 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2023. Från och med 2 januari lägger SVT ner tv-programmet Bolibompaklubben och slutar därmed att rama in sitt småbarnsutbud i linjär tv.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.