Bumper Films

Bumper Films

Company type	Associate
Industry	Entertainment
Genre	Children’s
Founded	1982 (1982)
Founder	Ian Frampton John Walker
Defunct	2002 (2002)
Fate	Closed
Headquarters	Weston-super-Mare, England
Key people	Ian Frampton John Walker
Production output	film television production
Services	Licensing

Bumper Films, Inc. was a children's stop motion animation studio based in Weston-super-Mare, United Kingdom. They were best known for producing the original series of Fireman Sam, which aired from 1987 to 1994 in the UK. ^[1] They also produced Joshua Jones , which aired briefly during 1992, Star Hill Ponies , which aired from 1998 to 2002, and Rocky Hollow , which aired from 1983 to 1987.^{[ citation needed ]}

After finishing production on Star Hill Ponies, the company became dormant. ^[2] A stake in the Fireman Sam brand was sold by owners S4C to Gullane Entertainment in December 2001. ^[3]

List of shows

Title	Original Broadcast	Network	Animation
Rocky Hollow	1983–1987	S4C	stop motion
Fireman Sam	1987–1994	S4C	stop motion
Joshua Jones	1992	S4C	stop motion
Star Hill Ponies	1998–2002	S4C	stop motion

References

1. Fraser, Fiona (25 October 2002). "Fireman Sam returns to the BBC". c21media. Archived from the original on 15 July 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
2. "Fireman Sam returns to the BBC". www.c21media.net. 25 October 2002. Archived from the original on 1 November 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
3. "Fireman Sam joins Thomas in £1.6m deal". theguardian.com. 19 December 2001. Retrieved 26 May 2022.