Music Makers (TV series)

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Music Makers
Directed byMark Alexander Holness [1] & Julie Callanan [2]
StarringDavid Antrobus [1] & Max Cane [1] & Kwame Kwei-Armah [1] & Caroline O'Connor [1] & Suzanne Packer [1] & Issy Van Randwyck [1]
Narrated by Bernard Cribbins [2]
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes26
Production
ProducerAndrea Christodoulou [3] & Julie Callanan [1]
Running time20 minutes
Release
Original network BBC Two & CBBC Channel
Original release1994 (1994) 
2007 (2007)

Music Makers is a programme for seven to nine years old which offered a stimulating mixture of animation, documentary and graphics to illustrate basic techniques for composing. [4]

Contents

Narrator

Bernard Cribbins [1]

Actors

David Antrobus [1]
Max Cane [1]
Kwame Kwei-Armah [1]
Caroline O'Connor [1]
Suzanne Packer [1]
Issy Van Randwyck [1]

Producers

Andrea Christodoulou [1]
Julie Callanan [1]

Directors

Mark Alexander Holness [1]
Julie Callanan [1]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "BBC Two - Music Makers, Professor Allegro's World of Music: In the City". Bbc.co.uk. 22 September 2006. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
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