Nanna's Cottage

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Nanna's Cottage
Created by Davey Porter
Karen Sponsler-Porter
StarringRachael Rizzo
Greg Izay
Lauren Stone
Jason Booth
Gracie Porter
C.J. Walker
Carly Walker
Liza Clark
Lydia Hale
Country of originUnited States
Production
Running time30 minutes
Original release
Network Faith TV,
TBN,
Sky Angel Satellite Network,
Smile of a Child,
Australian Christian Channel
ReleaseOctober 7, 2006 (2006-10-07) 
November 10, 2007 (2007-11-10)

Nanna's Cottage is a Christian children's television series created by husband and wife producing team Davey Porter and Karen Sponsler-Porter.

Contents

The series is about a 75-year-old grandmother Abigale "Nanna" Macaroon, a world traveler and archeologist, who gives away love and knowledge to her granddaughter and her friends about the world, and the importance of character. It featured adults, puppets and children, as well as regular guest characters. The television series was produced in Eugene, Oregon. [1]

In 2020, Nanna's Cottage was featured in an edition of the Adult Swim webseries Bloodfeast.

Episodes

The first season of 13 episodes was broadcast between October 7, 2006 [2] and January 13, 2007. A second season was broadcast between April 7, 2007, and November 10, 2007. [3]

Season 1

Season 2

Monster Sunday School

Monster Sunday School is a series of shorts seen on TBN, filling the commercial breaks of Nanna's Cottage, featuring a basic Bible story lesson involving puppet monsters, a la Sesame Street . The shorts are generally two minutes in length, with three featured per episode. Nanna's Cottage's Marvin and Little Harry also appear. The shorts began airing with TBN's broadcast of Nanna's Cottage on October 7, 2006. [2]

Cast

The Cottage Hamlet Kids (Episodes: Bookworms & A Clean Sweep)

DVD releases

Some episodes of Nanna's Cottage have been released on DVD, from Digiview Entertainment. [4]

Stations

The series has been aired on other television channels in the United States and Canada, including Trinity Broadcasting Network. [2]

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References

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