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Wide-Eye | |
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Genre | Children's television show Comedy |
Written by | Jimmy Hibbert Diane Redmond Jan Page Jo Allen |
Directed by | Neil Fitzgibbon |
Voices of | Anton Rodgers Jane Horrocks Maria Darling Jimmy Hibbert |
Narrated by | Tim Woodward (only in the audiobooks) |
Composer | Keith Hopwood |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 26 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Theresa Plummer-Andrews |
Producer | Clive Juster |
Running time | 10 minutes per episode (approx.) |
Production companies | King Rollo Films Abbey Home Media |
Original release | |
Network | CBeebies BBC Two |
Release | 29 September 2003 – 20 October 2004 |
Wide-Eye is a 2003 British animated children's television series set in fictional Natterjack Forest. The series consists of a series of ten-minute episodes and is about a wise, old owl who lives in a tall tree with his young son, Little Hoot, and his energetic sidekick, Flea. The series aired on CBeebies from 29 September 2003 to 20 October 2004.
No. | Title | Written by | Date | |
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1 | "Little Hoot Learns To Fly" | Jimmy Hibbert | 29 September 2003 | |
Wide Eye teaches Little Hoot how to fly. Little Hoot gradually gains courage to fly, which he uses to his advantage. | ||||
2 | "Message in a Bottle" | Jimmy Hibbert | 6 October 2003 | |
Little Hoot and Flea pretend that they are stranded on a desert island in the middle of the sea. | ||||
3 | "Toad in a Teapot" | Jimmy Hibbert | 13 October 2003 | |
Little Hoot and the Natterjacks set off to visit their Great Grandma. But, unknown to them, Wily Komodo is on their trail - alone. | ||||
4 | "The Weather Machine" | Jan Page | 20 October 2003 | |
While trying to find out about a forest feast, Wily Komodo mistakes a newly constructed weather machine for a flying machine. | ||||
5 | "Conchita's Party" | Jimmy Hibbert | 27 October 2003 | |
Little Hoot and Flea prepare a special welcome home party for Conchita, while Batwing and the Komodos attempt to crash it. | ||||
6 | "A Snowy Owl" | Jimmy Hibbert | 3 November 2003 | |
Natterjack Forest is lying under a blanket of snow, leaving the Natterjack Toad Family homeless along with their lake frozen. | ||||
7 | "Snapdragon Monster" | Jimmy Hibbert | 10 November 2003 | |
Little Hoot and Flea dig a big, deep hole, hoping to catch a Snapdragon Monster, but they trap Wily Komodo instead. | ||||
8 | "The Jolly Natterjack" | Jimmy Hibbert | 17 November 2003 | |
Inspired by Father Natterjack's story about a sunken ship, Little Hoot and Flea learn to swim at Natterjack Pond before looking for treasure. | ||||
9 | "Rangatang's Shop" | Jimmy Hibbert | 24 November 2003 | |
On a bright, sunny morning in Natterjack Forest, Little Hoot and Flea listen to their favourite story about how Rangatang came to Natterjack Forest and "set up" his corner shop. | ||||
10 | "Spotty Little Hoot" | Diane Redmond | 1 December 2003 | |
Little Hoot wakes up one morning with a tickly throat, a high temperature and several big, red spots on his face and body. Mother Natterjack and Batwing cure Little Hoot, and then Flea gets ill. | ||||
11 | "99's Boot" | Jan Page | 8 December 2003 | |
Wily Komodo steals one of 99's boots, which Flea is hiding in. Before long, everyone in Natterjack Forest, including Hetty Hornet, notices that Flea is missing, and they set out to find him, as well as 99's missing boot. Eventually, both lost things turn up in the most unexpected of places! | ||||
12 | "Komodo's Crossing" | Jimmy Hibbert | 15 December 2003 | |
When Little Hoot and Flea are unable to use a bridge that they and the Natterjack Toad Family have built, thanks to a wicked woodland sprite, Wide Eye comes to the rescue, deciding that Wily Komodo is responsible for the sprite. | ||||
13 | "The Forest Regatta" | Jimmy Hibbert | 22 December 2003 | |
The river has dried up and the water level in Natterjack Pond has fallen, all because Wily and Baby Komodo have built a dam out of rocks and tree branches which threatens to spoil a specially planned regatta. | ||||
14 | "Great Grandma's Birthday" | Diane Redmond | 29 December 2003 | |
Great Grandma Toad's 100th birthday party goes wrong, when Uncle Jolly's invitation goes missing, thanks to Wily Komodo. | ||||
15 | "Big Baby" | Jo Allen | 6 August 2004 | |
Spring has sprung in Natterjack Forest, and there is one very interesting new arrival – a gigantic egg! | ||||
16 | "Wondrous Wishing Tree" | Jan Page | 13 August 2004 | |
It is autumn in Natterjack Forest and poor Wide Eye has a bout of flu, which a special-but-deciduous tree helps cure. | ||||
17 | "Hetty Hornet Gets Busy" | Diane Redmond | 20 August 2004 | |
Hetty Hornet is very busy, running the forest postal service, and it gets even more demanding when the wind mixes up the letters, causing everyone in the forest to receive the wrong messages. Hetty Hornet has some sorting to do. | ||||
18 | "Time For Bed" | Jan Page | 27 August 2004 | |
Little Hoot has trouble sleeping one night when he believes that a monster is on the loose. At least Wide Eye and Flea think that that is not true. | ||||
19 | "Firefly Moon" | Jan Page | 1 September 2004 | |
Pretending to be astronauts, Little Hoot and Flea try to capture the moon. In a pre-credits sequence, Baby Komodo tells Wily Komodo that he would like the sun as a present, but Wily Komodo just ignores him. | ||||
20 | "The Natterjack Band" | Jimmy Hibbert | 8 September 2004 | |
Little Hoot and Flea recruit their friends from the forest for their band. | ||||
21 | "Batwing's Cave" | Jan Page | 15 September 2004 | |
Little Hoot and Flea visit Batwing's secret cave, but sadly, they are not alone. Wily and Baby Komodo are in hot pursuit – they want to steal some shiny crystals that live in the cave. | ||||
22 | "Zoom to the Moon" | Jimmy Hibbert | 22 September 2004 | |
One night in Natterjack Forest, Little Hoot and Flea build a rocket to fly to the moon in. In a dream, Little Hoot and Flea count down to Blast Off and then, they fly to the moon in their rocket, regardless of them being confronted by Wily Komodo and Wide Eye. | ||||
23 | "The Special Club" | Jan Page | 29 September 2004 | |
With a newly-built play den, Little Hoot and Flea plan to organise a special club for any animal in Natterjack Forest who has a special talent, but, as usual, things do not turn out quite as expected. | ||||
24 | "A Winter Surprise" | Jan Page | 6 October 2004 | |
The entire forest is eventually transformed into a Winter Wonderland, in the middle of Summer! | ||||
25 | "The Natterjack Forest Fair" | Jo Allen | 13 October 2004 | |
Everyone in Natterjack Forest prepare for the Spring fair on one beautiful sunny Spring day. | ||||
26 | "The Big Sleep" | Jan Page | 20 October 2004 | |
It is almost Mid-Winter's Day in Natterjack Forest, and some of the forest animals are preparing for hibernation, including Conchita. |