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Old Bear Stories is a BAFTA award-winning stop-motion animation television series for children based on the Old Bear and Friends books by Jane Hissey. Jane Hissey also created the television series, starting it on 22 September 1993, and creating 3 seasons, which ended on 24 December 1997 with a double-length Christmas special. In all, 41 episodes were made.
The series was produced by Ealing Animation (El Nombre) and was originally broadcast in the United Kingdom on ITV. Episodes have subsequently been repeated on Channel 5 in the UK, and are also broadcast in the United States and other countries worldwide. The show also aired for a short time on the CBC morning children's block in Canada. It also aired in the United States as part of Cartoon Network's Small World as well as ABC in Australia, M-Net, SABC 2 and Bop TV in South Africa, MediaCorp Channel 5 in Singapore, Channel Eye in Sri Lanka, ČT1 in the Czech Republic, TVP1 in Poland, SVT Barnkanalen in Sweden and TV2 and TV One in New Zealand. The series was also screened on armed forces television on BFBS (and its former network SSVC Television) where it was shown in several countries such as Germany and the Falkland Islands.
Episodes of the series were released on VHS by Carlton Video.




Plot


In a play room which is home to a variety of sentient toys, their leader, the wise and caring "Old Bear" had disappeared some time ago, having been put into the loft and forgotten. After the toys rescue him and bring him back down to the play room, Old Bear again becomes their most respected toy and guides his friends in their many adventures, both in the play room and in the garden.




Characters


Old Bear: an elderly dusty teddy bear, he was put up in the attic when he reached an advanced age, but was rescued by the other toys. They now looked up to him as a fearless, yet wise, leader.
Bramwell Brown: a wise and intelligent old bear, often considered second to Old Bear. Liked to cook things for the other toys.
Duck: a gloomy but amiable toy duck. He sometimes wished he could fly, and he didn’t like to get his feet wet.
Rabbit: an impulsive and energetic toy rabbit.
Little Bear: a small white bear who wore overly baggy orangey red trousers. Being the youngest of all the toys, he was very enthusiastic and inquisitive, rather like a young child. He also sometimes had good ideas for solving problems or playing games.
Jolly Tall: a toy giraffe who despite his height didn’t like heights - he said his head thought it was high enough already.
Sailor: a toy sailor who enjoyed sailing in his toy boat.
Zebra: a female toy zebra.
Hoot the Owl: a toy owl living in the attic. Originally had a nest made of a bunch of socks that didn't match, until Little Bear gave her an old bobble hat to use instead.
Ruff the Dog: a bouncy toy dog which resembled a Fox Terrier.
Dog: a toy black Scottish Terrier who liked to bury his rubber bones in some plant pots.
Camel: a toy camel who was almost as tall as Jolly Tall. Once tried to use Little Bear's trousers as hump warmers.
Cat: a toy cat who liked to nap in any place she found.
Rabbit's cousin: female cousin of Rabbit, who occasionally stayed with the toys. She wore a straw hat, and seemed to like to cause mischief, and didn’t like cleaning.
The dolls: a family of 3 dolls (a father, a mother (Mrs. Doll) and a daughter) who lived in a dolls' house in a corner of the play room.




Episodes






= Series 1

=
Old Bear
Little Bear Lost
There Were Five In A Bed
Jolly Tall
Little Bear's Trousers
The Circus
The Rainy Day
The Fancy Dress Competition
Little Bear's Big Race
The Apple Tree
The Winter Picnic
Jolly Snow
The Doll's House Christmas




= Series 2

=
Ruff
The Play
The Boat Race
Jigsaw
Little Bear's Book
The Birthday Band
Hot and Spotty
Hoot
Ruff Follows His Nose
Spring Clean
Old Bear's Chair
Market Day
The Car




= Series 3

=
Hoot and the Mystery Eggs
The Clock
The Castle
The Colour Chase
Little Bear's Snowmen
The Painting
Duck Tries to Fly
The Jolly Dragon
Rabbit and the Visitor
Little Bear's Cold Day
Ruff and the Big Wheel
The Birthday Camp
The Treasure Hunt




= Christmas Specials

=
Little Bear and the Christmas Star
The Perfect Presents




Cast and crew


Writer: Jane Hissey
Director: Kevin Griffiths
Assistant Director: Liz Whitaker
Producer: Richard Randolph
Executive Producer: Peter Gillbe
Composer: Paul Castle
Film Editor: Nick Follows
Assistant Editor: Nick Aleck
Dubbing Mixer: Nick Glynn-Davies
Puppet Makers: Monique Brown, Alix Hardwood, Val Johnston, Helen Ranch
Animators: Fin and Humphrey Leadbitter, Tobias Fouracre, Geoffrey Walker, Dan Ryan, Aziz Samuels
Props: Pippa Randolph, Sue Phillips, Geoffrey Walker, Donna Joy
Sets: Colin Armitage, Graeme Owen
Production Manager: Lynne Pritchard
Production Assistants: Jilly Clarke, Geoffrey Walker
Narrator: Anton Rodgers
Characters Copyright by Jane Hissey, licensed by Random House UK Ltd.
An Optomen Television Production in association with Ealing Animation and Carlton Television
Copyright Carlton Television UK 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997

A Carlton Programme for ITV




Theme music


The theme tune was composed by Paul Castle and consists of the lyrics:

Please read us a story Old Bear, we'll all gather round
Dear Old Bear.
Sit in your favourite chair,

We'll sit all around, all around dear Old Bear.
The harmony vocals were provided by Alison Goldfrapp of the band Goldfrapp.




Awards


The series was very well critically received and won a lot of awards:

1995 Chicago International Children's Film Festival - Outstanding Achievement Award
1994 Royal Television Society - Best Children's Series
1993 BAFTA - Best Children's Programme
1993 New York Film Festival - Gold Medal
1993 Chicago International Film Festival - Silver Plaque




See also



Old Bear and Friends
Jane Hissey




References






External links


Old Bear Stories at IMDb
TV.com entry
Old Bear Stories TV theme song by Paul Castle
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