The Furchester Hotel



The Furchester Hotel is a Sesame Street co-production for CBeebies (BBC's preschool network), first shown September 26, 2014.

Set in the titular hotel, the series stars a monster family that runs the hotel: father Furgus Fuzz, mother Funella Furchester and daughter Phoebe Furchester-Fuzz. Elmo appears in the series as Phoebe's cousin, who is taking an extended stay at the hotel due to his fascination with it. Cookie Monster appears as the room-service and dining room waiter. Also appearing is Isabel, a character with a bell in her head for the guests to ring.

The series promotes problem solving, as the monsters try to figure out issues developed by their unique Muppet guests. Fifty-two, 11-minute episodes (for two seasons) were produced beginning in February 2014 MediaCityUK in Salford.

Belinda Ward serves as the head writer for the series; Mak Wilson has been designated "puppet captain."

Episodes

 * 1) Welcome to the Furchester
 * 2) Don't Eat the Guests
 * 3) Very Important Porcupine
 * 4) Yodel-Ay-Hee-Hoo!
 * 5) Count Your Chickens
 * 6) The Veggietones

Credits

 * Developed By and Lead Writer: Belinda Ward
 * Educational Consultants: Rosemarie T. Truglio, Autumn Zitani, Professor Anna Craft, Jessica DeSalvo
 * Composers and Musical Directors: Andrew Blythe and Marten Joustra
 * Puppeteers:
 * Sarah Burgess as Phoebe Furchester-Fuzz
 * Ryan Dillon as Elmo
 * Louise Gold as Funella Furchester
 * Andy Heath
 * David Rudman as Cookie Monster
 * Andrew James Spooner as Furgus Fuzz
 * Mak Wilson as Harvey P. Dull and others
 * Warrick Brownlow-Pike
 * Rebecca Nagan
 * Neil Sterenberg
 * Assistant Puppeteers:
 * Sheila Clark
 * Lesa Gillespie
 * Colin Purves
 * Toby Wilson
 * Family Puppet Designer: Ed Christie
 * Executive Producers: Carol-Lynn Parente and Tony Reed