Tinyirnfist0 (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
|||
(83 intermediate revisions by 24 users not shown) | |||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
⚫ | |||
⚫ | |||
⚫ | |||
⚫ | |||
[[Image:TheFurchesterCast.jpg|right|300px]] |
[[Image:TheFurchesterCast.jpg|right|300px]] |
||
⚫ | |||
⚫ | |||
+ | |||
'''''The Furchester Hotel''''' is a ''[[Sesame Street]]'' co-production for CBeebies ([[BBC]]'s preschool network), first shown September 26, [[2014]]. |
'''''The Furchester Hotel''''' is a ''[[Sesame Street]]'' co-production for CBeebies ([[BBC]]'s preschool network), first shown September 26, [[2014]]. |
||
+ | __TOC__ |
||
⚫ | Set in [[The Furchester Hotel (location)|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. Other characters include [[Isabel]], a character with a bell in her head for the guests to ring, [[Gonger]], the hotel chef and [[Harvey P. Dull]], a long-term guest of the hotel. |
||
⚫ | |||
⚫ | 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. |
||
+ | Beginning in November 2014, full episodes began being posted weekly to [[SesameStreet's YouTube Channel]] and [[Sesame Go]]. In January 2015, episodes were made available for purchase in [[the iTunes Store]]. Beginning in fall 2016, the series made its US television debut on [[Sprout]]. It was later removed from the block on March 2, 2019. In February [[2017]], the first 52 episodes were made available for streaming on [[Netflix]]. |
||
⚫ | |||
+ | In [[2015]], the show began airing in other countries, often with localized dubs. See [[:Category:International Furchester Hotel|International Furchester Hotel]] for more. |
||
− | [[Belinda Ward]] serves as the head writer for the series; [[Mak Wilson]] has been designated "puppet captain." |
||
+ | In February [[2016]], it was announced that a second season of the series was commissioned to start taping in May. The season consists of 50 episodes (as well as a double-length [[Christmas]] special) and features guest appearances by [[Big Bird]], [[Count von Count]] and [[the Martians]].<ref>[http://www.sesameworkshop.org/press-releases/4146/ Sesame Workshop press release]</ref> The season premiered on October 31. |
||
− | Beginning in November 2014, full episodes began being posted weekly to [[SesameStreet's YouTube Channel]]. |
||
==Episodes== |
==Episodes== |
||
+ | :''See [[:Category:Furchester Hotel Episodes|Furchester Hotel Episodes]]'' |
||
− | #[[Episode 101: Welcome to the Furchester|Welcome to the Furchester]] |
||
− | #[[Episode 102: Don't Eat the Guests|Don't Eat the Guests]] |
||
− | #[[Episode 103: Very Important Porcupine|Very Important Porcupine]] |
||
− | #[[Episode 104: Yodel-Ay-Hee-Hoo!|Yodel-Ay-Hee-Hoo!]] |
||
− | #[[Episode 105: Count Your Chickens|Count Your Chickens]] |
||
− | #[[Episode 106: The Veggietones|The Veggietones]] |
||
− | #[[Episode 107: Toast with a Smile|Toast with a Smile]] |
||
− | #[[Episode 108: Isabel Gets the Ding-Ups|Isabel Gets the Ding-Ups]] |
||
− | #[[Episode 109: Mystery Weekend|Mystery Weekend]] |
||
− | #[[Episode 110: Animal Talk|Animal Talk]] |
||
− | #[[Episode 111: The Furchester Hoot-El|The Furchester Hoot-El]] |
||
− | #[[Episode 112: Furchester TV|Furchester TV]] |
||
− | #[[Episode 113: Penguin Bobsleigh Team|Penguin Bobsleigh Team]] |
||
− | #[[Episode 114: The Sculpture|The Sculpture]] |
||
− | #[[Episode 115: The Caterpillar Catastrophe|The Caterpillar Catastrophe]] |
||
− | #[[Episode 116: Furchester on Wheels|Furchester on Wheels]] |
||
− | #[[Episode 117: Monster Monster Day|Monster Monster Day (Christmas Special)]] |
||
− | #[[Episode 118: Peckity Woodpecker|Peckity Woodpecker]] |
||
− | #[[Episode 119: Super Rock|Super Rock]] |
||
− | #[[Episode 120: Mr Huggles Hibernates|Mr Huggles Hibernates]] |
||
− | #[[Episode 121: Ballroom Dance Weekend|Ballroom Dance Weekend]] |
||
==Credits== |
==Credits== |
||
+ | [[File:Furchester_BTS.jpg|thumb|300px]] |
||
*Developed By and Lead Writer: [[Belinda Ward]] |
*Developed By and Lead Writer: [[Belinda Ward]] |
||
− | *Educational Consultants: [[Rosemarie T. Truglio]], Autumn Zitani, Professor Anna Craft, Jessica DeSalvo |
+ | *Educational Consultants: [[Rosemarie Truglio|Rosemarie T. Truglio]], [[Autumn Zitani]], Professor Anna Craft, Jessica DeSalvo |
− | *Composers and Musical Directors: Andrew Blythe and Marten Joustra |
+ | *Composers and Musical Directors: [[Andy Blythe and Marten Joustra|Andrew Blythe and Marten Joustra]] |
+ | *Directors: [[Jack Jameson]] and Helen Scott |
||
+ | *Writers: [[Molly Boylan]], Steve Cannon, Ian Carney, Chris Chantler, Simon Davies, [[Christine Ferraro]], [[Michael J. Goldberg|Michael Goldberg]], Katherine Jakeways, Andrew Jones, Stuart Kenworthy, Emma Millions, Davey Moore, Ciaran Murtagh, George Poles, Howard Read, [[Luis Santeiro]], Kathy Waugh |
||
+ | *Puppet Captain: [[Mak Wilson]] (Season 1), [[Andy Heath]] (Season 2) |
||
*Puppeteers: |
*Puppeteers: |
||
**[[Sarah Burgess]] as [[Phoebe Furchester-Fuzz]] |
**[[Sarah Burgess]] as [[Phoebe Furchester-Fuzz]] |
||
**[[Ryan Dillon]] as [[Elmo]] |
**[[Ryan Dillon]] as [[Elmo]] |
||
**[[Louise Gold]] as [[Funella Furchester]] |
**[[Louise Gold]] as [[Funella Furchester]] |
||
+ | **[[Andy Heath]] |
||
− | **[[Andy Heath]] as pillow in the theme song<ref name="warrick">Communication with performer by [[User:Antsamthompson9|Anthony T.]]</ref> |
||
**[[David Rudman]] as [[Cookie Monster]] |
**[[David Rudman]] as [[Cookie Monster]] |
||
**[[Andrew Spooner|Andrew James Spooner]] as [[Furgus Fuzz]] |
**[[Andrew Spooner|Andrew James Spooner]] as [[Furgus Fuzz]] |
||
− | **[[ |
+ | **[[Matt Vogel]] as [[Big Bird]] and [[Count von Count]] (Season 2) |
+ | **[[Mak Wilson]] as [[Harvey P. Dull]], [[Gonger]] and others (Season 1) |
||
− | **[[Warrick Brownlow-Pike]] |
+ | **[[Warrick Brownlow-Pike]] as Gonger (Season 2) |
**[[Rebecca Nagan]] |
**[[Rebecca Nagan]] |
||
− | ** |
+ | **[[Neil Sterenberg]] as Harvey P. Dull (Season 2) |
+ | **[[Julie Westwood]] |
||
+ | **[[Paul Currie]] (Season 1) |
||
+ | **[[Damian Farrell]] (Season 1) |
||
+ | **Michael Winsor (Season 1) |
||
*Assistant Puppeteers: |
*Assistant Puppeteers: |
||
+ | **Mikey Brett (Season 2) |
||
**[[Sheila Clark]] |
**[[Sheila Clark]] |
||
− | **[[ |
+ | **[[Iestyn Evans]] (Season 2) |
+ | **Julia Frost (Season 2) |
||
⚫ | |||
− | **[[ |
+ | **[[Lesa Gillespie]] (Season 1) |
⚫ | |||
+ | **Toby Wilson (Season 1) |
||
+ | *Production Designer: Jane Cecchi |
||
*Family Puppet Designer: [[Ed Christie]] |
*Family Puppet Designer: [[Ed Christie]] |
||
+ | *Head of Puppets, Costumes and Props: [[Janet Knechtel]] |
||
+ | *Puppet Costumes and Props: Lucy Sturley, Robert Skidmore (Season 1), Catriona Rings and Charlotte Blyth |
||
+ | *[[The Muppet Workshop|The Jim Henson Creature Shop]]: [[Jason Weber]], [[Melissa Creighton]], [[Joseph Roddy]], Jonathan Ehrich, [[Rollie Krewson]], [[Connie Peterson]], [[Joe Kovacs]], [[Anney McKilligan Ozar|Anney Ozar]], [[Victoria Ellis]], [[Andrea Detwiler]], [[Sierra Schoening]], [[Lara MacLean]], [[Jane Pien]], [[David Valentine]], Casey Miller, [[Kate Rusek]], Ben Durocher, Matt Witham, Brian Haimes, [[Liz Hara]] |
||
*Executive Producers: [[Carol-Lynn Parente]] and Tony Reed |
*Executive Producers: [[Carol-Lynn Parente]] and Tony Reed |
||
− | == |
+ | ==Trivia== |
+ | Each episode of The Furchester Hotel begins with an overhead shot of the city, with a series of waterways and buildings placed in the shape of the face of one of the show's characters. |
||
⚫ | |||
==See also== |
==See also== |
||
Line 67: | Line 66: | ||
==Sources== |
==Sources== |
||
<references /> |
<references /> |
||
− | *[http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/furchester.html "Sesame Street Muppets Elmo and Cookie head to UK in new series from Sesame Workshop and CBeebies"]. BBC.com. October 7, 2013. |
+ | *<small>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/furchester.html "Sesame Street Muppets Elmo and Cookie head to UK in new series from Sesame Workshop and CBeebies"]. BBC.com. October 7, 2013.</small> |
− | *[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24426915 "Cookie Monster and Elmo to join CBeebies" (brief video)] BBC.com. 7 October 7, 2013. |
+ | *<small>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24426915 "Cookie Monster and Elmo to join CBeebies" (brief video)] BBC.com. 7 October 7, 2013.</small> |
+ | |||
+ | ==External links== |
||
⚫ | |||
+ | __NOWYSIWYG__ |
||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Furchester, The}} |
{{DEFAULTSORT:Furchester, The}} |
||
[[Category:Sesame Street TV Shows]] |
[[Category:Sesame Street TV Shows]] |
||
[[Category:International Sesame Street Shows]] |
[[Category:International Sesame Street Shows]] |
||
+ | [[Category:Furchester Hotel]] |
Revision as of 04:19, 11 March 2020
Premiere | September 26, 2014 |
Finale | October 28, 2017 |
Network | UK: BBC US: Sprout |
Episodes | 103 |
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. Other characters include Isabel, a character with a bell in her head for the guests to ring, Gonger, the hotel chef and Harvey P. Dull, a long-term guest of the hotel.
The series promotes problem-solving, as the monsters try to figure out issues developed by their unique Muppet guests. Fifty-two, 11-minute episodes were produced beginning in February 2014 MediaCityUK in Salford.
Beginning in November 2014, full episodes began being posted weekly to SesameStreet's YouTube Channel and Sesame Go. In January 2015, episodes were made available for purchase in the iTunes Store. Beginning in fall 2016, the series made its US television debut on Sprout. It was later removed from the block on March 2, 2019. In February 2017, the first 52 episodes were made available for streaming on Netflix.
In 2015, the show began airing in other countries, often with localized dubs. See International Furchester Hotel for more.
In February 2016, it was announced that a second season of the series was commissioned to start taping in May. The season consists of 50 episodes (as well as a double-length Christmas special) and features guest appearances by Big Bird, Count von Count and the Martians.[1] The season premiered on October 31.
Episodes
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
- Directors: Jack Jameson and Helen Scott
- Writers: Molly Boylan, Steve Cannon, Ian Carney, Chris Chantler, Simon Davies, Christine Ferraro, Michael Goldberg, Katherine Jakeways, Andrew Jones, Stuart Kenworthy, Emma Millions, Davey Moore, Ciaran Murtagh, George Poles, Howard Read, Luis Santeiro, Kathy Waugh
- Puppet Captain: Mak Wilson (Season 1), Andy Heath (Season 2)
- 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
- Matt Vogel as Big Bird and Count von Count (Season 2)
- Mak Wilson as Harvey P. Dull, Gonger and others (Season 1)
- Warrick Brownlow-Pike as Gonger (Season 2)
- Rebecca Nagan
- Neil Sterenberg as Harvey P. Dull (Season 2)
- Julie Westwood
- Paul Currie (Season 1)
- Damian Farrell (Season 1)
- Michael Winsor (Season 1)
- Assistant Puppeteers:
- Mikey Brett (Season 2)
- Sheila Clark
- Iestyn Evans (Season 2)
- Julia Frost (Season 2)
- Lesa Gillespie (Season 1)
- Colin Purves (Season 1)
- Toby Wilson (Season 1)
- Production Designer: Jane Cecchi
- Family Puppet Designer: Ed Christie
- Head of Puppets, Costumes and Props: Janet Knechtel
- Puppet Costumes and Props: Lucy Sturley, Robert Skidmore (Season 1), Catriona Rings and Charlotte Blyth
- The Jim Henson Creature Shop: Jason Weber, Melissa Creighton, Joseph Roddy, Jonathan Ehrich, Rollie Krewson, Connie Peterson, Joe Kovacs, Anney Ozar, Victoria Ellis, Andrea Detwiler, Sierra Schoening, Lara MacLean, Jane Pien, David Valentine, Casey Miller, Kate Rusek, Ben Durocher, Matt Witham, Brian Haimes, Liz Hara
- Executive Producers: Carol-Lynn Parente and Tony Reed
Trivia
Each episode of The Furchester Hotel begins with an overhead shot of the city, with a series of waterways and buildings placed in the shape of the face of one of the show's characters.
See also
Sources
- "Sesame Street Muppets Elmo and Cookie head to UK in new series from Sesame Workshop and CBeebies". BBC.com. October 7, 2013.
- "Cookie Monster and Elmo to join CBeebies" (brief video) BBC.com. 7 October 7, 2013.