The Furchester Hotel

Premiere	September 26, 2014
Network	BBC
Episodes	52

The Furchester Hotel cast

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
• Assistant Puppeteers:
  • Sheila Clark
  • Lesa Gillespie
  • Colin Purves
  • Toby Wilson
• Family Puppet Designer: Ed Christie
• Executive Producers: Carol-Lynn Parente and Tony Reed

External links

• BBC

See also

• The Furry Arms

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.