Premiere | September 26, 2014 |
Network | BBC |
Episodes | 52 |
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 Isabell, 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 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."
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. A Norwegian dub of the show, Fagerpels Hotell, debuted in May 2015.
Episodes
- Welcome to the Furchester
- Don't Eat the Guests
- Very Important Porcupine
- Yodel-Ay-Hee-Hoo!
- Count Your Chickens
- The Veggietones
- Toast with a Smile
- Isabel Gets the Ding-Ups
- Mystery Weekend
- Animal Talk
- The Furchester Hoot-El
- Furchester TV
- Penguin Bobsleigh Team
- The Sculpture
- The Caterpillar Catastrophe
- Furchester on Wheels
- Monster Monster Day (Christmas Special)
- Peckity Woodpecker
- Super Rock
- Mr. Huggles Hibernates
- Ballroom Dance Weekend
- Bebe Comes to Stay
- Furgus and the New Plant
- Phoebe's Key
- Mr. Lawnmower
- Pony in Disguise
- Skunks Welcome
- Lift it, Shake it, Find it
- Mooga Monster Tale
- Noisy Night
- Ant Checks In
- The Woolly Sisters
- Repetitive Welcoming Injury
- Sit Still Elmo
- Stubborn as a Donkey
- Problem Parrot
- Dinosaur in Room 223
- Wake Up Call
- The Blooming
- Ripe 'N' Shine
- Walking the Dog
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 as pillow in the theme song[1]
- 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
- Julie Westwood
- Paul Currie
- Damian Farrell
- Michael Winsor
- 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
See also
Sources
- ↑ Communication with performer by Anthony T.
- "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.