Children's Summer Stories

Children's Summer Stories is a UK VHS release by Thames Video Collection 5th June 1989. It features three stories about "boats" from three favourite Thames TV children's shows which are "Rainbow", "Button Moon" and "Sooty".



Description

 * 1) RAINBOW - "Journey on a Narrow Boat"
 * 2) BUTTON MOON - "Boat Race"
 * 3) SOOTY - "Messing About in Boats"

 ("Journey on a Narrow Boat")

 * Presented by Geoffrey Hayes, Stanley Bates, Roy Skeleton
 * Songs by Rod Burton, Jane Tucker, Freddy Marks
 * Pupeeteers: Ronnie Le Drew, Malcolm Lord
 * Lines and Shapes by Cosgrove Hall Productions
 * Film Editor: John Plummer
 * Research: Martin Head
 * Production Assistant: Sandra Brett
 * Education Adviser: Stephanie Connell
 * Written by Stanley Bates
 * Executive Producer: Charles Warren
 * Directed by John Darnell
 * Produced by Lesley Burgess
 * (C) Thames Television Ltd. MCMLXXXV

 ("Boat Race")

 * Written by Ian Allen
 * Playboard Puppets: John Thirtle, Ian Allen, Ian J. Brown
 * Narrator: Robin Parkinson
 * Produced by Charles Warren
 * Directed by Neil Stinchcombe
 * (C) Thames Television PLC. MCMLXXXVIII

 ("Messing About in Boats")

 * Written and Presented by Matthew Corbett
 * Devised by Harry Corbett, O.B.E.
 * Puppeteers: Alex Cox, Brian Sandford, Brenda Longman
 * Musical Director: Ted Brennan
 * Production Assistant: Barbara Mitchell
 * Design: Jim Nicholson
 * Executive Producer: Charles Warren
 * Produced and Directed by Stan Woodward
 * (C) Thames Television PLC. MCMLXXXVIII

 Opening (Original 1989 release) (with no trailer)

 * Warning screen (1986-1990)
 * Thames Video Collection logo (1986-1990)
 * Children's Summer Stories title card
 * Rainbow intro
 * Start of Journey on a Narrow Boat (1985)

 Closing (Original 1989 release) (with no trailer)

 * End of Messing About in Boats (1988)/The Sooty Show closing credits
 * Children's Summer Stories title card
 * Thames Video Collection logo (silent) (1986-1990)