Vampires, Pirates & Aliens was a CITV children's television program based on the book by Colin Hawkins and Jacqui Hawkins. The story follows the adventures of the vampire known as "the Blods", and features a ship names "The Mad Maggot" including the character "Captain Blunder" and crew.
The show was designed by Cosgrove Hall Films.
"Vampires, Pirates & Aliens: Bloodsucking Beasties! ", A DVD containing 7 episodes, was released on 23 April 2008.
The interconnectedness of all things is a fundamental part of reading motivation projects. Although GPN's Reading Rainbow claims to have invented that idea, Stories of America with host Ann McGregor got there first. It was 1976, America's bicentennial year, and WVIZ-TV of Cleveland wanted something more out of a series aimed at delivering American history, They decided to combine history with reading. The result was Stories of America. Hosting was the familiar face of Ann McGregor, who had enlivened Picture Book Park and Tilson's Bookshop some two years earlier. Stories of America resembled more of a story reading than a history lesson, but it also introduced other elements that became standard Reading Rainbow procedure. There were occasional film sequences, dramatizations, and even an animation. All told, the 32-part Stories of America series ran some 14 years on WVIZ-TV. The station brought the shows back in 1998, and it would be the only WVIZ instructional telev
This Friday afternoon series from Thames Television presented six standalone half-hour situation comedies for children, with each episode considered as the pilot for a possible new comedy series.
It'll Never Work was a TV program for children showcasing new inventions and developments in scientific technology. Produced by Roy Milani for BBC Children's, the show ran for seven series between 9 November 1993 and 23 August 1999 on weekdays within the Children's BBC, later CBBC, strand on BBC One.
Set in a world where humans and animals live side-by-side, Olaqak follows a ragtag animal task force led by the titular six-year-old donkey Olaqak. To save the day, Olaqak and his crew join hands to fight off otherworldly creatures that spring to life from their very own imagination.