The Magic House | |
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Genre | Children's |
Created by | Joe Austen |
Written by | Joe Austen |
Directed by | Simon Staffurth Adrian Edwards |
Starring | Peter Forbes Symon Macintyre Colin Purves Julie Westwood Brian Herring Heather Fraser Dave Murden Michael Bayliss Marie Phillips |
Theme music composer | Kim Goody Alan Coates |
Opening theme | "We're So Happy to See You in the Magic House" |
Ending theme | "We're So Happy to See You in the Magic House" (Instrumental) |
Composers | Kim Goody Alan Coates |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producers | Sandy Ross Rhoda MacDonald |
Producers | Adrian Edwards John Price |
Editor | Robert Scott |
Running time | 10 minutes |
Production company | Scottish Television |
Original release | |
Network | ITV (CITV) |
Release | 1994 1996 | –
The Magic House is a British children's television animation puppet show created by Joe Austen, that was broadcast on Scottish Television from 7 January 1994 to 30 July 1996. The television programme was adapted from a series of children's books written and illustrated by Austen in the early 1980s. The show's 52 10-minute episodes were aired across the ITV Network between 1994 and 1996.[1] As well as the television episodes, a spin-off series of books was also produced, written and illustrated by Joe Austen.[2] The show, which featured Uncle Teapot, Kitty Kettle, Barney Bin and other characters based on household items, proved a success with the characters appearing in adverts for the Trustee Savings Bank for children's savings accounts.[3] The show’s theme music is a pastiche of the Beatles song "It's All Too Much".
In 2001 the Dundee-based Austen bought back the rights to The Magic House and other shows produced by his Storyland company.[4] Ownership of Storyland where previously in the hands of Carlton Television and Scottish Media Group in 2003.[5]
In 2005, a new television series, as well as various types of books for the series, were planned to be developed.[6]
Series | First air date | Last air date | Episodes |
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1 | 7 January 1994 | 1 July 1994 | 26 |
2 | 7 February 1995 | 2 May 1995 | 13 |
3 | 2 January 1996 | 30 July 1996 | 13 |
The show was released as 3 VHS tapes in the mid 90s.
VHS Title | Release Date | Episodes |
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The Magic House Moving Pictures and other Stories (VC1363) | 6 June 1994 | Moving Pictures, Air Fare, Apple Pie Bed, Ups and Downs, Down in the Dumps |
The Magic House Cat and Dog and other Stories (VC1366) | 6 June 1994 | Mirror Mirror, A Drop in the Bucket, What's in the Box, Cat and Dog, Blind Man's Buff |