Fireman Sam - Wikipedia

Fireman Sam (Welsh: Sam Tân) is a British animated children's television series about a fireman named Sam, his fellow firefighters, and other residents in ... FiremanSam FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Britishanimatedchildren'stelevisionseries FiremanSamCreatedby DaveGingell DaveJones RobLee WrittenbyLauraBeaumontandPaulLarsonVoicesof JohnAlderton(1987-1994) JohnSparkes(2005-2007) JoannaRuiz(2005-2007) SarahHadland(2005-2007) StevenKynman(2008-present) DavidCarling(2008-present) SuDouglas(2008-present) TegwenTucker(2008-present) IfanHuwDafydd(2012-present) NigelWhitmey(2012-present) JohnHasler(2012-present) AlexLowe(2014-present) JoWyatt(2014-present) NarratedbyJohnAlderton(1987-1994)Musicby BenHeneghan IanLawson DavidPickvance(2008-2019) BlainMorris(2020-present) MikeShields(2021-present) AmandaCawley(2021-present) CountryoforiginUnitedKingdomOriginallanguages Welsh(Series1-4) English No.ofseries13No.ofepisodes231(listofepisodes)ProductionProducerVariousRunningtime 10minutes(series) 20minutes(Christmasspecialepisode) Productioncompanies BumperFilms(1987–1994) HITEntertainment(2003–2017) MattelTelevision(2017–present) Animation: SiriolProductions(2003-2008) HRTv(2008–2010) XingXingManagementGroup(2008–2017) IslandofMisfits(2017–2020)[a][1] WildBrainStudios(2020–present)[b] Distributor S4CInternational(Series1–5) HITEntertainment(Series5–10) WildBrain(Series11–present) ReleaseOriginalnetwork Welsh:S4C English: BBC1(Series1–4) CBeebies(Series5) Cartoonito(Series6-present) Channel5(Series8-present) Pictureformat PAL(1987–2005) HDTV1080i(2008–present) AudioformatStereo5.1SurroundSoundOriginalrelease17November1987 (1987-11-17)[2] –present FiremanSam(Welsh:SamTân)isaBritishanimatedchildren'stelevisionseriesaboutafiremannamedSam,hisfellowfirefighters,andotherresidentsinthefictionalWelshruralvillageofPontypandy(aportmanteauoftworealtowns,PontypriddandTonypandy).Theoriginalideafortheshowcamefromtwoex-firemenfromLondon,England,whotooktheirideatoartistandwriterRobLeewhodevelopedtheconcept,andtheshowwascommissioned. FiremanSamfirstappearedonS4Con1November1987,[3]andafewweekslateronBBC1on17November.Theoriginalseriesfinishedin1994,andanewseriesthatexpandedthecharactercastcommencedin2003.TheserieswasalsoshownasSamSmalaidhinScottishGaelicinScotland.Theserieswassoldtoover40countriesandhasbeenusedacrosstheUnitedKingdomtopromotefiresafety. ThethemesongwasperformedbyMalPopeinaclassicrockstylefrom1987to1994,thenbyadifferentsinger,CameronStewart,ina2000salternativerockstylesincethe2003newepisodebroadcasts. Contents 1Development 2Episodes 3Characters 4Spin-offs 5Reception 6Controversies 7Notes 8References 9Externallinks Development[edit] Theoriginalideacameaboutfromtwoex-firemenfromLondon,England–DaveGingellandDavidJonesafterpurchasingastopmotionanimationbookbyartistAnthonyMiller.TheyapproachedMikeYoung,creatorofSuperTed,inBarry,Wales,andaskedhimtofurtherdeveloptheirconcept.TheideawasthenbroughttoS4C'sDirectorofAnimation,ChrisGrace,whohadpreviouslycommissionedSuperTed,sawpotentialintheideaandcommissionedtheseries.ThecharactersandthestorylineswerecreatedbyRobLee,anillustratorfromCardiff,andtheprogrammewasmadeusingstopmotion.Itcouldtakeuptofourdaystoproduceoneminuteofthisformofpuppetanimation.FiremanSamhastothisdaybeentranslatedintoover25differentlanguagesincludingMandarin.[4] Intheoriginalseries,allthecharactervoiceswereperformedbyJohnAlderton.Thelaterseriesusedseveralactors'voices. Episodes[edit] Mainarticle:ListofFiremanSamepisodes SeriesEpisodesOriginallyairedFirstairedLastaired1817 November 1987 (1987-11-17)5 January 1988 (1988-01-05)281 September 1988 (1988-09-01)22 December 1988 (1988-12-22)3915 October 1990 (1990-10-15)10 December 1990 (1990-12-10)4821 October 1994 (1994-10-21)17 November 1994 (1994-11-17)5264 April 2005 (2005-04-04)25 December 2005 (2005-12-25)62611 February 2008 (2008-02-11)17 March 2008 (2008-03-17)72618 January 2009 (2009-01-18)20 April 2009 (2009-04-20)8263 March 2012 (2012-03-03)10 November 2012 (2012-11-10)9257 April 2014 (2014-04-07)3 September 2014 (2014-09-03)102515 February 2016 (2016-02-15)26 August 2016 (2016-08-26)111318 November 2017 (2017-11-18)9 May 2018 (2018-05-09)121326 October 2020 (2020-10-26)9 December 2020 (2020-12-09)13114 October 2021 (2021-10-04)5 November 2021 (2021-11-05) Characters[edit] Mainarticle:ListofFiremanSamcharacters Spin-offs[edit] In1996,therewasastageshowwhichwaslaterreleasedonvideo,titledFiremanSamInAction.ItwasinterspersedwithscenesofchildrenlearningaboutfiresafetywithGaryLewis,theactorplayingFiremanSaminthestageshow. In2009,FiremanSamappearedwithotheranimatedchildren'sTVcharactersinaChildreninNeedsingle.ThesinglewasputtogetherbyPeterKay. FiremanSamwasadaptedintoalivemusicaltheatreshow,whichbegantouringtheUKinJune2011. In2014,AmazonPrimeredubbedFiremanSamusingAmericanvoicesinsteadofBritishvoicesforchildrenintheUS.However,thecharactersofTomThomas,MooseRobertsandBellaLasagnahavetheirregular,respectiveAustralian,CanadianandItalianvoices(insteadoftheirbeingdubbedthemwithaUSvoiceactor)duetotheiraccents.ThiscastincludesthevoicesofAndrewHodwitz,JonahAin,ChrisD'Silva,MargaretBrock,LilyCassano,DavePenderCrichton,JacobJames,ScottLancastle,AshleyMagwood,MichaelPongracz,BeckyE.Shrimpton,SarahLynnStrange,CarterTreneer,MarkRicci,JoeMarth(laterreplacedbyDaveMacRae),AdamTurgeonandChristaClahane. Reception[edit] TheABCwebsitesaidoftheseries,"Allthecharactersblendtogetherintoanappealingmixtureoffunandentertainmentforchildreneverywhere."[5] CommonSenseMediarecommendedthe2005seriesforagesthreeandup,praisingitforshowinghowto"staycalminacrisis"andrelyonateamtosolveproblems.TheAmericanwebsitefoundthatthe"distinctlyWelshcharacters,community,accents,andexpressionsmayposesomeminorcomprehensionproblemsforkidsonthissideofthepond",butconsidereditausefulexampleoflifeinanotherpartoftheworld.[6] Controversies[edit] ApagefromtheQuranappearinginFiremanSam. InJuly2016,itemergedthatinSeries9,Episode6called"TroubledWaters"–inwhichthecharacterElvisslipsonapieceofpaperandfallsintoastackofpaper,causingthemtoflyeverywhere–oneoftheflyingpagesthatbrieflycameintoviewwasidentifiedasapagefromtheQuran:"SurahMulk(67),verses13–26".[7]TheproductioncompanyMattelapologisedforthisaccident,removedtheepisodefrombroadcast,andceasedworkwithXingXing,theanimationcompanyresponsiblefortheerror.Mattelstated:"Someonefromtheproductioncompanythoughttheywerejustputtinginrandomtext.[7]Wehavenoreasontobelieveitwasdonemaliciously."Itwasatfirstthoughtthatthisepisodewouldhavetoberemovedfrombroadcastcirculation,butinsteadwascensoredbyhavingthesceneeditedtoshowElvisjustslippingonablankpieceofpaper,sothetelevisionnetworkswerestillabletobroadcastit.[7]TheBBCreceivedmorethan1,000complaintsandforwardedthemtoChannel5astheBBChasnotairedFiremanSamsince2008.[7] InOctober2017,theLondonFireCommissionerDanyCottonhighlightedFiremanSaminacampaignfightingsexismandpromotingthegender-neutraltermfirefighter.SheproposedthatFiremanSamshouldberenamed"FirefighterSam",andsaidthatresearchshowedthatwomenareputoffacareerinthefireservicebecauseitisseenasajobformen.[8] Notes[edit] ^KnownasDHXStudiosHalifaxduringSeason11.CreditedasanoutsourcerinSeries12. ^Vancouverstudio. References[edit] ^"WildbrainandMattelTVCometotheRescuewithFiremanSamseason12".WildBrain. ^Shuttleworth,Peter(17November2017)."Happy30thbirthdayFiremanSam".BBCNews. ^RegionalTelevisionVariations.Date:Saturday,Oct.31,1987Publication:TheTimes(London,England)Sunday:1st7.20.SamTân ^"AboutSam".Retrieved4January2011. ^"FiremanSamatABC".AustralianBroadcastingCorporation.Retrieved4January2011. ^"FiremanSamatcommonsensemedia".16October2006.Retrieved4January2011. ^abcdEvans,Patrick(27July2016)."FiremanSamepisodepulledamidQuranrow".BBC.Retrieved30July2016. ^"WhyWeAreCampaigningToShakeOffTheOutdatedTerm'Firemen'".HuffPostUK.17October2017. Externallinks[edit] FiremanSamatBBCOnline WikiquotehasquotationsrelatedtoFiremanSam. 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