Mister Maker
British children's television series
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::summary British children's television series ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| genre | Children's television series |
| creator | Phil Gallagher |
| writer | Phil Gallagher |
| Nic Ayling | |
| Driana Jones | |
| director | James Morgan |
| Helen Scott | |
| Peter Eyre | |
| Jessie Brown | |
| presenter | Phil Gallagher |
| theme_music_composer | Andy Blythe and Marten Joustra |
| opentheme | "Make It, Mister Maker" |
| endtheme | "Make it, Mister Maker" (shortened) |
| composer | Andy Blythe and Marten Joustra |
| country | United Kingdom |
| language | English |
| num_series | 3 |
| num_episodes | 60 |
| executive_producer | {{plainlist |
| producer | Series Producer: |
| Driana Jones | |
| Creative Consultant: | |
| Nic Ayling | |
| editor | Billy Sneddon |
| Ant Boys | |
| location | Maidstone |
| runtime | 19 mins |
| company | RDF Television (series 1) |
| The Foundation (series 2–3) | |
| channel | CBeebies, BBC One, BBC Two |
| first_aired | |
| last_aired | |
| related | Justin's House |
| :: |
| genre = Children's television series | creator = Phil Gallagher | writer = Phil Gallagher Nic Ayling Driana Jones | director = James Morgan Helen Scott Peter Eyre Jessie Brown | presenter = Phil Gallagher | theme_music_composer = Andy Blythe and Marten Joustra | opentheme = "Make It, Mister Maker" | endtheme = "Make it, Mister Maker" (shortened) | composer = Andy Blythe and Marten Joustra | country = United Kingdom | language = English | num_series = 3 | num_episodes = 60 | executive_producer = {{plainlist|
- Phil Gallagher
- Michael Carrington
- Sarah Colclough
- Vanessa Hill | producer = Series Producer: Driana Jones Creative Consultant: Nic Ayling | editor = Billy Sneddon Ant Boys | location = Maidstone | runtime = 19 mins | company = RDF Television (series 1) The Foundation (series 2–3) | channel = CBeebies, BBC One, BBC Two | first_aired = | last_aired = | related = Justin's House Mister Maker is a British children's television series produced by RDF Media (series 1)/The Foundation (series 2–3) for CBeebies. The series aired from 17 September 2007 until 12 April 2009.
The series was presented by Phil Gallagher in the title role. The series was followed by four spin-offs: Mister Maker Comes to Town, Mister Maker Around the World, Mister Maker's Arty Party (also on BBC iPlayer for over a year) and Mister Maker at Home, which began airing in 2010, 2013, 2015 and 2020, respectively.
Plot
Mister Maker, created and performed by Phil Gallagher, presents the show (Gallagher also created the series concept). Each episode features seven different sequences:
- Creative Idea – Mister Maker shows off a make involving several different arty materials particularly suitable for young children.
- The Shapes Dance (or "I Am A Shape") – The Shapes dance to their own song – "I Am A Shape" -, followed by one of them presenting a shape puzzle. At the end, the Shapes go to sleep.
- Make It in a Minute – Tocky the Bird (who, starting with season 2, is much less feathered) informs Mister Maker when this segment starts. When he does, Mister Maker makes a simple make in a minute, similar to the "1 Minute Finger Tips" segment (from fellow-Foundation production Finger Tips).
- The Colour Kids – Various children wearing different coloured clothes create a picture using different motions of their body.
- Frame-It! – A more relaxing segment put over a frame. This segment is narrated over by Mister Maker. This time, only the opening is seen, followed by the "Random Picture" segment below.
- Random Picture – A segment that has been seen after the "Frame-It!" opening. The segment is a video montage compiling only photos of either a messy picture or pictures made by objects (depending on each episode). Like the "Frame-It!" opening, this segment is narrated over by Mister Maker.
- Another Creative Idea – Mister Maker shows off another make in a very similar form to the first make.
At the end of each episode, Tocky pops out, saying "Time to go!" and reminds Mister Maker that it's time to go. Mister Maker says "That's it for now. My making time's over, but yours is just beginning!", and after that, he says "It's time to put all this stuff back in its box!", and the set quickly changes back into small objects in the progress.
Development and broadcast
Mister Maker was commissioned by Michael Carrington at the BBC for CBeebies. The series launched in September 2007 and also aired on BBC One and BBC Two. It still currently airs on CBeebies, usually during weekdays. In Latin America the series was broadcast on the Discovery Kids and Discovery Familia networks, dubbed in Spanish and in Portuguese in Brazil. In Canada, the series aired on Treehouse TV from 2008 to 2012 and TVOKids from 2013 to 2021. The Foundation (part of RDF Media) commissioned the series for three seasons. The series comprises a mixture of animation, CGI and live-action.
Episodes
Series 1 (2007)
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| No. | Broadcast | Makes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 September 2007 | |
| 2 | 18 September 2007 | |
| 3 | 19 September 2007 | |
| 4 | 20 September 2007 | |
| 5 | 21 September 2007 | |
| 6 | 24 September 2007 | |
| 7 | 25 September 2007 | |
| 8 | 26 September 2007 | |
| 9 | 27 September 2007 | |
| 10 | 28 September 2007 | |
| 11 | 1 October 2007 | |
| 12 | ||
| 13 | 3 October 2007 | |
| 14 | 4 October 2007 | |
| 15 | ||
| 16 | 8 October 2007 | |
| 17 | 9 October 2007 | |
| 18 | ||
| 19 | 11 October 2007 | |
| 20 | 12 October 2007 | |
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Series 2 (2008)
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| No. | Broadcast | Makes |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | 3 February 2008 | |
| 22 | 4 February 2008 | |
| 23 | 5 February 2008 | |
| 24 | 6 February 2008 | |
| 25 | 10 February 2008 | |
| 26 | 11 February 2008 | |
| 27 | 12 February 2008 | |
| 28 | 13 February 2008 | |
| 29 | 17 February 2008 | |
| 30 | 18 February 2008 | |
| 31 | 19 February 2008 | |
| 32 | 20 February 2008 | |
| 33 | 24 February 2008 | |
| 34 | 25 February 2008 | |
| 35 | 26 February 2008 | |
| 36 | 27 February 2008 | |
| 37 | 3 March 2008 | |
| 38 | 4 March 2008 | |
| 39 | 5 March 2008 | |
| 40 | 6 March 2008 | |
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Series 3 (2009)
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| No. | Broadcast | Makes |
|---|---|---|
| 41 | 10 March 2009 | |
| 42 | 11 March 2009 | |
| 43 | 12 March 2009 | |
| 44 | 13 March 2009 | |
| 45 | 17 March 2009 | |
| 46 | 18 March 2009 | |
| 47 | 19 March 2009 | |
| 48 | 20 March 2009 | |
| 49 | 24 March 2009 | |
| 50 | 25 March 2009 | |
| 51 | 26 March 2009 | |
| 52 | 27 March 2009 | |
| 53 | 31 March 2009 | |
| 54 | 4 April 2009 | |
| 55 | 5 April 2009 | |
| 56 | 8 April 2009 | |
| 57 | 9 April 2009 | |
| 58 | 10 April 2009 | |
| 59 | 11 April 2009 | |
| 60 | 12 April 2009 | |
| :: |
Awards and nominations
- BAFTA: Nominated for Best Presenter (Phil Gallagher/Mister Maker)
DVD
Various DVDs of the series were released by 2entertain, and later Abbey Home Media.
Spin-offs
Several spin-offs of the series have been created. They all follow the same format.
- Mister Maker Comes to Town (2010–2011)
- Mister Maker Around the World (2013)
- Mister Maker's Arty Party (2015)
- Mister Maker at Home (2020–2021)
A YouTube spin-off titled Mister Maker's Mumfie Makes premiered on the show's official YouTube channel in April 2023. This spin-off was created as a tie-in with Zodiak Kids' reboot of Mumfie.
Mister Maker Comes to Town
Mister Maker Comes to Town is a spin-off commissioned by Michael Carrington at the BBC for CBeebies. The TV series launched in 2010 and ended in 2011.
At the start of every show, Mister Maker uses various objects to make a Makermobile. He shrinks himself, then the episode starts. Tocky, the cuckoo clock, gives Mister Maker a "mini maker message", a child who needs help from Mister Maker. The child tells Mister Maker what they would like to do or make something out of old things. This inspires him to do something related to them. He collects the essential items from the Doodle Drawers and makes them.
When Mister Maker can't find what he needs, he honks the horn, summoning Scrappz (a blue puppet with a scarf, a hat with straws and pipe cleaners on it, and googly eyes), who gives him what he wants. After they make it, a quartet of shapes fly out and sing a silly song and dance, followed by a random shape (circle, triangle, square, or rectangle) to form a picture or find how many shapes there are.
Tocky then appears on the Makervideophone for Minute Make Time, and Mister Maker goes to a place where he can make something in a minute—usually completing it just before the timer stops. Then the Colour Kids ask Mister Maker from the videophone to guess what they would make with their colourful costumes.
It is followed by A Big Surprise, where Mister Maker sees some kids who were not expecting him. The kids tell Mister Maker what they would like to do. Mister Maker tells the kids what they will do, which will give him an idea of what to do next. In the middle of making it, he wonders why not make a (insert thing related to what the Mini Makers are making here). When the surprise is finished, they cheer and disappear from the scene, which comes to life.
The show ends with Tocky telling Mister Maker to go and then shows Mister Maker putting the Makermobile back in its box.
Around the World
Mister Maker Around the World (2013) is a spin-off commissioned by Michael Carrington at the BBC for CBeebies that focuses on making things around the world. In this series, children sometimes help Mister Maker, the opposite of Mister Maker Comes to Town.
Mister Maker's Arty Party (2015) is a spin-off commissioned by Michael Carrington at the BBC for CBeebies. The episodes are:
- The Sea
- Purple
- Drips and Drops
- Insects
- Buildings
- Swirls
- Animals
- Dots and Spots
- Blue
- Squares
- Doodles
- Sparkly
- Faces
- Birds
- Monsters
- Jungle
- Trees
- Fish
- Patterns
- Rubbish and Recycling
- Food
- Gold
- Transport
- Countryside
- Triangles
- Circles
At Home
Mister Maker at Home (2020–2021) is a spin-off commissioned by Michael Carrington at the BBC for CBeebies. This spin-off was created during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Live shows
- Mister Maker Live (2014–2015)
- Mister Maker and the Shapes Live (2014–2017)
- Mister Maker Returns (2018–2019)
- Mister Maker and Rebecca Keatley (2020–2021)
- Mister Maker Live at Alton Towers (May Half Term 2024)
References
References
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- (18 March 2008). "Mister Maker gets more". Emap.
- "Programación de Discovery Kids". Tudiscoverykids.com.
- "Licensing.biz". Licensing.biz.
- "Past Winners and Nominees - Children's - Awards - 2009". [[BAFTA]].
- "Mister Maker's Mumfie Makes".
- "BBC - CBeebies - Mister Maker".
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