In The Night Garden - Igglepiggle & Friends Box Set [DVD]

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g. the pictures of the characters and props on the gazebo and in the bedtime story) was all designed on Adobe Illustrator. Andrew Davenport stated in an interview with the Guardian that the key inspiration for the series was his own dream world as a child. So this is a programme about calming things down whereas most children's TV is about getting everything up.

The characters include Igglepiggle, Upsy Daisy, Makka Pakka, the Tombliboos, the Pontipines, the Wottingers, the HaaHoos, the Ninky Nonk, the Pinky Ponk, the Ball and the Tittifers. It is filmed in live action and features a mix of actors in costume, stop motion, puppetry and CGI animation. The range includes small Igglepiggle, Upsy Daisy and Makka Pakka stuffed toys and a small Ninky Nonk train with detachable carriages. Then the theme music plays as the Night Garden turns and retreats into the night sky and Igglepiggle is seen asleep on his boat as the end credits roll over.is a British preschool children's television series created, written and composed by Teletubbies co-creator Andrew Davenport [2] [3] for CBeebies and BBC Two and produced by Ragdoll Productions.

In the spring of 2008, several new toys arrived, including roll-along characters, Talking Cuddly Makka Pakka, Ninky Nonk Pop-up tent and more.as of 30 August 2008 and began showing the second series (beginning with "Slow Down Everybody") on 1 September 2008. From 3 January until 4 September 2009, the show was moved to a 6:00pm transmission time but was still retained in the “Bedtime Hour” slot. We wanted to explore the difference between being asleep and being awake from a child's point of view: the difference between closing your eyes and pretending to be asleep and closing your eyes and sleeping.

The episodes end with the Tittifers singing their song, and then one character gets ready to go to sleep. The six 15-minute specials are CGI-animated in Canada by WildBrain Studios, with an initial broadcast deal made with Hop!

This started coming into place in 2004 when Davenport created sketches for the characters of Igglepiggle, Upsy Daisy and Makka Pakka. As the day fades and the stars come out, visit the magical Night Garden and spend time with a lovely group of toys who are learning all about sharing, caring and having fun. In 2007 [7] and 2008, [8] the show won the Children's BAFTA for "Pre-School Live-Action," as well as being nominated in 2009.