Jamboree was a British children's television programme that aired on CITV from 2 June 1998 until 24 May 2001.[3] Jamboree was produced by Floella Benjamin Productions for XL Entertainment, a production company based in Chichester, United Kingdom.[4][5] It was primarily aimed at its target audience of pre-school children.[6][7]
Jamboree | |
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Directed by | Keith Taylor |
Presented by | Floella Benjamin (host) |
Starring | Children of Speake School Children of Rosemead School |
Theme music composer | Tim Cross Ian Roland |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 4[1] |
No. of episodes | 58[2] |
Production | |
Producers | Pam Colbourne Alex Baynes Ros Edwards Floella Benjamin |
Editor | Kyle Rainford |
Production companies | Floella Benjamin Productions XL Entertainment Knowledge Through Entertainment |
Original release | |
Network | CITV |
Release | 2 June 1998 24 May 2001 | –
About the show
editEach episode starts with Benjamin introducing each character known as the "Bopkins". They could be seen making their beds before heading over to a personal computer. One of the characters would then put a compact disc into the disc drive. They would then take it in turns to choose an icon. A short segment would then be shown. Each episode would start and end on a segment called "Floella's house".
Series 1 (1998)
edit- Numbers - 2 June 1998
- Up And Down - 9 June 1998
- Animals - 16 June 1998
- Lets Dance - 23 June 1998
- Sizes - 30 June 1998
- Making Things - 7 July 1998
- Differences - 14 July 1998
- Golf - 21 July 1998
- Food - 28 July 1998
- The Seaside - 4 August 1998
- Shapes - 11 August 1998
- Friends - 18 August 1998
- Dressing Up - 25 August 1998
Series 2 (1999)
edit- Parties - 8 June 1999
- Making Paper Aeroplanes - 15 June 1999
- Bodies - 22 June 1999
- Music - 29 June 1999
- Colours - 6 July 1999
- Daytime And Nighttime - 13 July 1999
- Games - 20 July 1999
- Weather And Travelling - 27 July 1999
- Time - 3 August 1999
- Puzzle Time - 17 July 1999
- Plants And Nature - 24 August 1999
- Things In The Sky - 2 September 1999
Series 3 (2000)
edit- Magic - 10 May 2000
- Red - 17 May 2000
- Opposites - 24 May 2000
- Soft And Hard - 31 May 2000
- ABC's - 7 June 2000
- Big And Small - 14 June 2000
- Old Things And New Things - 21 June 2000
- Odd Numbers - 28 June 2000
- Baking A Cake - 5 July 2000
- Reading Books - 12 July 2000
- Blue - 19 July 2000
- In And Out - 26 July 2000
Series 4 (2001)
edit- Farms - 30 April 2001
- Breaking - 1 May 2001
- Hot And Cold - 2 May 2001
- Relations - 3 May 2001
- Loud And Quiet - 4 May 2001
- Illness - 8 May 2001
- Even Numbers - 9 May 2001
- Pictures - 10 May 2001
- Trees - 11 May 2001
- Sharing - 14 May 2001
- Water - 15 May 2001
- Yellow - 16 May 2001
- Rubbish - 17 May 2001
- Red - 18 May 2001
- Heavy And Light - 24 May 2001
Characters
editThe series featured four main characters. These were Bizza Bopkin, Billy Bopkin, Betty Bopkin (played by Sammy Davis) and Baby Bopkin (played by Warwick Davis.)[8]
Segments
edit- Floella's house
A live action segment at the start and end of each episode. Floella plays games and sings songs with a group of children in her garden. At the end of each episode she would use the catchphrase "Until next time from them and me ... It's goodbye from Jamboree".
- Meme and Scruff
The antics of two friends. A dog and a monkey in stop motion.
- Playtime
Live action with children narrating while playing a game.
- Storytime
A classic story acted out with no talking and much movement, often with Benjamin starring and a narrator.
- Video fun
A live action educational video clip.
VHS tapes
edit- Animals and Music Fun (1999)
- Numbers and Colour Fun (2000)
- Let's Dance Dressing Up and Puzzle Time (2001)
References
edit- ^ "Floella Benjamin Productions — Floella Benjamin". www.floellabenjamin.com. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- ^ "Floella Benjamin Productions — Floella Benjamin". www.floellabenjamin.com. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- ^ "Floella Benjamin Productions — Floella Benjamin". www.floellabenjamin.com. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- ^ "XL ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED - Overview (free company information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- ^ "Site flows from Floella". The Argus. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- ^ "Jamboree: Animals And Music Fun!". www.amazon.co.uk. Contender. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- ^ "Jamboree: Number And Colour Fun". www.amazon.co.uk. Contender. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- ^ Davis, Warwick (1 November 2014). "I played 'Baby Bopkin' in Jamboree (the one with the teddy) #LittleKnownFact @SammyDDavis is 'Betty' (the yellow one)pic.twitter.com/STVDMZVk61". Twitter. Retrieved 5 March 2018.