Mister Maker
- Phil Gallagher
- Michael Carrington
- Sarah Colclough
- Vanessa Hill
Driana Jones
Creative Consultant:
Nic Ayling
Ant Boys
The Foundation (series 2-3)
December 25, 2009 (2009-12-25)
Mister Maker Comes to Town
Mister Maker is a British children's television series produced by RDF Media (series 1)/The Foundation (series 2–3) for CBeebies.[1] 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 and reminds Mister Maker that it's time to go. Mister Maker says "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.[2] The series launched in 2007[3] 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.[4] 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.[3][5] It also airs in Australia on ABC2. The series comprises a mixture of animation, CGI and live-action.
Episodes
Series 1 (2007)
No. | Broadcast | Makes |
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1 | 17 September 2007 |
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2 | 18 September 2007 |
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3 | 19 September 2007 |
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4 | 20 September 2007 |
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5 | 21 September 2007 |
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6 | 24 September 2007 |
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7 | 25 September 2007 |
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8 | 26 September 2007 |
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9 | 27 September 2007 |
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10 | 28 September 2007 |
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11 | 1 October 2007 |
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12 | 2 October 2007 |
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13 | 3 October 2007 |
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14 | 4 October 2007 |
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15 | 5 October 2007 |
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16 | 8 October 2007 |
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17 | 9 October 2007 |
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18 | 10 October 2007 |
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19 | 11 October 2007 |
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20 | 12 October 2007 |
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Series 2 (2009)
No. | Broadcast | Makes |
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21 | 3 February 2009 |
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22 | 4 February 2009 |
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23 | 5 February 2009 |
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24 | 6 February 2009 |
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25 | 10 February 2009 |
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26 | 11 February 2009 |
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27 | 12 February 2009 |
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28 | 13 February 2009 |
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29 | 17 February 2009 |
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30 | 18 February 2009 |
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31 | 19 February 2009 |
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32 | 20 February 2009 |
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33 | 24 February 2009 |
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34 | 25 February 2009 |
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35 | 26 February 2009 |
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36 | 27 February 2009 |
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37 | 3 March 2009 |
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38 | 4 March 2009 |
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39 | 5 March 2009 |
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40 | 6 March 2009 |
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Series 3 (2009)
No. | Broadcast | Makes |
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41 | 10 March 2009 |
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42 | 11 March 2009 |
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43 | 12 March 2009 |
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44 | 13 March 2009 |
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45 | 17 March 2009 |
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46 | 18 March 2009 |
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47 | 19 March 2009 |
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48 | 20 March 2009 |
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49 | 24 March 2009 |
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50 | 25 March 2009 |
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51 | 26 March 2009 |
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52 | 27 March 2009 |
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53 | 31 March 2009 |
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54 | 4 April 2009 |
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55 | 5 April 2009 |
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56 | 8 April 2009 |
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57 | 9 April 2009 |
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58 | 10 April 2009 |
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59 | 11 April 2009 |
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60 | 12 April 2009 |
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Awards and nominations
- BAFTA: Nominated for Best Presenter (Phil Gallagher/Mister Maker)[6]
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
- Mister Maker Around the World
- Mister Maker's Arty Party (2015)
- Mister Maker at Home (2020)
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.[7]
Around the World
Mister Maker Around the World (2013) is a spin-off commissioned by Michael Carrington at the BBC for CBeebies. 2 spin-offs followed, Mister Maker's Arty Party, and Mister Maker at Home, which began airing in and respectively. The episodes are:
- Episode 1: Buckingham Palace.
- Episode 2: Houses of Paraliment!.
- Episode 3: South Africa.
- Episode 4: London Eye.
- Episode 5: Hong Kong.
- Episode 6: South African Lion!.
- Episode 7: Australia!.
- Episode 8: Asia.
- Episode 9: Sydney!.
- Episode 10: England!.
- Episode 11: Brazil!.
- Episode 12: Australia!.
- Episode 13: Far East!.
- Episode 14: Cape Town!.
- Episode 15: Trafalgar Square!.
- Episode 16: United Kingdom!.
- Episode 17: Brasília!.
- Episode 18: Melbourne, Australia!.
- Episode 19: Johannesburg!.
- Episode 20: Rio de Janeiro!.
- Episode 21: Hong Kong SAR China!.
- Episode 22: London!.
- Episode 23: Brazil!.
- Episode 24: South America!.
- Episode 25: Africa!.
- Episode 26: Christmas Special!.
Live shows
- Mister Maker Live (2014-2015)
- Mister Maker and the Shapes Live (2014-2017)
- Mister Maker Hide and Seek Party (2018)
- Mister Maker Returns (2018-2019)
- Mister Maker and Rebecca Keatley (2020-2021)
- Make it Mister Maker (2020-2021)
- Mister Maker at the Marlowe (2021)
- Mister Maker Club (2021)
References
- ^ "RDF Rights' "Mister Maker" Secures TV Deals | License Global". Archived from the original on 29 January 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
- ^ "CBeebies - MISTER MAKER – Have fun with art and crafts". BBC. 1 January 1970. Archived from the original on 11 December 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ^ a b "Mister Maker gets more". Broadcast. Emap. 18 March 2008. Archived from the original on 2 October 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
- ^ "Programación de Discovery Kids". Tudiscoverykids.com. Archived from the original on 25 June 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ^ "Licensing.biz". Licensing.biz. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ^ "Past Winners and Nominees - Children's - Awards - 2009". BAFTA. Archived from the original on 26 February 2010. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
- ^ "Mister Maker's Mumfie Makes". YouTube.
External links
- Mister Maker at BBC Online
- Mister Maker Around the World
- Official website