Bumper Films
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Type | Associate |
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Industry | Entertainment |
Genre | Children's |
Founded | June 26, 1982 |
Founder | Ian Frampton John Walker |
Defunct | February 9, 2002 |
Fate | Closed |
Successor | Gullane Entertainment (Fireman Sam franchise only) |
Headquarters | Bristol, England |
Key people | Ian Frampton John Walker |
Production output | Film And Television Production |
Services | Licensing |
Bumper Films, Inc. is a British children's stop motion animation studio Based In Bristol, England. They are best known for producing the original series of Fireman Sam, which aired from 1987 to 1994.[1] They also produced Joshua Jones, which aired briefly in 1992, Gogs, which aired from 1993 to 1998, Starhill Ponies, which aired from 1998 until 2002, and Rocky Hollow, which aired from 1983 to 1986.
After finishing production on Starhill Ponies on February 9th 2002, the company went quietly Bankruptcy. In Welsh, Bumper Films was called Ffilmiau Bumper.[2]
List of shows[]
Title | Original
broadcast |
Network | Animation |
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Rocky Hollow | 1982–1987 | S4C | stop motion |
Fireman Sam | 1987–1994 | S4C | stop motion |
Joshua Jones | 1992 | S4C | stop motion |
1998–2002 | S4C | stop motion |
References[]
- ^ Wightwick, Abbie (March 3, 2012). "Fireman Sam celebrates 25th birthday in Pontypandy". walesonline.
- ^ "Fireman Sam returns to the BBC".
Categories:
- British animation studios
- Mass media companies established in 1982
- Mass media companies disestablished in 2002
- 1982 establishments in the United Kingdom
- 2002 disestablishments in the United Kingdom
- Animation studio stubs