Mister Maker

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Mister Maker
GenreChildren's
Arts & Crafts
Created byPhill Gallagher
Written by(Script by)
Nic Ayling
Driana Jones
Phil Gallagher
Directed byJames Morgan
Helen Scott
Peter Eyre Jessie Brown
StarringPhil Gallagher
Voices ofJessie Brown
Narrated byPhil Gallagher
Opening themeMake it Mister Maker
Ending themeMake it Mister Maker (Instrumental)
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series3
No. of episodes60
Production
Executive producerEl Macho
ProducersSeries Producer:
Driana Jones
Programme Associate:
Nic Ayling
Production locationMaidstone
Running time19 mins
Production companiesRDF Television (series 1)
The Foundation (series 2-3)
DistributorRDF Television
Release
Original networkCBeebies
Picture format576i (16:9)
Original release17 September 2007 (2007-09-17) –
25 December 2009 (2009-12-25)
Chronology
Followed byMister Maker Comes to Town
Related showsJustin's House
External links
Website

Mister Maker is a British children's television series commissioned by Michael Carrington at the BBC for CBeebies.[1] The series launched in 2007[2] and also airs on BBC One and BBC Two. In the United States and Latin America the series airs on the Discovery Familia network, dubbed in Spanish and in Portuguese in Brazil.[3] In Canada, the series airs on Treehouse TV. To date three series have been commissioned from The Foundation (part of RDF Media).[2][4] It also airs in Australia on ABC2. The series comprises a mixture of animation and real time content. A total of 4 spin-offs were produced, Mister Maker Comes to Town, Mister Maker Around the World, , and , which aired from 2010, 2013, 2015, and 2020, respectively. Mister Maker is portrayed by Phil Gallagher.

Episode Format[]

Every episode has the following sequence:

Episode Summary[]

  • Creative Idea - Art or craft.
  • The Shapes Dance - The Shapes dance leading to one of them presenting a puzzle.
  • Minute Make It Time - Timed 1-minute art or craft.
  • The Colour Kids - They make a picture using their clothes.
  • Frame-It! - Calm time to make usually a nice relaxing picture to put in a frame.
  • Random Picture - Either a messy picture or pictures made by objects.
  • Another Creative Idea - Another art or craft.
  • Time To Go - Tocky the bird tells you it’s the end of the show.
  • Mister Maker exits the studio - appears in white room seen in intro.
  • Black Bar within 6 minutes 20 seconds - Put away studio back in its box.

DVD[]

Number By DVD Name Date
1 Mister Maker: Let’s Make It Mister Maker I Have An Idea! Mister Maker Get Making Mister Maker: Watch And Make Mister Maker: Hands Wing Work 25 November 2008
2 Mister Maker: Yes We Art, Art We 27 September 2009
3 Mister Maker: Make Art 12 September 2010
4 Mister Maker: Day of Art 30 July 2011

Awards and nominations[]

  • Nominated for Best Presenter (Phil Gallagher/Mister Maker)[5]

 
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[]

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ a b "Mister Maker gets more". Broadcast. Emap. 18 March 2008. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
  3. ^ "Programación de Discovery Kids". Tudiscoverykids.com. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  4. ^ "Licensing.biz". Licensing.biz. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  5. ^ "Past Winners and Nominees - Children's - Awards - 2009". BAFTA. Retrieved 17 March 2010.

External links[]

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