Children's Summer Stories

Children's Summer Stories is a UK VHS release by Thames Video Collection 19th June 1989. It features three stories about "boats" from three favourite Thames TV children's shows which are "Rainbow", "Button Moon" and "Sooty".

Description[]

Rainbow - "Journey on a Narrow Boat"
Button Moon - "Boat Race"
Sooty - "Messing About in Boats"

Credits[]

Rainbow[]

("Journey on a Narrow Boat")[]

Presented by Geoffrey Hayes, Stanley Bates, Roy Skeleton
Songs by Rod Burton, Jane Tucker, Freddy Marks
Pupeeteers: Ronnie Le Drew, Malcolm Lord
Lines and Shapes by Cosgrove Hall Productions
Film Editor: John Plummer
Research: Martin Head
Production Assistant: Sandra Brett
Education Adviser: Stephanie Connell
Written by Stanley Bates
Executive Producer: Charles Warren
Directed by John Darnell
Produced by Lesley Burgess
(C) Thames Television Ltd. MCMLXXXV

Button Moon[]

("Boat Race")[]

Written by Ian Allen
Playboard Puppets: John Thirtle, Ian Allen, Ian J. Brown
Narrator: Robin Parkinson
Produced by Charles Warren
Directed by Neil Stinchcombe
(C) Thames Television PLC. MCMLXXXVIII

The Sooty Show[]

("Messing About in Boats")[]

Written and Presented by Matthew Corbett
Devised by Harry Corbett, O.B.E.
Puppeteers: Alex Cox, Brian Sandford, Brenda Longman
Musical Director: Ted Brennan
Production Assistant: Barbara Mitchell
Design: Jim Nicholson
Executive Producer: Charles Warren
Produced and Directed by Stan Woodward
(C) Thames Television PLC. MCMLXXXVIII

Opening (Original 1989 release) (with no trailer)[]

Warning screen (1986-1990)
Thames Video Collection Ident (1986-1990)
Children's Summer Stories Title Card
Rainbow Opening Titles
Start of Rainbow: Journey on a Narrow Boat (1985)

Closing (Original 1989 release) (with no trailer)[]

End of The Sooty Show: Messing About in Boats (1988)/The Sooty Show Closing Credits
Children's Summer Stories Title Card
Thames Video Collection Ident (silent) (1986-1990)