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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 8518609" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>Wikipedia says --</p><p></p><p>The producers made the series with the intention of it airing in various forms internationally. That concept grew out of Jim Henson's experience adapting <em>Sesame Street</em> to the requirements of foreign markets.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraggle_Rock#cite_note-Random_House_1993-4" target="_blank">[4]</a> The human "wraparound" segments were produced separately in several countries, so the viewer could always relate to the world of the program. The series has appeared now in over 10 countries and languages. The head producer was Wesley James Tomlinson.</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The original North American version, filmed in Toronto, features an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invention" target="_blank">inventor</a> named Doc (played by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Parkes" target="_blank">Gerry Parkes</a>) and his dog Sprocket. This wraparound was also used in Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, the Republic of Ireland, Scandinavia, Spain, Japan, and Eastern Europe. Dutch, Scandinavian, Spanish, Japanese, and Eastern European shows were <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dub_localization" target="_blank">dubbed</a> in their respective languages.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The British inserts were filmed at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_Centre,_Southampton" target="_blank">TVS Studios in Southampton</a>, and later at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_South" target="_blank">TVS Television Theatre</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillingham,_Kent" target="_blank">Gillingham</a>, Kent (both studios since closed and demolished) and presents <em>Fraggle Rock</em> as a rock-filled sea island with a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lighthouse" target="_blank">lighthouse</a>. Exterior footage was that of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Anthony%27s_Lighthouse" target="_blank">St Anthony's Lighthouse</a> located near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falmouth,_Cornwall" target="_blank">Falmouth</a> in Cornwall. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lighthouse_keeper" target="_blank">lighthouse keeper</a> is The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_captain" target="_blank">Captain</a> (played by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulton_Mackay" target="_blank">Fulton Mackay</a>), a retired sailor who lives with his faithful dog Sprocket. In the third season, as MacKay had died in 1987, the role was played by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gordon_Sinclair" target="_blank">John Gordon Sinclair</a> as P.K., (the Captain's nephew) and in the fourth and final season by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_O%27Brien_(presenter)" target="_blank">Simon O'Brien</a> as B.J. (the Captain's son). In 2014, 35 of these British <em>wraparounds</em> were still <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_television_broadcast" target="_blank">missing, believed wiped</a>, although subsequent recoveries have gradually reduced this number.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraggle_Rock#cite_note-nightshade.org.uk-7" target="_blank">[7]</a> As of December 2020, all 96 wraparounds have been found and handed over to the BFI, confirming that the entire UK production still exists in some shape or form.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraggle_Rock#cite_note-youtube.com-8" target="_blank">[8]</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickelodeon_UK" target="_blank">Nickelodeon</a> repeated it in the UK from 1993, as did <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boomerang_UK" target="_blank">Boomerang</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartoonito" target="_blank">Cartoonito</a> in 2007. The episodes shown were the Canadian versions.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">In the German version, the action takes place beneath the workshop of the inventor Doc (played by Hans-Helmut Dickow). The series was named <em>Die Fraggles</em> with 85 of the 96 produced episodes being presented in German.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">In France, the wraparound segments take place in a bakery with its version of Doc (played by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Robin" target="_blank">Michel Robin</a>) who worked as a baker and a French Sprocket called Croquette. Doc inherited the home from his eccentric Uncle Georges (who was a noted inventor). Thus, when the frame story required the use of a mechanical device, Doc would find yet another of Uncle Georges's machines. Plot-lines also frequently involved the elegant but unseen Madame Pontaven (who Doc repeatedly attempted to impress and invite to dinner with no success). Not all of the 96 episodes were produced in French.</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Morrus, post: 8518609, member: 1"] Wikipedia says -- The producers made the series with the intention of it airing in various forms internationally. That concept grew out of Jim Henson's experience adapting [I]Sesame Street[/I] to the requirements of foreign markets.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraggle_Rock#cite_note-Random_House_1993-4'][4][/URL] The human "wraparound" segments were produced separately in several countries, so the viewer could always relate to the world of the program. The series has appeared now in over 10 countries and languages. The head producer was Wesley James Tomlinson. [LIST] [*]The original North American version, filmed in Toronto, features an [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invention']inventor[/URL] named Doc (played by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Parkes']Gerry Parkes[/URL]) and his dog Sprocket. This wraparound was also used in Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, the Republic of Ireland, Scandinavia, Spain, Japan, and Eastern Europe. Dutch, Scandinavian, Spanish, Japanese, and Eastern European shows were [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dub_localization']dubbed[/URL] in their respective languages. [*]The British inserts were filmed at the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_Centre,_Southampton']TVS Studios in Southampton[/URL], and later at the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_South']TVS Television Theatre[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillingham,_Kent']Gillingham[/URL], Kent (both studios since closed and demolished) and presents [I]Fraggle Rock[/I] as a rock-filled sea island with a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lighthouse']lighthouse[/URL]. Exterior footage was that of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Anthony%27s_Lighthouse']St Anthony's Lighthouse[/URL] located near [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falmouth,_Cornwall']Falmouth[/URL] in Cornwall. The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lighthouse_keeper']lighthouse keeper[/URL] is The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_captain']Captain[/URL] (played by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulton_Mackay']Fulton Mackay[/URL]), a retired sailor who lives with his faithful dog Sprocket. In the third season, as MacKay had died in 1987, the role was played by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gordon_Sinclair']John Gordon Sinclair[/URL] as P.K., (the Captain's nephew) and in the fourth and final season by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_O%27Brien_(presenter)']Simon O'Brien[/URL] as B.J. (the Captain's son). In 2014, 35 of these British [I]wraparounds[/I] were still [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_television_broadcast']missing, believed wiped[/URL], although subsequent recoveries have gradually reduced this number.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraggle_Rock#cite_note-nightshade.org.uk-7'][7][/URL] As of December 2020, all 96 wraparounds have been found and handed over to the BFI, confirming that the entire UK production still exists in some shape or form.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraggle_Rock#cite_note-youtube.com-8'][8][/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickelodeon_UK']Nickelodeon[/URL] repeated it in the UK from 1993, as did [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boomerang_UK']Boomerang[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartoonito']Cartoonito[/URL] in 2007. The episodes shown were the Canadian versions. [*]In the German version, the action takes place beneath the workshop of the inventor Doc (played by Hans-Helmut Dickow). The series was named [I]Die Fraggles[/I] with 85 of the 96 produced episodes being presented in German. [*]In France, the wraparound segments take place in a bakery with its version of Doc (played by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Robin']Michel Robin[/URL]) who worked as a baker and a French Sprocket called Croquette. Doc inherited the home from his eccentric Uncle Georges (who was a noted inventor). Thus, when the frame story required the use of a mechanical device, Doc would find yet another of Uncle Georges's machines. Plot-lines also frequently involved the elegant but unseen Madame Pontaven (who Doc repeatedly attempted to impress and invite to dinner with no success). Not all of the 96 episodes were produced in French. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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