Bosco
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Bosco was an Irish children's television programme produced during the late 1970s and early 1980s. It was produced by the Lambert Puppet Theatre. Bosco was voiced by Miriam Lambert initially; in later years Paula Lambert took over the character.
The main character in the programme is Bosco, a small red-haired puppet with bright red cheeks and indeterminate gender. Bosco lives in a box, only leaving it to go on excursions to places such as Dublin Zoo or the H.B. factory.
The roster of presenters included Jonathan (Ryan), Marian (Richardson), Frank (Twomey), Gráinne, Philip & Susie and also Mary Garrioch and Peter FitzGerald.
Any guests to the show enter and exit through the 'Magic Door'. This is also used to exit the shot to any inserts in the show. The Magic Door told viewers where people (or the camera shot) are going for the day's adventure.
There are various short animations, usually stop-motion, as part of the show. The Plonksters were plasticine critters, which are continually engaged in fights or schemes against each other. Faherty's Garden starred the eponymous Faherty a dog, plagued by an amateur crow magician (Cornelius, who would often turn purple, much to his distress) in a series of shorts featuring stop-motion models. Freddy the Fox features a host of well-modelled characters each with distinctive traits, such as Fiachra the Frog. There was also a cartoon featuring a potato family, The McSpuds, that live in a supermarket (Savers). At night, the potato children, Sheila and Seamus, run amok. The Tongue Twisters were also regularly featured.
Occasionally, characters from the Lambert Theatre's other children's series, Wanderly Wagon, would be introduced into the show.
The show featured arts and crafts segments, in the style of the BBC's children's programme Blue Peter. Another prominent part of the show was story-time. A shared cultural experience for children in Ireland at the time, it ran for at least 300 episodes, but was repeated before (and later during) The Den daily until 1998, when it was replaced by The Morbegs.It was soon moved to BBC and was shown on BBC2 for a year and it's currnetly shown on Cbeebies.
[edit] Quotes
- "Knock knock, open wide, see what's on the other side, Knock knock, any more, come with me through the Magic Door." - the Magic Door Rhyme
[edit] Trivia
- A DVD containing episodes of Bosco was officially released in November 2005. This was followed up by a second DVD which was released in the run-up to Christmas 2006.
There was also a CD released in 2006 called Bosco - Songs & Stories which featured some of Boscos favourite songs.
For Christmas 2007, Bosco was back for a seasonal campaign at www.boscoisback.ie
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