Spider!
Spider is a British musical animated children's television mini-series made by Hibbert Ralph Entertainment for the BBC, that was originally aired on BBC One from 26 September to 30 December 1991. It followed the adventures of a grinning, accident-prone spider, the protagonist, and a young boy (although the boy was only present in eleven of the thirteen episodes), the boy starts off as initially frightened of Spider, but eventually befriends him by the events of episode 6.
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★ 7.2Spider! was a musical children's television series made by Hibbert Ralph Entertainment for the BBC which originally aired in 1991. It followed the adventures of a spider, the protagonist, and a young boy. The stories were told through song, performed by Jeff Stevenson with his children, Casey and Holly, singing backing vocals. The style of music varies from rock 'n' roll to haunting and melancholic, and was produced by Rick Cassman. A BBC Video entitled "Spider! - I'm Only Scary 'cos I'm Hairy!" which contained all 13 episodes was released soon after the series ended. A DVD version was also released later.
- Aired
- 1991–1991
- Seasons
- 1 · 13 episodes
- Status
- Ended
- Network
- BBC One
- Genres
- Kids, Animation
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Spider is a British musical animated children's television mini-series made by Hibbert Ralph Entertainment for the BBC, that was originally aired on BBC One from 26 September to 30 December 1991. It followed the adventures of a grinning, accident-prone spider, the protagonist, and a young boy (although the boy was only present in eleven of the thirteen episodes), the boy starts off as initially frightened of Spider, but eventually befriends him by the events of episode 6.
The stories were told through song, and performed by Jeff Stevenson with his children, Casey and Holly, singing backing vocals. The styles of music featured in the episodes vary from rock 'n roll to haunting and melancholic tunes, and were produced by Rick Cassman at Triple X Studios. A BBC video entitled ''Spider! – I'm Only Scary 'cos I'm Hairy! (BBCV 4753), which contained all thirteen episodes, was also released in 1992. It was re-released on DVD in 2004.
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