Tots TV

Tots TV is the American children's television programme. It is made by Ragdoll Productions and Central.

Tots TV
The official logo of the show.
Developed by	Ragdoll Productions
Directed by	Rob Ollerton Tom Poole Nick Hayward-Young Robin Toyne
Starring	Véronique Déroulède Claire Carre Alexandra Hogg Andrew Davenport Robin Stevens
Composer(s)	Andrew McCrorie-Shand
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	American English
No. of episodes	276[1]
Production
Producer(s)	Anne Wood
Cinematography	Mike Callan Brian Owens Andy Martin Derek Gruszeckyj
Editor(s)	Johnathan Bravo Howard Dell Gareth Maynard Julia Weaver Nigel Buck
Running time	10-25 minutes
Production company(s)	Ragdoll Productions Central Independent Television (1993–1995) Carlton UK Productions (1995–1998)
Release
Original network	ITV
Picture format	4:3
Audio format	Dolby Surround
Original release	4 January 1993 (1993-01-04) – 27 April 1998 (1998-04-27)

The programme has three ragdoll friends. They are Tilly, Tom and Tine. Tilly is a French girl with red hair and white skin. she speaks in basic French. This is changed to English in French broadcasts and Spanish in the American version). Tom is a blue-haired boy with dark skin and glasses. Tiny is the youngest Tot. He is smaller than the others and has green hair and white skin. The programme also includes their pet Donkey. He lived in a stable next to the tots' secret house. There was also a small dog named Furryboo that the tots never knew about.

Tots TV was written by two of its puppeteers Robin Stevens (Tom) and Andrew Davenport (Tiny). Tilly was played by three actresses. They were Véronique Deroulede, Claire Carre and Alexandra Hogg. The series won two BAFTA awards for its producer Anne Wood and director Vic Finch. The progrmme was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on the ITV network (as part of CITV). CBeebies, the BBC's television channel for young children, picked up the series from 2004. It started being shown on BBC Two and the CBeebies channel on the 19 April.[1]

The series was also broadcast in the United States on the PBS network from 1996 to 2002. In the American version, Tilly spoke Spanish instead of French.[2] In 2000 Discovery Kids broadcast the series throughout Central and South America, the Caribbean and the Falkland Islands.[3]