Astro Farm

Astro Farm is a British children's television series animated in stop motion. It featured the adventures of the Foxwoods, a small family who work on an asteroid which is covered in farmland.

Astro Farm
Created by	Andy Ellis David Yates
Voices of	Tina Heath Jonathan Kydd Richard Tate
Opening theme	Dave Cooke Paul Field
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	53
Production
Executive producer	David Yates
Producer	Kath Swain
Editor	Simon Cox
Running time	10 minutes
Production companies	FilmFair London Central Independent Television
Original release
Network	ITV (CITV)
Release	11 September 1992 (1992-09-11) – 4 December 1996 (1996-12-04)

Astro Farm was produced by FilmFair for Central Independent Television and was first broadcast on CITV in 1992.

Synopsis

The main action took place on an asteroid dedicated to farming. The Foxwoods lived in a small cottage with a barn and Daisy, the cow lived in a separate farm. The atmosphere was artificial and was controlled by the weather machine in the cottage. The Gorups lived on a nearby asteroid known as 'Gorp Dale' which was dark and wet.

The principal characters were Sam; Sam's wife Lizzie; Sam and Lizzie's son, Tom; Dinko, a dog; Daisy, the cow and blue chickens called Clucks; featuring the Gorups, Splodger and Biff, two miscreants who steal food and cause trouble at the farm.

Episodes

Series 1 (1992)

1. Wacky Weather (11 September 1992)
2. Flying Dinko (18 September 1992)
3. The Well (25 September 1992)
4. Moo Flu (2 October 1992)
5. Astro Dragon (9 October 1992)
6. Butterfly (16 October 1992)
7. Disappearing Bubbles (23 October 1992)
8. The Big Sneeze (30 October 1992)
9. The Tomato Competition (6 November 1992)
10. Barn Dance (13 November 1992)
11. The Black Hole Mole (20 November 1992)
12. Training Dinko (27 November 1992)
13. The Surprise (4 December 1992)

Series 2 (1993)

1. Biff Builds a Rocket (8 October 1993)
2. Cluck Soup (15 October 1993)
3. Holiday (22 October 1993)
4. King Splodger (29 October 1993)
5. Lizzie's Quiet Day (5 November 1993)
6. Pumpkin (12 November 1993)
7. Seeing Double (19 November 1993)
8. Shrinking Machine (26 November 1993)
9. Solar Wind (3 December 1993)
10. Wild Martian Tiger (10 December 1993)
11. Wishing Well (17 December 1993)

Series 3 (1994)

1. All Aboard! (13 October 1994)
2. Astro Dale Farm (20 October 1994)
3. Bath Time (27 October 1994)
4. Biffs' Baby (3 November 1994)
5. Crow Twins (10 November 1994)
6. Dial G For Gorp Dale (17 November 1994)
7. Magic Onions (24 November 1994)
8. Spooked (1 December 1994)
9. Super Tom (8 December 1994)

Series 4 (1995)

1. 1, 2, 3, Pull! (28 September 1995)
2. A Mole in One (5 October 1995)
3. Biff, Do Your Best ! (12 October 1995)
4. Cowboy Tom (19 October 1995)
5. Dragon Moon (26 October 1995)
6. Futile Attraction (2 November 1995)
7. Pied Piper of Gorp Dale (9 November 1995)
8. Slim Curd Everywhere! (16 November 1995)
9. Splodger, the Spider (23 November 1995)
10. That Takes the Biscuit! (30 November 1995)

Series 5 (1996)

1. Lucky Dip (2 October 1996)
2. Mouse Quake (9 October 1996)
3. Pigs Might Fly (16 October 1996)
4. Poultry in Motion (23 October 1996)
5. Spaced-out Splodger (30 October 1996)
6. Sparks Fly! (6 November 1996)
7. Splodgers' About ! (13 November 1996)
8. Surprise! Surprise! (20 November 1996)
9. To Catch a Thief (27 November 1996)
10. Tom and the Beanstalk (4 December 1996)

Re-airings

The series was repeated on CITV until 1996 and then aired on Nickelodeon in 1997. Nickelodeon aired the first series as it was the only one to be remastered by CINAR, purchased FilmFair London and remastered the studio's shows.

Home media

In the United Kingdom, in 1992, Pickwick Video originally released two VHS tapes of the series, containing Series 1 episodes. Those were reissued in 1995 by Carlton Home Entertainment.

UK VHS releases

• Pickwick (1992)
• Carlton Home Entertainment (1995)

External links

• Astro Farm at toonhound.
• Astro Farm at IMDb .
• 1995 TV guide featuring Astro Farm at The Guardian