Gogo's Adventures with English (partially found children's cartoon series, 1995)

Gogo's Adventures with English title card (1995)

Gogo's Adventures with English was a short-lived children's educational cartoon series created by Ken Methold and Paul Fitzgerald. Produced by Reef Films Pty Ltd. in association with Unlimited Energee Pty Ltd. and World Productions UK Ltd. for Addison Wesley Longman Ltd. and Oxford University Press.

Co-produced by EVA Entertainment

Description[]

Gogo, a little dragon-like creature who doesn't know English, begins to learn English by going on exciting adventures with Tony and Jenny, traveling in a fishing port, visiting zoos, supermarkets, shopping, and appearing on TV game shows. Building a robot that cleans rooms and makes clothes, going to a school, riding a roller coaster at a amusement park, building a tree house, eating at a cafe. Swimming at a beach, going to a movie set, riding a submarine, and going to Treasure Island on a pirate ship. Visiting museums, going to the moon in a spaceship, flying a kite, riding a Camel to Egypt, watching to a Magic Show at school, and interviewing a popular rock star at a political talk show at an airport's election.

Episodes[]

There are 39 episodes in order:

My Name's Gogo
What's His Name?
She's My Mother
What's This?
Is That A Tiger?
What Colour is This?
What Are They?
How Old Are You?
How Many Are There?
What's The Time, Please?
What Do You Like?
Do You Like Sausages?
Revision Episode 1
Have You Got A Ruler?
Let's Eat
I Can Swim
You're Big
We're Hungry
She's Got A Towel
I Want A Jumper, Please
Where's Gogo?
What's She Doing?
What Are We Doing?
We're Building A Tree House
Where Are You Going?
Revision Episode 2
May I Have A Blanket?
Whose Dress Is It?
That's A Big Dinosaur
How Much Is That Robot?
I Want To Go To The Moon
The Yellow Kite Is Hers
When Is Your Birthday?
Show Me Your Tickets, Please
I Want Some Cards, Please
May I Make Some Soup, Please
This Camel Moves Quickly
What Are You Going To Do?
Revision Episode 3

Credits[]

Created by:

Ken Methold & Paul Fitzgerald

Written by:

Ken Methold & Paul Fitzgerald, Sue Radley, Alieen Paterson, David Bonner, Tony Barnes, Andrew Brenner, Keith Littler, Roger Stennett, Stefan Redfern, Brian Trueman, Jonathan Trueman, Frances Kay, Jeanne Willis, Judith Johnson, Holly Lyons, Rodney Peppe, David Ingham, Peter Hynes, Chris Trengove, Peter Maddocks, Bob Godfrey, Stan Heyward, Jan Page, George Tarry, Joe Boyle, Lucy Daniel-Raby, Nigel Crowle, Malcolm McGookin, Phil Jackson, Guy Hallifax, James Driscoll and Robert Maidment.

Designed by:

Trevor Ricketts

Script editors:

Holly Lyons, Bernie Kay and Richard Everett

Voice breakdown for the series by:

Dennis Collins

Timing charts of the series by:

Geoff Collins

Storyboards by:

Michael Zarb, Mike Jupp, Gordon Harrison, Christian De Vita, Greg Ingram, Bruce McNally, Marty Murphy, Keith Scoble, Terry Ward, Neil Graham, David Elvin, Andy Janes, Wayne Thomas, Dan Whitworth, Colin White, Vincent James and Jez Hall.

Layouts:

Evgeni Linkov, Gavin Nicholls, Ted Pettengell

Animation director:

Rob Newman

Animation by:

A for Animation, Flicks Films Ltd, Animax Studios Ltd, Fairwater Films Ltd and Martin Gates Productions Ltd.

Animators (UK):

Hilary Audus, Mark Taylor, Phil Parker, Ailin Chambers, Gary Brown, Jane Davies, Dave Cropley, Dylan Shipley, Simon Bradbury, Robert Brown, Mike Coles, Chris Evans, Lewis Jones, Joke Eycken, Keith Greig, Kris Genijn, Elie Klimis, Morgan Griffiths, Charlie MacCrae, Ken Hayes, Marie Laure Guisset, Andy Wright, Mike Price, Steve John, Pieter Vanluffelen, Eryl Jones, Marc Lewis, Nicola Malborough, Jose Solis, Sam Twigge, Steve Whittle, Simon Williams, Theresa Whatley, and Hugh Workman.

Assistant animators (UK):

Andrew Painter, Vivienne Heath, Dee Honeybun, Janet Nunn, Angela Bristow, Paul Stone, Reg Lodge, Terry Dormer, Malcolm Hartley, Mike Lodge, Barry Parker, Dennis Hunt, Geoff Loynes, Chris Coates, Anne Ward, Christine Courtney, Pauline De Witt, Linda Mawson, Rosemary Welch, Tony Walters, Mike Barratt, Clive Pallant, Iwan Jones Roberts, Nikolay Moustakov, Rachael Stedman, Gary Sycamore, Rachael Smith, Ken Emmett, David Pedley, Matthew Freeth, Alan Green, Sean Leaning, Bill Lee, Benedict Lewis, Roger McIntosh, Stephen Palmer, Matt Plant, Cath Lloyd, Stephen Perry, Steve Roberts, Tim Webb, Brian Larkin, Teddy Hall, Nicolette van Gendt, Alison Snowden, Joyce Flowers, Sue Halliwell, Zane Whittingham, Les Brooksbank, Alan Cresswell, Ian Sachs, Mark Mason, Tony Garth, Tim Window, Andy Price, Lloyd Sutton, Colin White, John Miller, Andy Roper, Tom Bailey, Roger Phillips, Les Orton and Ann Goodall.

Animators (Australia):

Jo-Anne Boag, Rachael Ward, Nicholas Harding, Amanda Thompson, Dang Phuong, Peter Gardiner, Elizabeth May, Kaye Watts, Jean Tych, Rodney D'Silva and Mark Coleman.

Assistant animators (Australia):

Craig Elliot, Damian Harris, Dania Wu, Jan D'Silva, Luke O'Donnell, Mark McHugh, Aaron Stannard, Martin Gallagher, Carol Lumsden and Michael Bates.

Line producer for Unlimited Enegee:

Katie Cordes

Digital director:

John MacBeth Clark

Production managers (UK):

Andy Dixon

Production manager (Australia):

Cindi Drennan

Production accountant for Unlimited Energee:

John Travers

Editors (UK):

Morgan Daniels Ltd

Camera (UK):

Filmfex Services

Edit facilities (UK):

Oasis Television

Computer "camera" and special effects (UK):

Wayne Alexander, Tracy Dean, Andy Dixon, Dominic Houldey, Rachael King, Paul Taberer and Tania Ward

Computer "camera" and special effects (Australia):

Niky Payne, Adam Jones, George Lukic, Mike Borman and John MacBeth Clark.

Backgrounds (UK):

David Vinicombe, Dale Evans, Mike Wall and Steve Wilson

Backgrounds (Australia):

Kelly Wallwork

Scan supervisor:

Barry Notari

Scanning:

Barry Notari, Nash Cowie, Eric Dinkin, Robert Sakaluk, Cameron McMurray, Michael Williams and Chris Newman

Colour styling:

Edward Trost

Paint supervisors:

Anthony Eden, Mark Taffs, Barry Notari and Gavin Stone

Computer cel painters:

Gavin Stone, Barry Notari, Tom Huynh, Barbara Wulff, Simon Chapman, John Eden, Helen Meany, Iain Sinclair, Lorna Gow, Vicki Austin, Mark Taffs, Scott Chandler, Nash Cowie, Adam Young, Chris Newman, Eric Dinkin, Mark Williams, Robert Sakaluk, Glenn Bowley, Ed Breslin, Cindy Care and Anthony Eden.

Vision and dialogue recording:

Tiger Recording

Sound effects:

Ralph Tyrell

Track reading (UK):

Ken Morgan

Dubbing mixers:

Brad Grisaffe

Nigel Edwards

Songs written and arranged by:

Mark London & Francis Haines

Background music:

Hutt 'n' Thrust

Executive producers:

Tom Parkhouse

Mike Watts

Assistant producers:

Avrill Stark and Jo Killingley

produced by

REEF FILMS Pty Ltd.

in association with

UNLIMITED ENERGEE Pty Ltd.

and

WORLD PRODUCTIONS UK Ltd.

for

ADDISON WESLEY LONGMAN Ltd.

and

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

Co-produced by EVA Entertainment

Copyright Text[]

Owned by[]

ITV Studios (as part of ITV plc.)

Websites[]

Visit us at www.itv.com/GMTV

Cast[]

Katy Manning as Gogo, Tony, Jenny, Jeeby, Tappy, Pod, Peter, Ken, Mom, Dad, Gogo's Father and Son, Gogo's Mother and Daughter, Kids, additional voices.

Jane Harders as Zak, Waiter, Chef, Doctor, School Teacher, Game Show Host, Film Director, Museum Owners, Toy Shop Keeper, Robot, Shark, additional voices.

Notes[]

Katy Manning voices Gogo, Tony, Jenny, Jeeby, Tappy, Pod, Peter, Ken, Mom, Dad, Gogo's Father and Son, Gogo's Mother and Daughter, Kids, including others while Jane Harders who voices Zak, Waiter, Chef, Doctor, School Teacher, Game Show Host, Film Director, Museum Owners, Toy Shop Keeper, Robot, Shark, including others during the show's episodes.

Trivia[]

This show first broadcast on ITV Network (GMTV) on 9th January 1995.

This show was short-lived and it ran to just 39 episodes.