Dangermouse make's a come back

Sense of sarcasm required, dear...

I get the picture!

anyway back on topice, I wonder if we will see other classic thames cartoons
Like

Count duckla
Chorlton and the wheelies
Jamie and his magie touch

if were realy lucky we might get other classic like... ( any ideas)

The Perishers
Wind In The Willows
Victor and Hugo
The Hurricanes
Dr Zitbag's Transylvanian Petshop
Dogtanian (both series)
Fantomcat
Terrahawks
Star Fleet
Fraggle Rock

I never really got into Dangermouse...I think because I never really grew up with it. Unlike Count Duckula, where I remember renting videos of from the video shop all the time. The ending of 'The Lost Valley' is one of the greatest endings to a cartoon episode ever.

Right, we've got Dangermouse back, now we need Victor and Hugo

Here, here - shame only 2 series were made - about 22 episodes.

Completely forgot about another Cosgrove Hall animation...
Avenger Penguins - 1st series Thames, 2nd series Anglia (after Anglia bought Cosgrove Hall from Thames when they lost their franchise)

strange Thames ( FremantleMedia) still control the Back cataloge! you would think it would move on to the new owners!

some others that should be added to the list

Willy Fogg - around the world

Thames hold the copyrights/back catalogue to all programmes made by Cosgrove Hall.

The Cosgrove hall that is now onwed by ITV plc (through many mergers) is actually Cosgrove Hall (Films) - same people, new company!

The most interesting fact about this is that Avenger Penguins was Cosgrove Hall/Thames, whilst the second series is Cosgrove Hall (Films)/Anglia. Thames actually sold the rights to series 1 to Anglia so that one company held the rights to the whole complete show.

I just bought the complete first series of Count Duckula on DVD - over 11 hours of it! Amazing stuff, I'm proper reminiscing about my childhood!

So Cosgrave HALL FILM (new company) owns ( and are belong to ITV PLC )
Series & Productions

• Andy Pandy (Recent CBeebies Remake - 2002)
• Avenger Penguins (1993)
• Bill and Ben (Recent CBeebies Remake - 2001)
• Engie Benjy (ITV 2002)
• Fantomcat (1995)
• Fetch The Vet (2000s)
• Fifi and the Flowertots (2005)
• The Foxbusters (2000s)
• Lavender Castle (CiTV 1998 to 1999)
• Noddy (1992 to 1999)
• Rotten Ralph (1999)
• Terry Pratchett's Discworld (Channel 4 1997 & 1998)

And while the rest belong to old Thames company: FremantleMedia
Series & Productions

• Alias the Jester (Thames for ITV 1985 to 1986),
• Avenger Penguins (1993)
• Chorlton and the Wheelies (Thames for ITV 1976 to 1979)
• Cockleshell Bay (Thames for ITV 1975, 1982 to 1986)
• Count Duckula (Thames for ITV 1988 to 1993)
• DangerMouse (Thames for ITV 1981 to 1992)
• Jamie and the Magic Torch (Thames for ITV 1976 to 1978)
• The Magic Ball (ITV 1971),
• The Pied Piper of Hamelin (ITV 1981)
• Roald Dahl's BFG (1989)
• Victor and Hugo (1991 - 1992)
• The Wind in the Willows (Thames for ITV 1983 to 1990)

It gets even stranger that
Entertainment Rights:

• Postman Pat,
• Rupert Bear,
• He-Man and the Masters of the Universe,
• Basil Brush
• Little Red Tractor.
• The company has selected rights to Barbie, and Transformers. Tell-Tale Productions is wholly owned subsidiary of Entertainment Rights, which produces The Tweenies, Fun Song Factory, BB3B and Boo!.

• Other shows that were associated with Entertainment Rights included
• The Original Adventures of Felix the Cat,
• Katie and Orbie, Dennis the Menace,
• Cubeez,
• Transylvania Pet Shop **********
• and the Filmation library.

Hit Entertainment list can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIT_Entertainment

So maybe we still have a up hill struggle! To get some of our cartoon on scene

Or Jamie and the Magic Torch even...

I read earlier today about a Jamie & The Magic Torch film, but I haven't heard anything about it other than that article that dates from 2002. Maybe it never got off the ground... or got stuck at the top of the helter skelter?

Basically correct,
don't forget that old Cosgrove Hall also did the animation bits to the original Thames Rainbow series and not the awful HTV attempts at Rainbow Days (after Thames lost the Franchsie)!