More than 100 animation all-stars ‘ from Bob the Builder and Ben 10 to Scooby-Doo and Pudsey Bear ‘ are currently appearing in the annual BBC Children in Need video single produced by Chapman Entertainment and its partners.
The video, titled Animated All-Star Band, is a charity project designed to raise money for children’s organizations in the U.K. It was more than two-years in the making and premiered Nov. 20. Chapman’s partners in the project included The Voice and Music Company, Hullabaloo Studios, Studio Liddell and Mackinnon & Saunders.
A medley of popular songs were combined by Chapman’s Peter Kay for the charity single including Can You Feel It, Don’t Stop, Jai Ho, Tubthumping, Never Forget, Hey Jude, and One Day Like. Stars collaborating on the single included Ringo Starr, Neil Morrissey, Jane Horrocks and Bernard Cribbins.
The Chapman Entertainment team was lead by director of production and producer of the single, Emily Whinnett; along with Tim Harper, the director; Phil Chalk, producer; Claire Pugh-Williams, assistant producer; and Charlotte Day, director’s assistant. Peter Kay was the executive producer of Animated All-Star Band.
“It’s taken two years of planning to create the video and I just know people are going to be both astonished and delighted,’ says Kay. ‘It’s been a real labor of love and the result is joyous!”
The single was produced at Chapman Entertainment’s studio in Altrincham, Cheshire, and features over 100 animated characters including Chapman’s own Big Chris from Roary the Racing Car, Fifi and the Flowertots, Bob The Builder, In The Night Garden, The Wombles, The Thunderbirds, Teletubbies, Postman Pat, Bagpuss, Ben 10, Bill and Ben, Andy Pandy, Peppa Pig, Fireman Sam, Pingu, Paddington Bear, Scooby Doo, Angelina Ballerina, Sooty and Sweep, Rainbow, The Woodentops, Muffin the Mule and Pudsey Bear.
