TV series
Astro Farm
1992–1996 · 5 seasons
A gentle, cosy stop-motion world of farmyard routines in space, calm and playful for very young viewers.
- Genres
- Animation, Family, Sci-fi & fantasy
- Starring
- Jonathan Kydd, Richard Tate
- Overview
- Astro Farm is an English 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 was produced by FilmFair for Central Independent Television, and was first broadcast on CITV in 1992; Nick Jr. later repeated it. The main action takes place on an asteroid dedicated to farming. The Foxwoods live in a small cottage with a barn nearby. Daisy, the cow lives in a separate farm. The atmosphere is artificial and is controlled by the weather machine in the cottage. The Gorps live on a nearby asteroid known as 'Gorpdale' which is dark and wet. The principal characters are Lizzie; Lizzie's husband Sam; their son, Tom; Dinko, a dog; Daisy, the big moo and Clucks the blue chicken; featuring Gorps, Splodger and Biff, three miscreants who steal food and cause trouble at the farm.
- How it feels
- Warm, whimsical and light. Measured and fine in the background.
- About
- Family, found family, nature, survival
- Content
- Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Genres
- Animation, Family, Sci-fi & fantasy
- Starring
- Jonathan Kydd, Richard Tate
