Astro Farm
Astro Farm is a British children's television series animated in stop motion. It features 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.
Synopsis
The main action takes place on an asteroid dedicated to farming. The Foxwoods live in a small cottage with a barn and Daisy, the cow, lives in a separate farm. The atmosphere is artificial and controlled by the weather machine in the cottage. The Gorups live on a nearby asteroid known as 'Gorp Dale' which is dark and wet.The principal characters are 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)
- Wacky Weather
- Flying Dinko
- The Well
- Moo Flu
- Astro Dragon
- Butterfly
- Disappearing Bubbles
- The Big Sneeze
- The Tomato Competition
- Barn Dance
- The Black Hole Mole
- Training Dinko
- The Surprise
Series 2 (1993)
- Biff Builds a Rocket
- Cluck Soup
- Holiday
- King Splodger
- Lizzie's Quiet Day
- Pumpkin
- Seeing Double
- Shrinking Machine
- Solar Wind
- Wild Martian Tiger
- Wishing Well
Series 3 (1994)
- All Aboard!
- Astro Dale Farm
- Bath Time
- Biffs' Baby
- Crow Twins
- Dial G For Gorp Dale
- Magic Onions
- Spooked
- Super Tom
Series 4 (1995)
- 1, 2, 3, Pull!
- A Mole in One
- Biff, Do Your Best !
- Cowboy Tom
- Dragon Moon
- Futile Attraction
- Pied Piper of Gorp Dale
- Slim Curd Everywhere!
- Splodger, the Spider
- That Takes the Biscuit!
Series 5 (1996)
- Lucky Dip
- Mouse Quake
- Pigs Might Fly
- Poultry in Motion
- Spaced-out Splodger
- Sparks Fly!
- Splodgers' About !
- Surprise! Surprise!
- To Catch a Thief
- Tom and the Beanstalk