The producers made the series with the intention of it airing in various forms internationally. In 2009, as part of the Jim Henson Foundation's donation of puppets to the Center for Puppetry Arts, the Atlanta museum displayed many of the original puppet characters from Fraggle Rock in their exhibition Jim Henson: Wonders from his Workshop.
It's wonderful." The program proved accessible to audiences of all ages, and used the fantasy creatures as an allegory to deal with serious issues such as prejudice, spirituality, personal identity, the environment, and social conflict. Henson described the Fraggle Rock series as "a high-energy, raucous musical romp. In the early days of development, the script called the Fraggles "Woozles" pending the devising of a more suitable name. The avant-garde poet bpNichol worked as one of the show's writers. Filming took place on a Toronto soundstage (and later at Elstree Studios, near London). pay-TV service Home Box Office and the Jim Henson Company (then known as Henson Associates). The co-production brought together British regional ITV franchise-holder Television South (TVS), CBC Television (Canada), and U.S. History įraggle Rock debuted in 1983 as one of the first shows involving the collaboration of Henson International Television ( HiT Entertainment from 1989), the international arm of Jim Henson Productions. Known as Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock, it premiered on January 21, 2022. At least four different versions of the human "wraparound" segments were produced separately to air in different countries.įollowing the success of the Fraggle Rock: Rock On! shorts which aired on Apple TV+ in April 2020, a reboot of Fraggle Rock was ordered by the streaming service.
Unlike Sesame Street, which had been created for a single market and only later adapted for international markets, Fraggle Rock was intended from the start to be an international production, and the entire show was constructed with this in mind. pay television service Home Box Office (HBO), and Henson Associates. Fraggle Rock (also known as Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock or Fraggle Rock with Jim Henson's Muppets) is a children's musical fantasy comedy puppet television series about interconnected societies of Muppet creatures, created by Jim Henson.Īn international co-production of Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States, Fraggle Rock was co-produced by British television company Television South (TVS), the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), U.S.
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