Fun Factory was a children's program on the satellite television channel Sky Channel (later to become Sky One) that ran from 1985 to 1994. It continued as a programming block without a host up until 1994.
Fun Factory | |
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Starring | Andy Sheldon |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
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Running time | 4 hours |
Original release | |
Network | Sky Channel Sky One |
Release | January 1985[1] – 11 September 1994 |
It was originally hosted by Mr. P, who was later replaced by Andy Sheldon, Snoot the seal and Crocker the crocodile. The program included cartoons such as:
After Sky Channel's renaming to Sky One in 1989, the Fun Factory name was used for a weekend block programming strand showing nothing but animated series, notably without any live-action presenters in-between the programs - just animated interstitials. This version of the Fun Factory lasted from 1991 to September 1994, when it was replaced with The DJ Kat Show weekend spin-off, KTV. A partial list of series shown on the Sky One-era Fun Factory include: