Button Moon 
Main Details
Transmitted: ITV, 08 December 1980 - 01 December 1988
Episodes/Length: 91 x 10m
Repeated: Yes
Format: Colour
Category: Puppets
Origin: UK
Production: Thames Television
Cast and Crew
Written by: Ian Allen
Produced by: Charles Warren, Stan Woodward and Peter Yolland
Directed by: John Darnell, Neil Stinchcombe and Peter Yolland
Music by: Peter Davison and Sandra Dickinson
Principal Cast: Robin Parkinson
Links
Wikipedia entry
Playboard Puppets
Toonhound
Jedi's Paradise
80's Cartoons
Child of the 1980's
TV.com
80's Nostalgia
Buy from Amazon
Adventures on Button Moon [DVD]
Trivia
- All of the characters within the show were based on kitchen utensils, as well as many of the props.
- Button Moon was originally a Playboard Puppets stage show in 1978.
- The show's theme tune was co-written and performed by Peter Davison, known for his roles in 'Doctor Who' and 'All Creatures Great and Small'.
- Button Moon often achieved audience ratings of over 6 million, occasionally beating other Thames Television productions!
- The Spoon family lived at Cardboard Box House, Treacle Street on Junk Planet
Titles and Theme Tune
YouTube - Opening Titles
Opening or Closing Lyrics
Last reviewed: 20/03/2008
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