Art Attack
| Art Attack | |
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| Genre | Art & Crafts |
| Created by |
Neil Buchanan Tim Edmunds |
| Written by |
Neil Buchanan Tim Edmunds Nic Ayling Helen Evans Driana Jones Louise Lamb Andy Prendergast |
| Directed by | Tim Edmunds Nick Bigsby Jeremy Cross Peter Eyre Claire Michel Richard Bradley Jeremy Swan Fernando Berreta |
| Presented by |
Neil Buchanan (1990–2007) Jassa Ahluwalia (2011) Lloyd Warbey (2012–present) |
| Theme music composer | Mr Miller & Mr Porter |
| Opening theme | "Art Attack" |
| Ending theme | "Art Attack" |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom (1990-2007, 2011-present) Argentina (2011-present) |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | CITV: 19 (1990–2007) (Spin-off series) (1996–1997, 2003) Disney Junior: 4 (2011–present) |
| No. of episodes |
ORIGINAL: 87 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Neil Buchanan Tim Edmunds Nigel Pickard Sandy Ross Elizabeth Partyka Adrian Edwards |
| Producer(s) |
Neil Buchanan Tim Edmunds Helen Dawson Helen Evans Nic Ayling Louise Lamb |
| Location(s) |
Maidstone, Kent (CITV) Southampton (CITV) Buenos Aires (Disney Junior) |
| Running time | 15 minutes (Series 1–6) 20 minutes (Series 7–present) |
| Production company(s) |
TVS (1990–1992) The Media Merchants (1993–2007) STV Productions (1993–2007) The Walt Disney Company (2011–present) |
| Distributor |
HIT Entertainment Disney Enterprises Disney Media Distribution |
| Release | |
| Original network |
ITV (1990–2007) CITV (1990–2007) Disney Junior (2011–present) |
| Picture format |
4:3 (1990-2000) 16:9 SD (2001-2007) 16:9 HD (2011-present) |
| First shown in | United Kingdom |
| Original release |
Original series 15 June 1990 – 26 May 2007 Revived series 6 June 2011 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | SMart (1994–2009) |
| Website | |
ORIGINAL:
301 (main series)
(5 Christmas specials 1994–1997, 2003) (25 other episodes from 3 spinoff series: 1996–1997, 2003)
Art Attack is a British children's television series revolving around art, currently hosted by Lloyd Warbey on Disney Junior and ABC in Australia (3 July 1995 - 8 October 1999).
The original, best-known series aired on CITV between 15 June 1990 and 26 May 2007, and was presented by one of its creators, Neil Buchanan, throughout. Buchanan also wrote and produced the series, and came up with a majority of the creative ideas.
A new series launched on Disney Junior (UK & Ireland) on 6 June 2011 and was presented by Jassa Ahluwalia. Each show involved Ahluwalia voicing-over footage of an artist producing three works of art, taking the viewer through the various stages of production step by step.
The programme was originally a TVS production, devised by two TVS employees, Neil Buchanan and Tim Edmunds. Buchanan and Edmunds met each other at Southern Television in 1978, and worked together on No. 73 and Do It!.
The first Art Attacks were a strand within No. 73, and this segment proved so popular, Nigel Pickard the executive producer of children's programming at TVS green lit the pilot. The Art Attack pilot was shot on location at a disused swimming pool in Gillingham, Kent in 1989, and the series began the following year.
When TVS lost its franchise, Edmunds and Buchanan bought the rights to the show and produced Art Attack through their company, The Media Merchants. The Media Merchants used STV Productions (then known as "SMG Productions"), as the ITV company to get the series onto the network: this was partly down to the fact that Nigel Pickard had moved to Scottish Television. In 1993 another ex-TVS employee, Peter Urie set up a production management company, Television Support Services. Television Support Services managed all of the Media Merchants productions.
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