Button Moon

Button Moon
Promotional poster
Genre	Children's television series
Created by	Ian Allen
Narrated by	Robin Parkinson
Theme music composer	Peter Davison and Sandra Dickinson
Composer(s)	Peter Goslin
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English, Czech, and Spanish
No. of series	7
No. of episodes	91
Production
Executive producer(s)	Charles Warren
Producer(s)	Stan Woodward
Running time	10 mins
Release
Original network	ITV
Original release	8 December 1980 – 7 December 1988

Button Moon is a children's television programme broadcast in the United Kingdom in the 1980s on the ITV network. Thames Television produced each episode, which lasted ten minutes and featured the adventures of Mr. Spoon who, in each episode, travels to Button Moon in his homemade rocket ship. All the characters are based on kitchen utensils, as well as many of the props.

Once on Button Moon, which hangs in "blanket sky", they have an adventure, and look through Mr. Spoon's telescope at someone else such as the Hare and the Tortoise, before heading back to their home on 'Junk Planet'. Episodes also include Mr. Spoon's wife Mrs. Spoon, their daughter, Tina Tea-Spoon and her friend Eggbert. The series ended in 1988 after 91 episodes.

Button Moon was originally conceived by Ian Allen as a stage show for Playboard Puppets in 1978. Allen adapted it into a TV series for Thames two years later. The first series of thirteen programmes was transmitted in 1980. A further six series of thirteen programmes followed, making a total of ninety-one different Button Moon adventures. The series was repeated on a yearly basis for Thames TV up until 1988. All 91 episodes have been shown on satellite channel UK Gold since spring 1993. Every episode was at least 10 minutes.

Narration was by Robin Parkinson. Puppeteers included Ian Allen, John Thirtle, Alistair Fullarton, Sue Dacre, Chris Leith, Judith Bucklow, Ian Brown, Tony Holthamand, and others. The incidental music for the series was written by Peter Goslin. The show's theme tune was composed and performed by Peter Davison and Sandra Dickinson, who were married at the time.

A live stage show toured England in the late 1980s and the early 1990s.

The creator of the show successfully sued the manufacturer of lookalike memorabilia in 2013.

27 3-01 05/Oct/83 Looking For Button Moon

28 3-02 12/Oct/83 Tina Teaspoon and the School Mouse (10 min)

29 3-03 19/Oct/83 A Day Trip To Button Moon

30 3-04 26/Oct/83 Shoebox Station (10 min)

31 3-05 02/Nov/83 Two Sticky Mugs (10 min)

32 3-06 09/Nov/83 Button Hole Pond (10 min)

33 3-07 16/Nov/83 The Scouts' Garden Fete (10 min)

34 3-08 23/Nov/83 Queenie Jelly (10 min)

35 3-09 30/Nov/83 Painting The Pipes (10 min)

36 3-10 07/Dec/83 Freddy Teddy (10 min)

37 3-11 14/Dec/83 The Clown Who Lost His Smile (10 min)

38 3-12 21/Dec/83 Happy Birthday Mrs Spoon (10 min)

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