Shining Time Station
| Shining Time Station | |
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The Shining Time Station title screen with UP 844
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| Created by |
Britt Allcroft Rick Siggelkow |
| Directed by | Matthew Diamond Gregory Lehane Stan Swan Wayne Moss John Ferraro Steve Wright |
| Starring |
Ringo Starr (1989–1990) George Carlin (1991–1995) Didi Conn (1989–1995) Leonard Jackson (1989, 1995) Tom Jackson (1991–1995) Nicole Leach (1989–1991) Jason Woliner (1989–1991) Erica Luttrell (1991–1995) Ari Magder (1991–1995) Danielle Marcot (1991–1995) Brian O'Connor (1989–1995) Jonathan Freeman |
| Theme music composer | Joe Raposo |
| Composer(s) | Joe Raposo Paul Derrick Mason (season 1) Stacey Hersh (seasons 2–3) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 75 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Britt Allcroft Rick Siggelkow Nancy Chapelle |
| Running time | 27–28 minutes 60 minutes (1995 specials) |
| Release | |
| Original network | PBS |
| Original release |
January 29, 1989 – June 11, 1993 (Regular series) February 28, 1995 –November 20, 1995 (1995 specials) |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows |
Thomas & Friends Mr. Conductor's Thomas Tales Storytime with Thomas |
January 29, 1989 – June 11, 1993 (Regular series)
Shining Time Station is an American children's television series jointly created by British television producer Britt Allcroft and Rick Siggelkow. The series was produced by The Britt Allcroft Company (now Gullane Entertainment, a subsidiary of HiT Entertainment) and Quality Family Entertainment in New York City for New York City's PBS station WNET, and was originally taped in New York City and later in Toronto. It incorporated sequences from the British television show Thomas & Friends, which was in turn based on a series of books that had been written by the Reverend "W." (for Wilbert) Awdry. The series aired on PBS from January 29, 1989 until June 11, 1993, and then continued in reruns until June 11, 1998. It aired on Fox Family from 1998 to 1999. It also aired on Nick Jr. in 2000 and on Canadian television networks such as APTN and SCN. Elements from the show were incorporated into the Thomas and Friends film Thomas and the Magic Railroad.
After the success of Thomas & Friends in the United Kingdom, Britt Allcroft and her production company teamed up with PBS station WNET in New York City to produce and distribute the sitcom-esque Shining Time Station, every episode of which would include a couple of episodes of Thomas & Friends. The series starred Ringo Starr, George Carlin, Didi Conn, Brian O'Connor, and The Flexitoon Puppets.Ringo Starr, who had already been providing the voice of the storyteller for the British series, agreed to extend the role to include the on-screen character called Mr. Conductor in Shining Time Station. He later left the show and was replaced by George Carlin.
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