Art Attack facts for kids
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| Genre | Arts & Crafts Children's television series |
| 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 (2012–2015) |
| Theme music composer | Mr Miller & Mr Porter |
| Opening theme | "Art Attack" |
| Ending theme | "Art Attack" |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom (1990–2007, 2011–2015) |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | CITV: 19 (1990–2007) (Spin-off series) (1996–97, 2003) Disney Junior: 4 (2011–2015) |
| No. of episodes | Original: 301 (5 Christmas specials 1994–97, 2003) (25 episodes from spinoff series: 1996–97, 2003) Current: 97 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Neil Buchanan Tim Edmunds Nigel Pickard Sandy Ross Elizabeth Partyka Adrian Edwards |
| Producer(s) | Neil Buchanan Tim Edmunds Helen Dawson Thomas Sheard Nic Ayling Louise Lamb |
| Production location(s) | Maidstone, Kent (CITV) Southampton (CITV) Buenos Aires, Argentina (Disney Junior) |
| Running time | 15 minutes (Series 1–6) 20 minutes (Series 7–19) |
| Production company(s) | TVS (1990–1992) The Media Merchants (1993–2007) STV Studios (1993–2007) The Walt Disney Company (2011–2015) |
| Distributor | Gullane Entertainment (United Kingdom, Original series, 2000-2002) HIT Entertainment (United Kingdom, Original series, 2002-2007) Disney Media Distribution (2011-2015) |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV (1990–2007) CITV (1990–2007) Disney Junior (2011–2015) |
| Picture format | 4:3 (1990–2001) SD (2002–2007) HD (2011–2015) |
| First shown in | United Kingdom |
| Original release | 15 June 1990 – 12 June 2015 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | SMart (1994–2009) |
Art Attack is a British children's television series revolving around art, currently hosted by Lloyd Warbey on Disney Junior, and originally airing on CITV hosted by Neil Buchanan from 1990 to 2007.
The original 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. Ahluwalia was later replaced with Lloyd Warbey at the start of the British second revived series.
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Characters
"The Head" was a puppet stone bust who would humorously recap the steps needed to produce the last art piece made. After doing this, he would usually show his creation of the previous Art Attack, most times however getting it comically wrong and usually bursting into tears. However, on occasion, by accidentally doing part of the instructions incorrectly, he would create a different effect to that desired and be proud of his work. He would sometimes tell jokes after the Big Art Attacks. In series one, 'The Head' was played by Jim Sweeney, in series 2, Andrew O'Connor; and from series 3, having been redesigned as a puppet, he was voiced and operated by Francis Wright. 'The Head' did not appear in series 12 or 13, or in series 18 and 19.
In the revived series, The Head was replaced by a talking palm tree called "Vincent Van Coconut", voiced by Tim Hibber. The name is a parody of Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh.
Series guide
Original series (1990-2007)
| Series | Episodes | Start Date | End Date | Length |
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| 1 | 7 | 15 June 1990 | 27 July 1990 | 15' |
| 2 | 7 | 1 April 1991 | 13 May 1991 | 15' |
| 3 | 7 | 17 March 1992 | 12 May 1992 | 15' |
| 4 | 7 | 17 September 1992 | 22 October 1992 | 15' |
| 5 | 7 | 7 May 1993 | 25 June 1993 | 15' |
| 6 | 10 | 14 February 1994 | 14 March 1994 | 15' |
| 7 | 10 | 9 January 1995 | 27 March 1995 | 20' |
| 8 | 10 | 8 January 1996 | 9 February 1996 | 20' |
| 9 | 12 | 6 January 1997 | 17 March 1997 | 20' |
| 10 | 13 | 12 January 1998 | 30 March 1998 | 20' |
| 11 | 16 | 7 September 1998 | 14 December 1998 | 20' |
| 12 | 30 | 6 September 1999 | 13 December 1999 | 15' |
| 13 | 30 | 4 September 2000 | 18 December 2000 | 15' |
| 14 | 20 | 26 March 2001 | 9 July 2001 | 20' |
| 15 | 15 | 9 September 2002 | 23 December 2002 | 20' |
| 16 | 15 | 8 September 2003 | 17 November 2003 | 20' |
| 17 | 18 | 30 August 2004 | 13 December 2004 | 20' |
| 18 | 26 | 26 September 2005 | 12 December 2005 | 20' |
| 19 | 26 | 16 October 2006 | 29 June 2007 | 20' |
Note: two episodes aired each week during series 12 and 13. Five episodes aired each week during series 14.
Christmas specials
| Entitle | Aired | Length |
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| Xmas special 1 | 13 December 1994 | 20' |
| Xmas special 2 | 12 December 1995 | 20' |
| Xmas special 3 | 18 December 1996 | 20' |
| Xmas special 4 | 17 December 1997 | 20' |
| Xmas special 5 | 22 December 2003 | 20' |
| Xmas special 6 | 21 December 2005 | 20' |
Other
| Series | Episodes | Start Date | End Date | Length |
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| Best of Art Attack | 2 | 23 August 1996 | 30 August 1996 | 20' |
| Art Attack Scrapbook | 8 | 22 October 1997 | 10 December 1997 | 20' |
| Art Attack: Mini Makes | 15 | 31 August 2003 | Late 2003 | 5' |
Revived series (2011-2015)
| Series | Episodes | Start Date | End Date | Length |
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| 1 | 26 | 30 May 2011 | 28 November 2011 | 23:30' |
| 2 | 21 | 25 June 2012 | 29 October 2012 | 23:30' |
| 3 | 24 | 1 July 2013 | 14 November 2014 | 23:30' |
| 4 | 26 | 9 January 2015 | 12 June 2015 | 23:30' |
(Source: ITV/Hit Entertainment/BFI/Disney)
Video releases
| VHS video title | Year of release | Company | Video specials |
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| Art Attack: Over 30 Great Art and Craft Ideas | 1992 | Future Video | Neil shows his favourite craft ideas for Art Attacks on the first series. |
| Art Attack with Neil Buchanan | 1993 | Video Class | Neil shows his 16 favourite Art Attacks. |
| Art Attack: Most Wanted | 1996 | Contender Entertainment Group | Neil shows everyone's most requested favourites. |
| Art Attack: Crazy Cartoons and Dazzling Drawings | 1996 | Neil shows his tips for drawing cartoons and pictures. | |
| Art Attack Let's Party! | 1996 | Neil shows his favourite Art Attacks for parties, birthdays and Christmas. | |
| Art Attack: Top 20 | 1997 | Neil shows his 20 favourite Art Attacks. | |
| Art Attack: Scrapbook | 1997 | Neil shows his scrapbook with all the best Art Attacks. | |
| Art Attack: 10 of the Best | 1998 | Neil celebrates 10 of the best Art Attacks from the first 10 series. | |
| Art Attack: Christmas Cracker | 1998 | Neil shows Art Attacks to make 'n' do from the Christmas Specials. | |
| Art Attack: Greatest Tips and Tricks | 1999 | Neil shows how he put together some of the best tips and tricks. | |
| Art Attack: How to Draw | 2000 | Neil shows how to do some drawing - the Art Attack way. | |
| Art Attack: How to Paint | 2000 | Neil shows how to concentrate on painting - the Art Attack way. | |
| Art Attack: Make 'n' Do | 2001 | Neil shows how to make things made out of old rubbish. | |
| Art Attack Monsters and other Scary Stuff | 2002 | Video Collection International | A collection of Neil's most scary Art Attacks. |
No DVD releases have been issued in the UK, except DVDs bundled with Art Attack books and DVDs which came free with newspapers. In India, Art Attack was released in three volumes by Disney DVD in 2010.
Many Art Attack books were also released by Dorling Kindersley.
International broadcast
Disney Channel and its various offshoots have broadcast Art Attack in most territories since the late 1990s, producing localised versions of the programme for many countries. In Australia, Art Attack was broadcast on ABC from July 1995 to October 1999; later episodes were broadcast on Disney Channel, with the revived series being broadcast on Disney Junior and on various channels of the Seven Network. In Canada, the programme has aired variously on TVOKids, Family Jr. and Knowledge Kids; in the United States, Art Attack was broadcast on WAM! during the 1990s. Art Attack has also aired in several other countries such as SABC2 in South Africa, StarHub and Disney Channel in Singapore, TVB in Hong Kong, KTN in Kenya, Channel 33 in the United Arab Emirates, Fun Channel and Disney Channel in the Middle East and RTB in Brunei.
The original series, hosted by Neil Buchanan, has also been dubbed or subtitled in various non-English speaking countries, having been broadcast in various forms by Dragon Club in China, ET1 in Greece, Disney Channel in Taiwan and TRT in Turkey; in the Middle East, the Turkish version of the revived series has been dubbed into Arabic and broadcast by Jeem TV. In much of Latin America, Art Attack was broadcast on Discovery Kids during the 1990s, dubbed into Spanish and Portuguese. From 2000 to 2002, localised versions in Spanish and Portuguese were produced by Disney, which aired on Disney Channel Latin America and Disney Channel (Brazil), respectively, and hosted by Rui Torres; in later years, the British version was dubbed and broadcast by Disney in these territories. A Hindi version has been produced for India from 2011 to 2014, hosted by Gaurav Juyal; previously, the UK version was aired, dubbed in Hindi.
The series was also broadcast on armed forces television on BFBS (which broadcasts thousands of television series and films from the UK as well as a number of television series and films other countries) and its defunct channel SSVC Television (which went from 1982 to 1997) as part of their children's blocks Room 785 and Children's SSVC. The channels have aired the show in a number of countries including Germany, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Gibraltar, Belize and Falkland Islands.
See also
In Spanish: Art Attack para niños
