Finger Tips facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Finger Tips
Genre	Children's television Handicraft
Created by	The Foundation
Written by	Nic Ayling Vanessa Amberleigh
Directed by	Michael Kerrigan Jason Garbett
Presented by	Stephen Mulhern (2001–2004) Fearne Cotton (2001–2003) Naomi Wilkinson (2004, 2008) Tim Dixon (2008)
Theme music composer	Ian Porter Peter Miller
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	5
No. of episodes	120
Production
Executive producer(s)	Vanessa Hill J Nigel Pickard
Producer(s)	Nic Ayling Vanessa Amberleigh
Production location(s)	The Maidstone Studios
Running time	5–17 minutes
Production company(s)	The Foundation
Distributor	Entertainment Rights (Seasons 1-4) RDF Media (Season 5)
Release
Original network	ITV (CITV)
Picture format	PAL (576i, )
Original release	3 September 2001 (2001-09-03) – 14 December 2008 (2008-12-14)

Finger Tips is a British children's television series produced by RDF Media's children's production division, The Foundation. It was made primarily for CITV and was broadcast from 3 September 2001 to 14 December 2008.

The presenters were Stephen Mulhern and Fearne Cotton (later replaced by Naomi Wilkinson in series 4–5 and Tim Dixon for series 5). The show is about creating things out of household items and aimed at a child audience. The programme manager was Wendy Larkin. It was recorded at The Maidstone Studios in Kent, former home to TVS Television and countless other children's programming.

Format

There are different categories:

• Finger Tips Top Make: A major project, normally at the start of the show
• Food Finger Tips: Easy cooking and baking recipes
• Fun Finger Tips: Self-made games
• Little Finger Tips: Items made for making over odds and ends from around the home
• Makeover Finger Tips: Basically the same as "Little Finger Tips"- replaced it in later shows

"Top Make" and "Little" or "Make-Over Finger Tips" featured in every show, and "Fun" and "Food Tips" were usually in alternate shows. There were also more specialised categories which ran briefly, they were:

• Fizzics Finger-Tips: Fun science experiment
• Cryptic Finger-Tips: A special series on code-breaker
• Green Finger-Tips: Plant-related project
• Techno Finger-Tips: Projects using a computer
• Party Finger-Tips: Party idea

Special challenge is the "One-Minute-Make". In this game one of the presenters tries to make something with only a few things in less than 60 seconds. This featured in every show, with one presenter making the project, and the other timing it, alternating in each episode.

2008 revival

Although the programme was de-commissioned in 2004, when ITV axed children's programming, it was revived for 2008 and a new series of 30 programmes were aired from September to December 2008 on the CITV channel.

Series guide

• Series 1: 13 x 17′ (3 September 2001 – 26 November 2001)
• Series 2: 20 x 15’ / 7 x 10’ / 3 x 5’ (2 September 2002 – 27 September 2002)
• Series 3: 20 x 15’ / 5 x 12’ (2 June 2003 – 27 June 2003)
• Series 4: 13 x 15’ / 7 x 5’ (10 June 2004 – 2 September 2004)
• Series 5: 30 x 15’ / 30 x 11’ (6 September 2008 – 14 December 2008)

VHS/DVDs

International broadcast

The show has also been broadcast in Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany (Super RTL since September 2004), Greece, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, New Zealand, Slovenia, Singapore, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Vietnam, Kuwait, and Romania.