Free Wheeling

Free Wheeling

2001 (estimated) Tiny Planets

Studio
Pepper's Ghost Productions Ltd., Sesame Workshop
Distributor
Children's Independent Television, Sesame Workshop, Cake Distribution

Synopsis

Bing and Bong settle down to paint and draw when they see five Flockers struggling to push a giant Monolith on a sled. Bong has an idea and draws a picture of the Monolith on rollers. When Bing slips on colored pencils, which have fallen on the ground, Bong has a similar idea. Agreed on what to do, Bong and Bing approach the Flockers with the idea. They try it, but soon realize that their plan is faulted when the monolith falls off the end of the rollers. They need more rollers, and extra rollers must be brought on a trolley, which has . . . wheels - aha. They move the Monolith onto the trolley, and the Flockers use the trolley wheels to pull it easily.

Characters

Bing, Bong

Credits

Directing

Director
Alastair McIlwain

Producing

Producer
Richard Morss
Executive Producers
Paul Michael, Julian Scott
Line Producers
Aisling O'Brien, Andrew Peters
Animation Producer
Dana Church

Writing

Writer
Andy Prendergast

Music

Music
Alan Coates, Kim Goody

Animation

Animator
Adam Coglan
Character Animator
Nathalie Jean-Bart
Technical Director
Ben Lock
3D Previs Artist (Lighting and Compositing)
Adrian Pinder
Lighting/Modelling Lead
Christopher Thomas

Visual Effects

Digital Compositor
Fraser Mansell

Editing

Editor
Samantha Hatton Brown
Assistant Editor
Philip Hedgecock

Crew

Head of Digital Production
Ben Lock

Production notes

Tiny Planet of Technology

Wheels make it easier to move big/heavy things (when wheels or rollers are put beneath an object, it can be pushed and moved more easily). When rolling something on rollers, the rollers must be replaced continuously in front of the path of the object, or it will simply roll off and fall down.

Bing and Bong are the heroes of the universe, flying to tiny planets on their fluffy white sofa to explore and discover color, nature, sound and technology.

This TV series is aimed toward 3- to 5-year-olds. The series can be divided into 16 26-minute episodes.

This is the only Montessori-endorsed television program in the world.