The Rainbow
- Studio
- Cosgrove Hall Films
- Distributor
- British Broadcasting Corporation
Characters
Bill, Ben, Weed, Slowcoach, Pry, Whoops, Whimsy Spider, Scamper Squirrel, Tad, Boo
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Tim Collings
Producing
- Producer
- Francis Vose
- Executive Producers
- Theresa Plummer-Andrews, Neil Benedict
- Assistant Producer
- Debbie Peers
Writing
- Writer
- Chris Allen, Pete Reeves, Jimmy Hibbert
Voices
- Voice
- John Thomson (Bill [Flowerpot Man], Narrator), Jimmy Hibbert (Ben [Flowerpot Man], Narrator), Ève Karpf
Music
- Music
- Paul Taylor
Animation
- Animator
- Duncan Kinnaird, Rob Skrzynski, Timon Dowdeswell, Allison Evans, Austin Charlesworth, Russell Hicks, Chris Tootell, Lisa Jane Grey, Tina Klemmensen, Phil Dale
- Senior Animator
- Matt Palmer
Art Department
- Art Direction
- Bridget Appleby
- Storyboards
- Vince James, Chris Fenna
- Series Designer
- Bridget Appleby
- Set Illustrators
- Max Doig, Mark Stacey
Camera
- Cinematography
- John Duffy
- Camera Assistant
- Christophe Leignel, Paul Shacklady
Production Management
- Production Manager
- Karen Dudley
- Video Post-Production
- Flix Facilities
- Production Assistant
- Ann Greenhalgh
- Production Accountant
- Sarah Ulyatt
Crew
- Prop Makers
- Lucy Burscough, Russell Hicks
- Set Makers
- Rick Kent, Jeff Spain, Richard Sykes
Companies and other credits
- Puppets: Mackinnon & Saunders
- Audio Post-Production: Hullabaloo Studios
- A Cosgrove Hall Films production
- for BBC Worldwide and Ben Productions LLC
Production notes
Stop motion animation.
In a quiet corner of the garden, close to the potting shed, Bill and Ben, the flowerpot men, have all kind of adventures.
"Flobbadob!" The man who owns the garden is away, so it's time for Bill and Ben to help their friends- Weed, Slowcoach the grumpy Tortoise, Pry the Magpie, Whoops the Worm, Whimsy Spider, Scamper Squirrel, Tad the Frog and Boo the Hedgehog- and indulge in a few potty antics.
This stop-motion animation series ran for 52 episodes.
Alternate title of series: "Bill & Ben."
In a quiet corner of the garden, close to the potting shed, Bill and Ben, the flowerpot men, have all kind of adventures.
"Flobbadob!" The man who owns the garden is away, so it's time for Bill and Ben to help their friends- Weed, Slowcoach the grumpy Tortoise, Pry the Magpie, Whoops the Worm, Whimsy Spider, Scamper Squirrel, Tad the Frog and Boo the Hedgehog- and indulge in a few potty antics.
This stop-motion animation series ran for 52 episodes.
Alternate title of series: "Bill & Ben."