Heating
- Studio
- Millimages, Pearson Broadband, Schlessinger Media, France 5, ZAF, TVO, TFO, ZDF-ZDFE
- Distributor
- Millimages, Pearson Broadband
Synopsis
A visiting inventor discovers just how useful the Island's mammoth population is in keeping things warm on a freezing winter day.
Characters
Inventor, Olive, Frank, Pilbeam, Troy, Brenda, Mamou
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Diego Zamora
Producing
- Producer
- Emmanuel Franck
- Executive Producers
- Roch Lener, Jonathan Peel, Simon Jollands
Writing
- Writer
- Adrian Raeside, Simon Jollands, Jonathan Peel, Paul Dawson
- Based On The Book
- David Macaulay
- Outline
- Adrian Raeside, Paul Dawson
Voices
- Voice
- Keith Wickham (Inventor, Frank), Caroline Bernstein, Ellie Fairman, Bob Saker, Dan Russell, Keith Wickham
Music
- Music
- Gil Slavin, Bernard LeVitte, Bob Saker
Crew
- Creator
- David Macaulay
Production notes
Based on the best-selling book by Caldecott Medalist David Macaulay.
Each episode enables children to understand how the principles of physics affects daily life.
On the mythical "Mammoth Island," a group of Islanders and their indigenous mammoths are caught up in a series of entertaining adventures which are motivated and inspired by their need to find solutions to various everyday problems. All the discoveries of the Mammoth Islanders have been chronicled and sketched in a visiting inventor's journal.
This colorful journal forms the basis of the series and will assist viewers in learning about The Way Things Work.
Each episode enables children to understand how the principles of physics affects daily life.
On the mythical "Mammoth Island," a group of Islanders and their indigenous mammoths are caught up in a series of entertaining adventures which are motivated and inspired by their need to find solutions to various everyday problems. All the discoveries of the Mammoth Islanders have been chronicled and sketched in a visiting inventor's journal.
This colorful journal forms the basis of the series and will assist viewers in learning about The Way Things Work.
Awards
Gold Award for Children's Programming, Television Programming and Promotion Awards, New York Festival, 2004