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Fifi and the Flowertots-Fifi's Talent Show (2005)

Fifi and the Flowertots-Fifi's Talent Show (2005)

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Released 10-Oct-2005
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Details At A Glance

General		Extras
Category	Childrens	Menu Animation & Audio Featurette-Meet The Flowertots
Rating
Year Of Production	2005
Running Time	50:00
RSDL / Flipper	No/No	Cast & Crew
Start Up	Menu	Cast & Crew
Region Coding	4	Directed By	Tim Harper
Studio Distributor	Roadshow Home Entertainment	Starring	Jane Horrocks
Case	Handle	Starring	Jane Horrocks
RPI	$19.95	Music	Alan Coates Kim Goody

Video		Audio
Pan & Scan/Full Frame	None	English Dolby Digital 2.0 (256Kb/s)
Widescreen Aspect Ratio	1.75:1
16x9 Enhancement
Video Format	576i (PAL)
Original Aspect Ratio	1.75:1	Miscellaneous
Jacket Pictures	No	Miscellaneous
Subtitles	English for the Hearing Impaired	Smoking	No
		Annoying Product Placement	No
		Action In or After Credits	No

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Plot Synopsis

Title of Show : Fifi and the Flowertots

Title of Disc : Fifi's Talent Show

Year of Production : 2005

Country of origin : UK

What's included? : 5 episodes

Episode Length : 10 minutes each

Details of episodes :

Fifi's Talent Show - The flowertots have organised a talent show. Fifi doesn't get time to practice because everyone wants her help.
Smelly Slugsy - Slugsy wants to impress Primrose but needs to find some way to make himself smell better.
Bumble Catches a Cold - Everyone is going on a picnic but Bumble has a cold.
Bumble's Big Race - Stingo challenges Bumble to a flying race.
Flowertots Fallout - Violet and Primrose stop talking to each other after Violet gets paint on Primrose's new dress.

Style of Production : Puppet animation

Premise of show : Has been referred to as Bob the Builder for girls. It is set in Flowertot Garden where Fifi Forget-me-not (voiced by the ubiquitous Jane Horrocks) lives with her friends. She is a flowertot (a flower with legs and arms) as are her friends Violet, Primrose, Poppy & Aunt Tulip. Also living in the garden are Slugsy (a slug), Stingo (a wasp and the only real baddy), Bumble (a bee), Mo the Mower, Grubby (a baby), Pip and Webby (a spider).

Age Group : 2-6

Related to any other children's shows? : A bit like Bob The Builder but not that much.

Adult's view : Very cute show which doesn't fall into the American kids show trap of being too much sweetness and light where everyone is always nice to each other. They have their squabbles and disagreements but it never gets out of hand. Would certainly appeal to girls more than boys but pre-schoolers of either sex will enjoy it.

Child's view : My young boys like this show, especially the more boyish characters like Bumble, Stingo and Slugsy.

Other Releases of this show available? : There are two volumes of this show now available locally. Another one is due to be released soon.

Overall : Recommended.

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Transfer Quality

Video

The video quality is excellent.

The feature is presented in a 1.75:1 aspect ratio 16x9 enhanced which is probably the original aspect ratio.

The picture was very clear and sharp throughout, with no evidence of low level noise. The bitrate is uniformly high.

The colour was wonderful, rich and solid throughout.

No artefacts were noticeable.

There are subtitles in English for the hearing impaired. They are clear and easy to read but summarised from the spoken word.

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Audio

The audio quality is very good.

This DVD contains an English Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo soundtrack encoded at 256 Kb/s.

Dialogue was clear and easy to understand and there was no problem with audio sync.

The music is very catchy and lots of fun featuring a poppy theme tune.

The surround speakers and subwoofer were not used.

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Extras

Meet The Flowertots (Total 15:40)

There is a title for each major character giving some details about who they are, where they live and so on, plus some highlight footage for each one. You can choose to meet them individually or all one after the other.

R4 vs R1

NOTE: To view non-R4 releases, your equipment needs to be multi-zone compatible and usually also NTSC compatible.

This disc is available in the same format in Region 2 and has not been released in Region 1.

Summary

The first release of a fun show aimed at pre-school girls.