# Astro Farm > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Astro_Farm > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Astro_Farm.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astro_Farm > Source revision: 1345979864 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{more citations needed|date=August 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Use British English|date=June 2012}} {{Infobox television | image = | caption = | alt_name = | runtime = 10 minutes | creator = {{Plainlist| * Andy Ellis * David Yates }} | voices = {{Plainlist| * [Tina Heath](/source/Tina_Heath) * [Jonathan Kydd](/source/Jonathan_Kydd_(actor)) * Richard Tate }} | opentheme = Dave Cooke
Paul Field | executive_producer = David Yates | producer = Kath Swain | editor = Simon Cox | country = United Kingdom | language = English | company = {{Plainlist| * [FilmFair London](/source/FilmFair_London) * [Central Independent Television](/source/ITV_Central) }} | network = [ITV](/source/ITV_(TV_network)) ([CITV](/source/CITV)) | first_aired = {{Start date|1992|09|11|df=yes}} | last_aired = {{End date|1996|12|04|df=yes}} | num_seasons = 5 | num_episodes = 53 | list_episodes = }} '''''Astro Farm''''' is a British [children's television series](/source/children's_television_series) animated using [stop-motion animation](/source/stop-motion_animation). It follows the adventures of the Foxwoods, a small family who live and work on an [asteroid](/source/asteroid) covered in [farmland](/source/Farmland_(farming)). ''Astro Farm'' was produced by [FilmFair](/source/FilmFair) for [Central Independent Television](/source/ITV_Central) and was first broadcast on [CITV](/source/CITV) in 1992. == Synopsis == The main action takes place on an asteroid dedicated to farming. The Foxwoods live in a small cottage with a barn, while Daisy the cow lives on a separate farm. The atmosphere is artificial and controlled by the weather machine in the cottage. The Gorups live on a nearby asteroid known as 'Gorp Dale', which is dark and wet. The principal characters are Sam; his wife Lizzie; their son Tom; Dinko, a dog; Daisy the cow; and blue chickens called Clucks. Other characters include the Gorups, Splodger and Biff, two miscreants who steal food and cause trouble at the farm. == Episodes == === Series 1 (1992) === # Wacky Weather (11 September 1992) # Flying Dinko (18 September 1992) # The Well (25 September 1992) # Moo Flu (2 October 1992) # Astro Dragon (9 October 1992) # Butterfly (16 October 1992) # Disappearing Bubbles (23 October 1992) # The Big Sneeze (30 October 1992) # The Tomato Competition (6 November 1992) # Barn Dance (13 November 1992) # The Black Hole Mole (20 November 1992) # Training Dinko (27 November 1992) # The Surprise (4 December 1992) === Series 2 (1993) === # Biff Builds a Rocket (8 October 1993) # Cluck Soup (15 October 1993) # Holiday (22 October 1993) # King Splodger (29 October 1993) # Lizzie's Quiet Day (5 November 1993) # Pumpkin (12 November 1993) # Seeing Double (19 November 1993) # Shrinking Machine (26 November 1993) # Solar Wind (3 December 1993) # Wild Martian Tiger (10 December 1993) # Wishing Well (17 December 1993) === Series 3 (1994) === # All Aboard! (13 October 1994) # Astro Dale Farm (20 October 1994) # Bath Time (27 October 1994) # Biffs' Baby (3 November 1994) # Crow Twins (10 November 1994) # Dial G For Gorp Dale (17 November 1994) # Magic Onions (24 November 1994) # Spooked (1 December 1994) # Super Tom (8 December 1994) === Series 4 (1995) === # 1, 2, 3, Pull! (28 September 1995) # A Mole in One (5 October 1995) # Biff, Do Your Best! (12 October 1995) # Cowboy Tom (19 October 1995) # Dragon Moon (26 October 1995) # Futile Attraction (2 November 1995) # Pied Piper of Gorp Dale (9 November 1995) # Slim Curd Everywhere! (16 November 1995) # Splodger, the Spider (23 November 1995) # That Takes the Biscuit! (30 November 1995) === Series 5 (1996) === # Lucky Dip (2 October 1996) # Mouse Quake (9 October 1996) # Pigs Might Fly (16 October 1996) # Poultry in Motion (23 October 1996) # Spaced-out Splodger (30 October 1996) # Sparks Fly! (6 November 1996) # Splodgers' About! (13 November 1996) # Surprise! Surprise! (20 November 1996) # To Catch a Thief (27 November 1996) # Tom and the Beanstalk (4 December 1996) == Re-airings == The series was repeated on CITV until 1996 and then aired on [Nickelodeon](/source/Nickelodeon_(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)) in 1997. Nickelodeon aired only the first series, as it was the only one remastered by CINAR after it acquired FilmFair London and remastered the studio's shows. == Home media == In the United Kingdom, in 1992, [Pickwick Video](/source/Pickwick_Video) originally released two VHS tapes of the series, containing Series 1 episodes. Those were reissued in 1995 by [Carlton Home Entertainment](/source/Carlton_Home_Entertainment). === UK VHS releases === * [Pickwick](/source/Pickwick_Video) (1992) * [Carlton Home Entertainment](/source/Carlton_Home_Entertainment) (1995) == External links == *[https://web.archive.org/web/20010212072449/http://www.toonhound.com/astrofarm.htm Astro Farm] at toonhound. *{{IMDb title|0423615}}. *[https://theguardian.newspapers.com/article/the-guardian-itv-september-1995/115026140/?locale=en-US 1995 TV guide featuring Astro Farm] at [The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian) {{FilmFair}} Category:1992 British television series debuts Category:1996 British television series endings Category:1990s British animated television series Category:1990s British children's television series Category:Animated television series about extraterrestrial life Category:British children's animated science fantasy television series Category:British stop-motion animated television series Category:Claymation television series Category:English-language British television shows Category:ITV children's television shows Category:Television series by Cookie Jar Entertainment Category:Television series by FilmFair Category:Television series by WildBrain Category:Television series by ITV Studios Category:Television shows produced by Central Independent Television Category:Animated television series set on farms Category:ITV animated television series Category:Fiction about asteroids --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Astro Farm](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astro_Farm) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astro_Farm?action=history)). 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