{{Short description|BBC children's television series}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox television | genre = Children's | runtime = 15 minutes | creator = Mike Amatt | writer = Mike Amatt | composer = Mike Amatt | producer = Celia Bonner | executive_producer = Edward Pugh | director = Celia Bonner | starring = Mike Amatt | voices = Bob Peck<br />Anna Carteret | country = United Kingdom | language = English | network = BBC1 | first_aired = {{start date|df=yes|1990|11|13}} | last_aired = {{end date|df=yes|1991|02|18}} | num_series = 1 | num_episodes = 13 }}
'''''Forget Me Not Farm''''' (also styled as ''Forget-Me-Not Farm'') is a BBC children's television series that was originally aired on BBC1 from 13 November 1990 to 18 February 1991. Set on the eponymous Forget Me Not Farm, the show featured a scarecrow who was played by the show's creator Mike Amatt, a pair of crows named Dandelion and Burdock, a tractor named Trundle, a pig named Portly, a cow named Gracie, a sheep named Merthyr, a tanker named Topper, an unnamed hat wearing horse who sings bass in some songs and a non-speaking mouse named Mrs. Mouse.
== Voice Cast == * Anna Carteret as Trundle the Tractor, Gracie the Cow and Merthyr Sheep * Bob Peck as Dandelion and Burdock, Portly the Pig, and Topper Tanker
Following the death of Mike Amatt (31 August 1949 - 28 June 2021). Anna Carteret is now the last surviving cast member of the show.
== Origins == Mike Amatt first came up with the concept of the series when he made a simple tractor using LEGO, using remote control technology to give it lip-sync and eye movement and calling it "Max Tractor". His next goal was to create an environment for the tractor, and this led to him introducing the character of Scarecrow (with the two crows, Dandelion and Burdock, perching on his arms). He eventually persuaded Edward Pugh, the then-head of children's programmes at BBC North, to make a pilot programme. Celia Bonner, who produced and directed the series, later became involved in its live touring stage show, while the animation was done by Lyndon Evans Graphics. The scripts and songs were written and produced by Amatt himself (as was the incidental music), and the songs were also performed by him (as Scarecrow).<ref>{{cite web|last=Amatt|first=Mike|title=Forget-Me-Not Farm - BBC TV 1990 - 2002|url=http://www.auos53.dsl.pipex.com/forgetmenotfarm.html|accessdate=1 April 2011}}</ref>
== Episodes == The first six episodes were originally broadcast on BBC1 as part of the Children's BBC strand on Tuesdays at 3.50 pm, but after a two-week break for Christmas and New Year, the seven remaining episodes were broadcast on Mondays instead in the same time slot. {{Episode table |background=#369DE1 |overall=5 |title= |airdate= |episodes= {{Episode list |Title=Food |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990|11|13|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web|title=BBC One London - 13 November 1990 - BBC Genome|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/1990-11-13|accessdate=21 June 2017}}</ref> |EpisodeNumber=1 |ShortSummary=Matt Amatt learns about food on the farm with Scarecrow and the crows. |LineColor=369DE1 }} {{Episode list |Title=Machinery |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990|11|20|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web|title=BBC One London - 20 November 1990 - BBC Genome|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/1990-11-20|accessdate=21 June 2017}}</ref> |EpisodeNumber=2 |ShortSummary=Down on the farm, Scarecrow and the crows look at different types of farm machinery. |LineColor=369DE1 }} {{Episode list |Title=Doctors and Vets |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990|11|27|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web|title=BBC One London - 27 November 1990 - BBC Genome|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/1990-11-27|accessdate=21 June 2017}}</ref> |EpisodeNumber=3 |ShortSummary=A vet visits the farm to make the sick animals better. |LineColor=369DE1 }} {{Episode list |Title=Prize Day |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990|12|04|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web|title=BBC One London - 4 December 1990 - BBC Genome|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/1990-12-04|accessdate=21 June 2017}}</ref> |EpisodeNumber=4 |ShortSummary=When the crows and the farmer visit the Royal Lancashire Agricultural Show, Scarecrow is sad because he has to stay at the farm. |LineColor=369DE1 }} {{Episode list |Title=Growing |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990|12|11|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web|title=BBC One London - 11 December 1990 - BBC Genome|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/1990-12-11|accessdate=21 June 2017}}</ref> |EpisodeNumber=5 |ShortSummary=Scarecrow and the crows look at things that are growing in and around the farm. |LineColor=369DE1 }} {{Episode list |Title=Milk |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990|12|18|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web|title=BBC One London - 18 December 1990 - BBC Genome|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/1990-12-18|accessdate=21 June 2017}}</ref> |EpisodeNumber=6 |ShortSummary=Scarecrow and the crows look at milk on the farm. |LineColor=369DE1 }} {{Episode list |Title=Market |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991|01|07|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web|title=BBC One London - 7 January 1991 - BBC Genome|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/1991-01-07|accessdate=21 June 2017}}</ref> |EpisodeNumber=7 |ShortSummary=Scarecrow and the crows watch the farmer go to market with his animals. |LineColor=369DE1 }} {{Episode list |Title=Litter |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991|01|14|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web|title=BBC One London - 14 January 1991 - BBC Genome|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/1991-01-14|accessdate=21 June 2017}}</ref> |EpisodeNumber=8 |ShortSummary=Scarecrow and the crows look at litter. |LineColor=369DE1 }} {{Episode list |Title=Maintenance |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991|01|21|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web|title=BBC One London - 21 January 1991 - BBC Genome|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/1991-01-21|accessdate=21 June 2017}}</ref> |EpisodeNumber=9 |ShortSummary=This episode looks at how much has to be done on the farm throughout the year. |LineColor=369DE1 }} {{Episode list |Title=Signs |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991|01|28|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web|title=BBC One London - 28 January 1991 - BBC Genome|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/1991-01-28|accessdate=21 June 2017}}</ref> |EpisodeNumber=10 |ShortSummary=This episode concentrates on looking and listening for signs around the farm. |LineColor=369DE1 }} {{Episode list |Title=Rain |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991|02|04|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web|title=BBC One London - 4 February 1991 - BBC Genome|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/1991-02-04|accessdate=21 June 2017}}</ref> |EpisodeNumber=11 |ShortSummary=Scarecrow and the crows find out how rain can affect life on the farm. |LineColor=369DE1 }} {{Episode list |Title=Frost |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991|02|11|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web|title=BBC One London - 11 February 1991 - BBC Genome|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/1991-02-11|accessdate=21 June 2017}}</ref> |EpisodeNumber=12 |ShortSummary=Scarecrow and the crows find out about frost. |LineColor=369DE1 }} {{Episode list |Title=Snow |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991|02|18|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web|title=BBC One London - 18 February 1991 - BBC Genome|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/1991-02-18|accessdate=21 June 2017}}</ref> |EpisodeNumber=13 |ShortSummary=Scarecrow, the farmer and the crows look at snow. |LineColor=369DE1 }} }}
==International airing== ''Forget Me Not Farm'' has also been shown a number of times in Australia on ABC. It first aired on 11 June 1992 in the afternoons at 4:45pm after ''TUGS'', the sister series of the long running children's television series ''Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends'' and then at 10:15am during the summer and school holidays from 30 December 1993 to 17 January 1994 and 1 to 15 July and 9 to 27 December 1996. The series has also aired on Premiere 12 in Singapore, ATV World in Hong Kong, BBC Entertainment in various countries such as Malta, Cyprus, the Netherlands, Turkey, Belgium, Portugal, France and Thailand and BFBS and SSVC Television in a variety of countries such as Germany, Cyprus and the Falkland Islands.
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==External links== *[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4523168/ ''Forget Me Not Farm'' at the Internet Movie Database]
Category:1990 British television series debuts Category:1991 British television series endings Category:1990s British children's television series Category:BBC children's television shows Category:English-language British television shows Category:British television shows featuring puppetry Category:British television series with live action and animation