Art Attack

Art Attack
Genre	Art & Crafts
Created by	Neil Buchanan; Tim Edmunds
Written by	Neil Buchanan; Tim Edmunds; Nic Ayling; Helen Evans; Driana Jones; Louise Lamb; Andy Prendergast
Directed by	Tim Edmunds; Nick Bigsby; Jeremy Cross; Peter Eyre; Claire Michel; Richard Bradley; Jeremy Swan; Fernando Berreta
Presented by	Neil Buchanan (1990–2007); Jassa Ahluwalia (2011); Lloyd Warbey (2012–present)
Theme music composer	Mr Miller & Mr Porter
Opening theme	"Art Attack"
Ending theme	"Art Attack"
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	CITV: 19 (1990–2007); (Spin-off series) (1996–1997, 2003); Disney Junior: 4 (2011–present)
No. of episodes	ORIGINAL:; 301 (main series); (5 Christmas specials 1994–1997, 2003) (25 other episodes from 3 spinoff series: 1996–1997, 2003) CURRENT:; 87
Production
Executive producer(s)	Neil Buchanan; Tim Edmunds; Nigel Pickard; Sandy Ross; Elizabeth Partyka; Adrian Edwards
Producer(s)	Neil Buchanan; Tim Edmunds; Helen Dawson; Helen Evans; Nic Ayling; Louise Lamb
Production location(s)	Maidstone, Kent (CITV); Southampton (CITV); Buenos Aires (Disney Junior)
Running time	15 minutes (Series 1–6); 20 minutes (Series 7–present)
Production company(s)	Television South (TVS); (1990–1992); The Media Merchants; (1993–2007) & STV Productions; (1993–2007); The Walt Disney Company; (2011–present)
Distributor	HIT Entertainment
Release
Original network	CITV; (1990–2007); Disney Junior; (2011–present)
Picture format	4:3 (1990-2000); 16:9 (2001-2007); HD (2011-present)
First shown in	United Kingdom
Original release	Original series; 15 June 1990 – 26 May 2007; Revived series; 6 June 2011 –; present
Chronology
Related shows	SMart (1994–2009)
External links
	[{{#property:P856}} Website]

Art Attack is a British children's television series revolving around art, currently hosted by Lloyd Warbey on Disney Junior.

The original, best-known series aired on CITV between 15 June 1990 and 26 May 2007, and was presented by one of its creators, Neil Buchanan, throughout. Buchanan also wrote and produced the series, and came up with a majority of the creative ideas.

A new series launched on Disney Junior (UK & Ireland) on 6 June 2011 and was presented by Jassa Ahluwalia. Each show involved Ahluwalia voicing-over footage of an artist producing three works of art, taking the viewer through the various stages of production step by step.

History

The programme was originally a TVS production, devised by two TVS employees, Neil Buchanan and Tim Edmunds. Buchanan and Edmunds met each other at Southern Television in 1978, and worked together on No. 73 and Do It!.

The first Art Attacks were a strand within No. 73, and this segment proved so popular, Nigel Pickard the executive producer of children's programming at TVS green lit the pilot. The Art Attack pilot was shot on location at a disused swimming pool in Gillingham, Kent in 1989, and the series began the following year.

When TVS lost its franchise, Edmunds and Buchanan bought the rights to the show and produced Art Attack through their company, The Media Merchants. The Media Merchants used STV Productions (then known as "SMG Productions"), as the ITV company to get the series on to network. This was partly down to the fact Nigel Pickard moved to Scottish television. The rights to the STV shows have since reverted to the copyright holder.

In 1993 another ex-TVS employee, Peter Urie set up a production management company, Television Support Services. Television Support Services managed all of the Media Merchants productions. The show was filmed at The Maidstone Studios, Maidstone, Kent. In 1998, the series began airing on the Disney Channel.

ITV announced the cancellation of the series in July 2007.^[2] Until January 2014, the show was regularly repeated on CITV, usually on weekend afternoons. After the programme's demise, many of the production team transferred to Finger Tips and Mister Maker, both recorded at The Maidstone Studios.

In 2010, Disney announced a new version of the series would air on Disney Junior around the world. The first series of the new UK version was presented by Jassa Ahluwalia.

In December 2012, Buchanan was featured in a segment dedicated to the programme's original run in the one-off documentary special 30 Years of CITV: a 1992 episode was broadcast on the CITV channel shortly after the above was broadcast, as part of its Old Skool Weekend marathon.

Characters

The Head

The Head, was a puppet stone bust who would humorously recap the steps needed to produce the last art piece made. After doing this, he would usually show his creation of the previous Art Attack, most times however getting it hilariously wrong and usually bursting into tears. However, on occasion, by accidentally doing part of the instructions incorrectly, he would create a similar effect to that desired and be proud of his work. He would sometimes tell jokes after the Big Art Attacks. In series one, 'The Head' was played by Jim Sweeney, in series 2, Andrew O'Connor; and from series 3, having been redesigned as a puppet, he was voiced and operated by Francis Wright. 'The Head' did not appear in series 12 or 13, or in series 18 and 19.

Vincent Van Coconut

In the revived series, The Head was replaced by a talking palm tree called Vincent Van Coconut, voiced by Tim Hibberd. His name, Vincent van Coconut, is a parody of the famous Post-Impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh.

Series guide

Original series

Series	Episodes	Start Date	End Date	Length
1	7	15 June 1990	27 July 1990	15'
2	7	4 April 1991	16 May 1991	15'
3	7	16 March 1992	11 May 1992	15'
4	7	10 September 1992	22 October 1992	15'
5	7	10 May 1993	28 June 1993	15'
6	10	10 January 1994	14 March 1994	15'
7	10	9 January 1995	13 March 1995	20'
8	10	8 January 1996	19 February 1996	20'
9	12	6 January 1997	17 March 1997	20'
10	13	5 January 1998	30 March 1998	20'
11	16	7 September 1998	14 December 1998	20'
12	30	6 September 1999	15 December 1999	15'
13	30	4 September 2000	13 December 2000	15'
14	20	5 November 2001	30 November 2001	20'
15	15	6 September 2002	13 December 2002	20'
16	15	10 September 2003	17 December 2003	20'
17	18	12 August 2004	14 December 2004	20'
18	26	7 September 2005	21 December 2005	20'
19	26	22 September 2006	26 May 2007	20'

Note: two episodes aired each week during series 12 and 13. Five episodes aired each week during series 14.

Christmas specials

Entitle	Aired	Length
Xmas special 1	13 December 1994	20'
Xmas special 2	12 December 1995	20'
Xmas special 3	18 December 1996	20'
Xmas special 4	17 December 1997	20'
Xmas special 5	22 December 2003	20'

Other

Series	Episodes	Start Date	End Date	Length
Best of Art Attack	2	23 August 1996	30 August 1996	20'
Art Attack Scrapbook	8	22 October 1997	10 December 1997	20'
Art Attack: Mini Makes	15	31 August 2003	Late 2003	5'

Revived series

Series	Episodes	Start Date	End Date	Length
1	26	6 June 2011	28 November 2011	23:30'
2	21	2 June 2012	20 October 2012	23:30'
3	24	29 June 2013	17 December 2014	23:30'
4	26	Late 2015		23:30'

(Source: ITV/Hit Entertainment/BFI/Disney)

Video releases

VHS video title	Year of release	Company	Video specials
Art Attack: Over 30 Great Art and Craft Ideas	1992	Future Video	Neil shows his favourite craft ideas for Art Attacks on the first series.
Art Attack with Neil Buchanan	1993	Video Class	Neil shows his 16 favourite Art Attacks.
Art Attack: Most Wanted	1996	Contender Entertainment Group	Neil shows everyone's most requested favourites.
Art Attack: Crazy Cartoons and Dazzling Drawings	1996		Neil shows his tips for drawing cartoons and pictures.
Art Attack Let's Party!	1996		Neil shows his favourite Art Attacks for parties, birthdays and Christmas.
Art Attack: Top 20	1997		Neil shows his 20 favourite Art Attacks.
Art Attack: Scrapbook	1997		Neil shows his scrapbook with all the best Art Attacks.
Art Attack: 10 of the Best	1998		Neil celebrates 10 of the best Art Attacks from the first 10 series.
Art Attack: Christmas Cracker	1998		Neil shows Art Attacks to make 'n' do from the Christmas Specials.
Art Attack: Greatest Tips and Tricks	1999		Neil shows how he put together some of the best tips and tricks.
Art Attack: How to Draw	2000		Neil shows how to do some drawing - the Art Attack way!
Art Attack: How to Paint	2000		Neil shows how to concentrate on painting - the Art Attack way!
Art Attack: Make 'n' Do	2001		Neil shows how to make things made out of old rubbish.
Art Attack Monsters and other Scary Stuff	2002	Video Collection International	A collection of Neil's most scary Art Attacks.

No DVD releases have been issued in the UK, except DVDs bundled with Art Attack books and DVDs which came free with newspapers. In India, Art Attack was released in three volumes by Disney DVD in 2010.

Many Art Attack books were also released by Dorling Kindersley.

International broadcast

Country	Network	Version	Host
Argentina	Discovery Kids (Latin America) Disney Channel Latin America Disney Junior Latin America	Original version, dubbed into Spanish (1996-2002, 2008-2010) Latin American Spanish version (2000-2002, 2010-present)	Neil Buchanan (1996-2002, 2008-2010) Rui Torres (2000-2002) Emiliano Pandelo (2010-2013) German Otero (2014-present)
Austria	Disney Channel Germany Disney Junior Germany ORF eins Super RTL	German version	Beni Weber (1998-2005) Nicolas Artajo (2011-present)
Australia	ABC (1995-1999) Disney Channel (Australia) Disney Junior (Australia)	Original version	Neil Buchanan (original series) Lloyd Warbey (revived series)
Brazil	Discovery Kids (Latin America) Disney Channel (Brazil) Disney Junior (Brazil) SBT	Original version, dubbed into Portuguese (1996-2002, 2008-2010) Brazilian version (2000-2002, 2010-present)	Neil Buchanan (1996-2002, 2008-2010) Daniel Warren (2000-2002, 2010-2012) Daniel Bianchin (2013-2014) Rodrigo Frampton (2015-present)
Belgium	Club RTL Disney Channel (France) Disney Junior (France)	French version	Philippe Rouault (1998-2004) Cyril Feraud (2005) Anthony Martinez (2011-present)
Canada	TVOntario Family Channel Knowledge Network	Original version	Neil Buchanan
Chile	Discovery Kids (Latin America) Disney Channel Latin America Canal 13 Disney Junior Latin America	Original version, dubbed into Spanish (1996-2002, 2008-2010) Latin American Spanish version (2000-2002, 2010-present)	Neil Buchanan (1996-2002, 2008-2010) Rui Torres (2000-2002) Emiliano Pandelo (2010-2013) German Otero (2014-present)
People's Republic of China	Dragon Club	Original version, dubbed into Mandarin	Neil Buchanan
France	Disney Channel (France) Canal+ Disney Junior (France)	French version	Philippe Rouault (1998-2004) Cyril Feraud (2005) Anthony Martinez (2011-present)
Germany	Super RTL Disney Channel (Germany) Disney Junior Germany	German version	Beni Weber (1998-2005) Nicolas Artajo (2011-present)
Greece	ET1	Original version, Greek subtitles	Neil Buchanan
India	Disney Channel India Disney XD (India) Hungama TV SAB TV	UK version Indian version	Neil Buchanan (1990-2007) Gaurav Juyal (2011-present)
Italy	Disney Channel (Italy) Rai Due Toon Disney (Italy) Disney Junior (Italy)	Italian version	Giovanni Muciaccia (1998-2005, 2011-present)
Mexico	Discovery Kids (Latin America) Disney Channel Latin America Disney Junior Latin America	Original version, dubbed into Spanish (1996-2002, 2008-2010) Latin American Spanish version (2000-2002, 2010-present)	Neil Buchanan (1996-2002, 2008-2010) Rui Torres (2000-2002) Emiliano Pandelo (2010-2013) German Otero (2014-present)
Poland	Disney Junior (Poland)	Polish version (2011) Turkish version, dubbed into Polish (2012-present)	Kamil Siegmund (2011) Can Sipahi (2012-2013)
Portugal	Disney Channel Portugal Disney Junior Portugal	Portuguese version	Pedro Penim (2002-2005) Salvador Nery (2011-present)
Sweden	Disney Junior (Scandinavia)	Swedish version	Leon Jiber (2012-present)
Spain	Disney Channel (Spain) Telecinco Antena 3 Disney Junior (Spain)	Castillian Spanish version	Jordi Cruz (1998-2005) Guillermo Martinez (2011-present)
Taiwan	Disney Channel Taiwan	Original version, dubbed into Mandarin	Neil Buchanan
Turkey	Disney Channel (Turkey)	Turkish version	Can Sipahi (2012-2013)
United Kingdom	CITV TCC The Family Channel Disney Channel (UK and Ireland) Disney Junior (UK and Ireland)	Original version (1990-2007) UK version (2011-present)	Neil Buchanan (1990-2007) Jassa Ahluwalia (2011) Lloyd Warbey (2012-present)
Vietnam	VTV1	Original version, dubbed into Vietnamese	Neil Buchanan