Francis Wright

Francis Wright

Francis Wright is an English actor and puppeteer.

  • Title: Francis Wright
  • Popularity: 0.2271
  • Known For: Acting
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  • Place of Birth: England, UK
  • Homepage: https://franciswright.wordpress.com/
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Francis Wright Movies

  • 1992
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    The Sand Fairy

    The Sand Fairy

    1 1992 HD

    The Psammead is an 'it', an ancient, ill-tempered sand-fairy with a spider-shaped body, bat-like ears, and snail-like eyes. It is grumpy but has the power to grant one wish a day, which must be made before sunset. Five siblings—Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane, and infant Hilary—encounter It and experience the highs and lows of frivolous wish-making. A feature-length edit of the BBC miniseries.

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  • 1999
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    Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland

    6.2 1999 HD

    Alice follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole into a whimsical Wonderland, where she meets characters like the delightful Cheshire Cat, the clumsy White Knight, a rude caterpillar, and the hot-tempered Queen of Hearts and can grow ten feet tall or shrink to three inches. But will she ever be able to return home?

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  • 2004
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    The Phoenix and the Carpet

    The Phoenix and the Carpet

    1 2004 HD

    Four Edwardian children find a strange egg in their newly-arrived Persian carpet. It hatches into a Phoenix bird that grants wishes and also transforms the rug into a magic carpet, which takes them on a series of adventures all over the world and at home. A truncated edit of the three-hour miniseries for the home video market.

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  • 1984
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    Spitting Image

    Spitting Image

    7.1 1984 HD

    Spitting Image is an award winning British satirical puppet show, created by Peter Fluck, Roger Law and Martin Lambie-Nairn. The series was produced by Spitting Image Productions for Central Independent Television over 18 series which aired on the ITV from 1984 to 1996. The series was nominated and won numerous awards during its run including 10 BAFTA Awards, including one for editing in 1989, and even won two Emmy Awards in 1985 and 1986 in the Popular Arts Category. The series featured puppet caricatures of celebrities famous during the 1980s and 1990s, including British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and fellow Tory politicians, American president Ronald Reagan, and the British Royal Family. The Series was the first to caricature the Queen mother.

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  • 1993
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    Wizadora

    Wizadora

    5 1993 HD

    Wizadora is a children's television programme broadcast on ITV in the United Kingdom from 1993 to 1998. However, it was first used as a language teaching tool for children to learn the English language, by Oxford University Press in 1991. The series was created by Don Arioli and Carolyne Cullum. It starred Wendy van der Plank as 'Wizadora' between 1993 and 1996. From 1997, Lizzie McPhee took over the role, as Wendy was away. Wendy came back for the last set of episodes from 1998 up to the end of the show's run. The show was filmed by Meridian Broadcasting. The episodes all took place in or around Wizadora's cottage. Wizadora, a trainee wizard, is always trying to solve problems using magic. One episode of Wizadora was broadcast on CITV on Saturday, 5th January 2013 as part of a CITV anniversary special. This was the first time the show has been broadcast in the UK since it was shown on Living TV in the early 2000s.

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  • 1991
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    Five Children and It

    Five Children and It

    5.4 1991 HD

    The Psammead is an 'it', an ancient, ill-tempered sand-fairy with a spider-shaped body, bat-like ears, and snail-like eyes. It is grumpy but has the power to grant one wish a day, which must be made before sunset. Five siblings—Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane, and infant Hilary—encounter It and experience the highs and lows of frivolous wish-making.

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  • 1993
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    The Return of the Psammead

    The Return of the Psammead

    6 1993 HD

    Four children encounter the magic powers of Psammead, the sand fairy.

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  • 1988
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    The Storyteller

    The Storyteller

    8.2 1988 HD

    The Storyteller aided by his cynical dog, narrates classic folk tales, fables, and legends.

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  • 1997
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    The Phoenix and the Carpet

    The Phoenix and the Carpet

    1 1997 HD

    The Phoenix and the Carpet is a six-part British miniseries based on E. Nesbit's 1904 fantasy novel of the same name. Produced by HIT Entertainment for BBC One, it aired from 16 November to 21 December 1997. Four Edwardian children find a strange egg in their newly-arrived Persian carpet. It hatches into a Phoenix bird that grants wishes and also transforms the rug into a magic carpet, which takes them on a series of adventures all over the world and at home.

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  • 1991
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    Grotbags

    Grotbags

    6 1991 HD

    Children's comedy adventure series with Grotbags, the wicked witch, and her puppet lodgers.

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  • 1970
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    Grotbags

    Grotbags

    1 1970 HD

    'Sooty' is the forth incarnation of 'The Sooty Show' and a revamp of the format of 'Sooty Heights', The gang are still running their hotel, but now the human characters have been almost completely phased out and the focus is on the puppets.

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