The Animal Shelf

*The Animal Shelf*
The Animal Shelf
Genre	Children's
Created by	Ivy Wallace
Developed by	John Sachs
Written by	Chris Allen; Julia Allen;
Directed by	Ellen Meske (Series 1 and 2); Andy Joule (Series 3 and 4); Susan Roman (voices, United States/Canada);
Voices of	Jimmy Hibbert; Sue Ryding; Susan Sheridan;
Narrated by	Susan Sheridan (UK only)
Theme music composer	Ernie Wood
Opening theme	Five Soft Toys on a Little Blue Shelf
Ending theme	Five Soft Toys on a Little Blue Shelf (Reprise)
Composer	Ernie Wood
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	52
Production
Executive producer	Mark Hall
Producers	Jackie Cockle (Series 1 and 2); Francis Vose (Series 3 and 4);
Production location	Unknown
Cinematography	Unknown
Editors	Zyggy Markiewicz (audio pre-production); Jereen Nadorp (audio and mixing); Ronald Nadorp (audio and mixing, Series 1 and 2); Flicks (edit); Hullaballoo (audio) (Series 3 and 4);
Camera setup	Patrick Reets (model, Series 1 and 2); John Duffy (Series 3 and 4)
Running time	10 minutes per episode (approx.)
Production company	Cosgrove Hall Films
Original release
Network	ITV (CITV) (UK)
Release	June 25, 1997 –; August 3, 2000
Related
	Mecharnics

The Animal Shelf is a British 1997–2000 animated children's television series produced by Cosgrove Hall Films, and based on the books written and illustrated by British writer Ivy Wallace about a group of talking toy animals who live in Timothy's bedroom. Aimed particularly at pre-school children, the Animal Shelf first aired on ITV running for 4 seasons and 52 episodes, running from 25 June 1997 to 3 August 2000.