| Mister Maker | |
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| Genre | Children's television series |
| Created by | Phil Gallagher |
| Written by | Phil Gallagher Nic Ayling Driana Jones |
| Directed by | James Morgan Helen Scott Peter Eyre Jessie Brown |
| Presented by | Phil Gallagher |
| Music by | Andy Blythe and Marten Joustra |
| Opening theme | "Make It, Mister Maker" |
| Ending theme | "Make it, Mister Maker" (extended) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 9 |
| No. of episodes | 181 |
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| Producers | Series Producer: Driana Jones Creative Consultant: Nic Ayling |
| Production location | Maidstone |
| Editors | Billy Sneddon Ant Boys |
| Running time | 19 mins (Series 1-7) 7 mins (Series 8-9) |
| Production companies | RDF Television (series 1) The Foundation (series 2–9) |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBeebies, BBC One, BBC Two |
| Release | 17 September 2007 – 15 January 2021 |
| Related | |
| Justin's House | |
Mister Maker is a British children's television series produced by RDF Media (series 1)/The Foundation (series 2–9) for CBeebies. The first series aired from 17 September 2007 until 12 April 2009.
The series was presented by Phil Gallagher in the title role. The series was followed by the four spin-offs: Mister Maker Comes to Town, Mister Maker Around the World, Mister Maker's Arty Party and Mister Maker at Home, which began airing in 2010, 2013, 2015 and 2020, respectively.
Mister Maker, created and performed by Phil Gallagher, presents the show (Gallagher also created the series concept). Each episode of Series 1-3 features seven different sequences:
At the end of each episode, Tocky pops out, saying "Time to go!" and reminds Mister Maker that it's time to go. Mister Maker says "That's it for now. My making time's over, but yours is just beginning!", and after that, he says "It's time to put all this stuff back in its box!", and the set quickly changes back into small objects in the progress.
Mister Maker was commissioned by Michael Carrington at the BBC for CBeebies. The series was announced alongside Big Barn Farm in April 2007 under the name of Mister Make It.
The series launched in September 2007 and also aired on BBC One and BBC Two. It still currently airs on CBeebies, usually during weekdays. In Latin America the series was broadcast on the Discovery Kids and Discovery Familia networks, dubbed in Spanish and in Portuguese in Brazil. In Canada, the series aired on Treehouse TV from 2008 to 2012 and TVOKids from 2013 to 2021. The Foundation (part of RDF Media) commissioned the series for three seasons. The series comprises a mixture of animation, CGI and live-action.
| No. | Broadcast | Makes |
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| 1 | 17 September 2007 |
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| 2 | 18 September 2007 |
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| 3 | 19 September 2007 |
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| 4 | 20 September 2007 |
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| 5 | 21 September 2007 |
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| 6 | 24 September 2007 |
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| 7 | 25 September 2007 |
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| 8 | 26 September 2007 |
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| 9 | 27 September 2007 |
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| 10 | 28 September 2007 |
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| 11 | 1 October 2007 |
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| 12 | 2 October 2007 |
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| 13 | 3 October 2007 |
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| 14 | 4 October 2007 |
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| 15 | 5 October 2007 |
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| 16 | 8 October 2007 |
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| 17 | 9 October 2007 |
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| 18 | 10 October 2007 |
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| 19 | 11 October 2007 |
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| 20 | 12 October 2007 |
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| No. | Broadcast | Makes |
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| 21 | 3 February 2008 |
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| 22 | 4 February 2008 |
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| 23 | 5 February 2008 |
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| 24 | 6 February 2008 |
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| 25 | 10 February 2008 |
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| 26 | 11 February 2008 |
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| 27 | 12 February 2008 |
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| 28 | 13 February 2008 |
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| 29 | 17 February 2008 |
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| 30 | 18 February 2008 |
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| 31 | 19 February 2008 |
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| 32 | 20 February 2008 |
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| 33 | 24 February 2008 |
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| 34 | 25 February 2008 |
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| 35 | 26 February 2008 |
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| 36 | 27 February 2008 |
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| 37 | 3 March 2008 |
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| 38 | 4 March 2008 |
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| 39 | 5 March 2008 |
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| 40 | 6 March 2008 |
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| No. | Broadcast | Makes |
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| 41 | 10 March 2009 |
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| 42 | 11 March 2009 |
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| 43 | 12 March 2009 |
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| 44 | 13 March 2009 |
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| 45 | 17 March 2009 |
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| 46 | 18 March 2009 |
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| 47 | 19 March 2009 |
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| 48 | 20 March 2009 |
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| 49 | 24 March 2009 |
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| 50 | 25 March 2009 |
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| 51 | 26 March 2009 |
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| 52 | 27 March 2009 |
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| 53 | 31 March 2009 |
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| 54 | 4 April 2009 |
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| 55 | 5 April 2009 |
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| 56 | 8 April 2009 |
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| 57 | 9 April 2009 |
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| 58 | 10 April 2009 |
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| 59 | 11 April 2009 |
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| 60 | 12 April 2009 |
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Various DVDs of the series were released by 2entertain, and later Abbey Home Media.
Mister Maker Comes to Town is a spin-off commissioned by Michael Carrington at the BBC for CBeebies. The TV series launched in 2010 and ended in 2011.
At the start of every show, Mister Maker uses various objects to make a Makermobile. He shrinks himself, then the episode starts. Tocky, the cuckoo clock, gives Mister Maker a "mini maker message", a child who needs help from Mister Maker. The child tells Mister Maker what they would like to do or make something out of old things. This inspires him to do something related to them. He collects the essential items from the Doodle Drawers and makes them.
When Mister Maker can't find what he needs, he honks the horn, summoning Scrappz (a blue puppet with a scarf, a hat with straws and pipe cleaners on it, and googly eyes), who gives him what he wants. After they make it, a quartet of the shape mascots fly out and sing a silly song and dance, followed by a random shape (circle, triangle, square, or rectangle) to form a picture or find how many shapes there are.
Tocky then appears on the Makervideophone for Minute Make Time, and Mister Maker goes to a place where he can make something in a minute—usually completing it just before the timer stops. Then the Colour Kids ask Mister Maker from the videophone to guess what they would make with their colourful costumes.
It is followed by A Big Surprise, where Mister Maker sees some kids who were not expecting him. The kids tell Mister Maker what they would like to do. Mister Maker tells the kids what they will do, which will give him an idea of what to do next. In the middle of making it, he wonders why not make a (insert thing related to what the Mini Makers are making here). When the surprise is finished, they cheer and disappear from the scene, which comes to life.
The show ends with Tocky telling Mister Maker to go and then shows Mister Maker putting the Makermobile back in its box.
Mister Maker Around the World (2013-2014) is a spin-off commissioned by Michael Carrington at the BBC for CBeebies that focuses on making things around the world. In this series, children sometimes help Mister Maker, the opposite of Mister Maker Comes to Town.
Mister Maker's Arty Party (2015) is a spin-off commissioned by Michael Carrington at the BBC for CBeebies. The episodes are:
Mister Maker at Home (2020–2021) is a spin-off commissioned by Michael Carrington at the BBC for CBeebies. This spin-off was created during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A YouTube spin-off titled Mister Maker's Mumfie Makes premiered on the show's official YouTube channel in April 2023. This spin-off was created as a tie-in with Zodiak Kids' reboot of Mumfie.