Carrie and David's Popshop
GenreChildren's Music
Presented byCarrie Grant and David Grant
No. of episodes30
Production
Running time20 minutes
Production companyBBC Scotland[1]
Original release
NetworkCBeebies
Release18 February (2008-02-18) 
28 March 2008 (2008-03-28)

Carrie and David's Popshop is a children's musical television series aired on CBeebies, originally broadcast in 2008. It is presented by celebrity vocal coaches Carrie Grant and David Grant, with their pet dog Riff, puppeteered by Dave Chapman, and produced by BBC Scotland. Repeats originally finished on 28 October 2011, but an episode was aired to celebrate the channel's tenth birthday on 11 February 2012.[2] Repeats returned on 7 September 2013[3] and repeats ended again in 2015.

Overview

Carrie and David took off the show by acting out a music-related situation that usually ends in them giving the viewer (behind the camera) an object. Then a warm-up song is sung. A child or children would then come into the popshop and ask for a song for a certain purpose (e.g. to skip going to bed or to get their dad to dance) then Carrie and David would have an idea (We're getting the feeling!) and sing a song asking what genre of music they want their song to be sung in. The customer would then leave awaiting their pod (see below). Unlike most current CBeebies programmes, Carrie & David wear the same clothes in every episode.

Then Carrie and David's dog Riff would 'prepare the zone' and sing a song about setting the equipment up. Carrie and David would expand their idea, come up with lyrics and decide what instruments to use, during which the object that the viewer was given earlier usually comes into use. Carrie and David then perform the song they have come up with and Riff records it on a pod. Riff hands the pod to the viewer who gives the pod to the original customer. When they open the pod stars come out and the video of their song comes out. They dance and sing along. The actors were used to play other parts in other episodes (i.e. brothers, sisters or relatives.) This is why so few actors were used in the production of Series 1 and 2. Most of the actors were Scottish and sourced from auditions nationwide.

The show was produced by Nigel P Harris for BBC Scotland. The musical director is Andrew McCrorie-Shand who did the music for earlier programmes like Tots TV, and Teletubbies, and Rosie and Jim.

Songs

All songs are written by the Grants. In a typical programme, the following songs will feature:

  • Theme song
  • Warm-up song – usually Bounce, Bounce; Warm Up Your Voice; or Music Voices
  • Is It This Or Is It That?
  • Riff's song – In relation to his job in the popshop
  • The customer's chosen song

Ratings

Episode no.AirdateTotal viewers
118 February 2008441,000
219 February 2008425,000
320 February 2008330,000
421 February 2008568,000
522 February 2008410,000
625 February 2008468,000
726 February 2008342,000
827 February 2008398,000
928 February 2008440,000
1029 February 2008364,000
113 March 2008345,000
124 March 2008342,000
135 March 2008459,000
146 March 2008203,000
157 March 2008315,000
1610 March 2008494,000
1711 March 2008523,000
1812 March 2008415,000
1913 March 2008479,000
2014 March 2008337,000
2117 March 2008390,000
2218 March 2008402,000
2319 March 2008425,000
2420 March 2008447,000
2521 March 2008316,000
2624 March 2008414,000
2725 March 2008426,000
2826 March 2008381,000
2927 March 2008375,000
3028 March 2008426,000

Series 1 (2008)

  • 1. I Love to Sing: Customer: Sophie: Persephone Bell
  • 2. I'm a Winner: Customer: Leah: Gemma Dodsworth
  • 3. The World Gets Bigger: Customer: Aran: Dylan Bocking
  • 4. How Am I Gonna Wake You Up?: Customers: Ruth & Molly: Sofie & Serena Gill
  • 5. Don't Wanna Go to Bed: Customers: Eloise & Emily: Katie Davie & Katie Bird-Tommy
  • 6. Side to Side: Customer: Megan: Annie Pearson
  • 7. Rain: Customer: Shannon: Bethan Kent
  • 8. Kite: Customer: Ash: Krishna Odedra
  • 9. The Dream Team: Customer: Max: Andrew Vettraino
  • 10. Tick Tock: Customer: Kirsty: Casey Dowling
  • 11. Are Stars Magic: Customer: Oliver: John Bell
  • 12. I've Lost My Smile: Customer: Adam: Luke Sanderson
  • 13. On Safari: Customer: Laura: Lucy Currie
  • 14. No One's You: Customer: Anna: Mairi Shaw
  • 15. Scary Music: Customers: Zak & Lewis: Luke Davies & Alex Goodchild
  • 16. No Longer Grumpy: Customer: Ailsa: Amelia Hewitt
  • 17. I Like Being Me: Customer: Ben: Joe Slater
  • 18. Yum Yum Yum: Customer: Luke: Adam Jolly
  • 19. Until the End of Time: Customer: Jack: Samuel Edwards
  • 20. Fly Away: Customers: Rashmi & Courtney: Abirami Vijayan & Sophie Reid
  • 21. I Want a New Story: Customer: Alicia: Demi-Mae Yip
  • 22. Sorry: Customer: Chloe: Erin Towers Burns
  • 23. New Home for Me: Customer: Matt: Michael Kelly
  • 25. I Wanna Thank You: Customer: Ryan: Markus Person
  • 26. My Washing Song: Customer: Tyler: Cian Cheesbrough
  • 27. School is Cool: Customer: Liam: William Ritchie
  • 28. United: Customer: Muddasir: Mubeen Zafar
  • 29. Make Time for Sharing: Customer: Todd: Joe Gardner
  • 30. Make Some Noise: Customer: Dylan: Mark Wood

References

  1. "CBeebies unveils preschooler first".
  2. "BBC - CBeebies Programmes - Schedule, Saturday 11 February 2012". Archived from the original on 6 February 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  3. "BBC - CBeebies - Schedules, Saturday 7 September 2013". Archived from the original on 12 September 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
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