HOT Animation
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryMedia
Television production
Founded16 September 1997 (1997-09-16)[1]
FounderJackie Cockle
Brian Little
Joe Dembinski
Defunct18 August 2012 (2012-08-18)[2]
HeadquartersManchester, England
Key people
Jackie Cockle
Brian Little
Joe Dembinski
ProductsChildren's television series
Stop motion
Total assets$1,119 million
Number of employees
67 (2007)
ParentHIT Entertainment

HOT Animation was a British animation studio owned by the Australian animation studio HIT Entertainment that specialized in stop motion animation. The studio was first incorporated in September 1997, and was officially established on 1 April 1998 by Jackie Cockle, Brian Little, and Joe Dembinski.

They started with producing the later four episodes of Brambly Hedge, a series of 25-minute episodes based on the eight illustrated children's books by Jill Barklem.

Their worldwide success did not follow until the creation of Bob the Builder, a British animated television series which follows general contractor Bob and the Can-Do-Crew of building vehicles. The theme tune was released as a single, "Can We Fix It?" with an accompanying promo produced at HOT, which beat Kylie Minogue's "Please Stay", Eminem's "Stan", and Westlife's "What Makes a Man" to become the Christmas number-one single.

The company then made Rubbadubbers, a series about bath toys that come alive. Pingu, a Swiss-British animated series about a family of penguins, was recreated with great success from 2003 to 2006.

HOT ceased to produce the main series of Bob the Builder after 2008 when the studio announced that jobs would be cut, and opted to produce a direct-to-DVD series called Bob the Builder: On Site, using stop motion from Bob's world and live action from real world construction sites. The studio closed prior to HIT's purchase by Mattel, but was fully dissolved on 18 August 2012.[3]

Productions

Television

Feature-length specials

  • Bob the Builder: A Christmas to Remember (2001)
  • Bob the Builder: The Live Show (2002)
  • Bob the Builder: The Knights of Can-a-Lot (2003)
  • Bob the Builder: Snowed Under - The Bobblesburg Winter Games (2004)
  • Bob the Builder - Project Build It: When Bob Became a Builder (2005)
  • Bob the Builder - Project Build It: Built to Be Wild (2006)
  • Bob the Builder - Project Build It: Scrambler to the Rescue (2007)
  • Bob the Builder - Project Build It: Race to the Finish (2008)

Direct-to-home video

  • Bob the Builder: On Site (2008–2011)

Music videos

Other

References


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