Finger Tips

Finger Tips

----Infobox Television
show_name = Finger Tips


opentheme = Mr Miller & Mr Porter
endtheme =
genre = Children's
picture_format = 16:9
runtime = various
creator = The Foundation
starring = Stephen Mulhern
Fearne Cotton
Naomi Wilkinson
Tim Dixon
producer = Nic Ayling (series 5)
Vanessa Amberleigh (series 1-4)
executive_producer = Vanessa Hill
J Nigel Pickard
director = Michael Kerrigan (series 1-4)
Jason Garbett (series 5)
network = ITV1
country = UK
first_aired = 2001
num_series = 5
num_episodes =
related =
imdb_id = 0357366
tv_com_id =

"Finger Tips" is a television programme produced by RDF Media's Children's production division, The Foundation. It is made primarily for CITV and was first broadcast in 2001.

The Finger Tips presenters are Stephen Mulhern series 1-4, and Fearne Cotton series 1-3 (later replaced by Naomi Wilkinson series 4-5 and Tim Dixon series 5). The show is about creating makes out of household items and aimed at a child audience.

The programmes is recorded at The Maidstone Studios in Kent. Former home to TVS Television and countless quality children's programming.

There are different categories:
* Finger Tips Top Make: A major project, normally at the start of the show
* Food Finger Tips: Easy cooking and baking recipes
* Fizzics Finger Tips: Fun and experiments with science
* Fun Finger Tips: Self-made games
* Green Finger Tips: Tips and ideas for plants and gardens
* Cryptic Finger Tips: Making cryptographs
* Techno Finger Tips: Artworks made with the computer
* Little Finger Tips: Artworks made from everyday objects
* Makeover Finger Tips: Items made for making over odds and ends from around the home

Special challenge is the One-Minute-Make. In this game one of the presenters tries to make something with only a few things in less than 60 seconds.

Although the programme was de-commissioned in 2004 when ITV axed children's programming, it has been brought back to life for 2008 and a new series of 30 programmes will transmit from the autumn.

The show is broadcasted in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Switzerland, Belgium, Greece, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Austria and Canada.

Series guide

*Series 1: 13x17'
*Series 2: 20 x 15’ / 7 x 10’/ 3 x 5’
*Series 3: 20 x 15’ / 5 x 12’
*Series 4: 13 x 15’ / 7 x 5’
*Series 5: 30 x 15’ / 30 x 11’

External links

* [http://www.fingertipsonline.co.uk Official "Finger Tips" website]
*imdb title|id=0357366|title=Finger Tips

It was annpuced that Fingertips would return with a 26 part series.


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