Fourways Farm

Created by	Chris Ellis
Directed by	Tom Stanier
Voices of	Martin Jarvis
Narrated by	Martin Jarvis
Music by	Jim Parker
Template:Pluralize from text of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	25
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ProducerTemplate:Pluralize from text	Patrica Williams
Running time	10 minutes per episode (approx.)
Production Template:Pluralize from text	Case Television
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Network	Channel 4 (UK only)
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Fourways Farm is a British science-themed children's television series produced by Case Television and Dutch Education Television from the Netherlands, and aired on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom during Channel 4 Schools between 1993 and 1996 and regularly repeated until approximately 2007. A Welsh version titled Fferm Bryn Gwynt was broadcast on the S4C Ysgolion strand from 1994 to 1997.

Plot

Nine talking animals (all voiced by Martin Jarvis) live together in fictional Fourways Farm. In every episode in the series, one or more of the anthropomorphised animals make an accidental but interesting scientific discovery. At nightfall daily, the animals deduce a logical explanation for it as they prepare to go to bed; it happens in most of the episodes. Often, the three mischievous rats, Uno, Duo and Trio, make mischievous attempts to get some food out of the animals during the series, but they occasionally put their mischief aside to help out whenever there is trouble afoot.

Characters

• Davenport – An optimistic Border collie who speaks in an excitable, posh voice.
• Martha – A mellow cow who mulls over all situations. She speaks with a West Country accent.
• Godfrey – A pessimistic shire horse who still prides himself on his talents. He speaks with a memorable Yorkshire accent.
• Ginger – A lazy tabby cat who speaks with a posh Edinburgh accent.
• Dudley – A gluttonous pig who tends to waddle like a penguin whenever he moves, and enjoys eating turnips. He speaks with a West Country accent.
• Brenda – A bossy duck who can mostly be seen at or close to her pond, which she enjoys swimming in. She speaks quite loudly, with a Scottish accent.
• Uno – A quick-witted male brown rat who is the leader of the Rat Pack. He always wears sunglasses, does most of the scheming, and is a cockney, just like Duo and Trio.
• Duo – A dim-witted male rat who has two buck teeth that always stick out of his mouth, is not very bright, and speaks in a deep voice.
• Trio – A hyperactive female rat who speaks in a distinctively high-pitched voice.
• Voltaire – A gentle and friendly weathercock who is the narrator and can mostly be seen on top of the farm's archway near the barn where most of the animals live and sleep at night. He only speaks in Received Pronunciation.

Home release

VHS Tape Title	VHS Tape Release Date	Episodes
Fourways Farm – Ups And Downs and Other Stories (VC1359)	6 February 1995	"Who's Been Eating?" "A Drop of the Hard Stuff" "Material Differences" "Ups and Downs" "The Sound of Music"
Fourways Farm – Moonstruck and Other Stories (VC1378)	3 April 1995	"On Reflection" "Moonstruck" "Falling Upwards" "Sunflowers" "Three of a Kind"
Fourways Farm – Buried Treasure and Other Stories (VC1397)	24 July 1995	"Floating and Sinking" "Buried Treasure" "Appropriate Measures" "Animal Magnetism" "Gauging the Weather"
Fourways Farm – Paws For Thought and Other Stories (VC1398)	24 July 1995	"Birth and Death" "Paws For Thought" "Snow Problem" "Hot and Cold" Shadow Play"
Fourways Farm – Four Seasons and Other Stories (VC1421)	9 September 1996	"Colours" "Sickness and Health" "Changes" Four Seasons" "Wind And Air"

References

• http://shop.channel4learning.com/?page=shop&cid=14&pid=1642
• https://www.r-e-m.co.uk/rem/xrem.php?T=28911
• http://www.abc.net.au/abckids/shows/prog226.htm