Fun Factory was a children's programme on the satellite television

Satellite television

Satellite television is television programming delivered by the means of communications satellite and received by an outdoor antenna, usually a parabolic mirror generally referred to as a satellite dish, and as far as household usage is concerned, a satellite receiver either in the form of an...

 channel Sky Channel (later to become Sky One

Sky One

Sky1 is the flagship BSkyB entertainment channel available in the United Kingdom and Ireland.The channel first launched on 26 April 1982 as Satellite Television, and is the fourth-oldest TV channel in the United Kingdom, behind BBC One , ITV and BBC Two...

) that ran from 1985 to 1991. It continued as a programming block without a host up until 1994.

Original Programme

It was originally hosted by Mr P, who was later replaced by Andy Sheldon, Snoot the seal and Crocker the crocodile. The programme included cartoons such as:

• Transformers
• He-man
  He-Man
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• Jem
  Jem (TV series)
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• Inspector Gadget
  Inspector Gadget
  Inspector Gadget is an animated television series that revolves around the adventures of a clumsy, simple-witted cyborg detective named Inspector Gadget – a human being with various bionic gadgets built into his body. Gadget's arch-nemesis is Dr...
  
  
• M.A.S.K.
  M.A.S.K.
  M.A.S.K. is an animated television series directed by several uncredited Japanese studios, KK C&D Asia, Studio Juno, Studio World, Ashi Production , and produced by the French-American DIC Enterprises, Inc and also the toyline of the same name sold by Kenner.-History:A total of 75...
  
  
• Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors
  Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors
  Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors is a French/North American animated TV show which first aired on September 16, 1985. It was produced by DIC Entertainment , and animated by Japanese animation studios Sunrise, Shaft, Studio Giants, Studio Look and Swan Production...
  
  
• Lady Lovely Locks
  Lady Lovely Locks
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• The Care Bears
  The Care Bears (TV series)
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• BlackStar
  BlackStar
  Blackstar is an American animated television series, a science fantasy story sometimes reported as being inspired by Thundarr the Barbarian. It was produced in 1981 by Lou Scheimer and Norm Prescott for Filmation. The series was Filmation's second fantasy epic, the first being tucked in as a...
  
  
• Denver The Last Dinosaur

Second Incarnation

After Sky Channel's renaming to Sky One

Sky One

Sky1 is the flagship BSkyB entertainment channel available in the United Kingdom and Ireland.The channel first launched on 26 April 1982 as Satellite Television, and is the fourth-oldest TV channel in the United Kingdom, behind BBC One , ITV and BBC Two...

, the Fun Factory name was used for a weekend block programming strand showing nothing but animated series, notably without any live-action presenters in-between the programmes - just animated interstitials

Interstitial program

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. This version of the Fun Factory lasted from 1991 to September 1994, when it was replaced with The DJ Kat Show

The DJ Kat Show

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 weekend spin-off, KTV. A partial list of series shown on the Sky One-era Fun Factory include:

• Charlie Brown
• Dick Tracy
• Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
  Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
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• Inspector Gadget
  Inspector Gadget
  Inspector Gadget is an animated television series that revolves around the adventures of a clumsy, simple-witted cyborg detective named Inspector Gadget – a human being with various bionic gadgets built into his body. Gadget's arch-nemesis is Dr...
  
  
• Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors
  Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors
  Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors is a French/North American animated TV show which first aired on September 16, 1985. It was produced by DIC Entertainment , and animated by Japanese animation studios Sunrise, Shaft, Studio Giants, Studio Look and Swan Production...
  
  
• The Little Mermaid
  Saban's Adventures of the Little Mermaid
  is an animated series produced by Fuji Television in the early 1990s, based on upon the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale The Little Mermaid....
  
  
• The Marvel Superheroes
• M.A.S.K.
  M.A.S.K.
  M.A.S.K. is an animated television series directed by several uncredited Japanese studios, KK C&D Asia, Studio Juno, Studio World, Ashi Production , and produced by the French-American DIC Enterprises, Inc and also the toyline of the same name sold by Kenner.-History:A total of 75...
  
  
• Mrs. Pepperpot
• My Little Pony
  My Little Pony
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• The New Adventures of Superman
• The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show
  The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show
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• Pole Position
  Pole Position (TV series)
  Pole Position is an animated cartoon series produced by DIC Entertainment.The name Pole Position was used under license from Namco, who held the rights to the name due to the video game Pole Position. The show sought to capitalize on the popularity of the video game...
  
  
• Police Academy
  Police Academy (TV series)
  Police Academy, also known as Police Academy: The Animated Series, is a 1988 American animated television series based on the Police Academy series of films. The show was produced by Ruby-Spears Productions for Warner Bros. Television. It aired on Saturday mornings and lasted two seasons for a...
  
  
• Silverhawks
  Silverhawks
  SilverHawks is an American animated television series developed by Rankin/Bass and distributed by Lorimar-Telepictures in 1986. The animation was provided by Japanese studio Pacific Animation Corporation. In total, 65 episodes were made...
  
  
• Star Trek: The Animated Series
  Star Trek: The Animated Series
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• Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles
  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series)
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• Transformers
• Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light
  Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light
  Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light was originally a range of action figures from Hasbro, released in 1987. This action figure range was promoted by two different media, telling the stories of the characters...