10 Facts About Fraggle Rock

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Fraggle Rock is a children's musical fantasy comedy puppet television series about interconnected societies of Muppet creatures, created by Jim Henson.

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An international co-production of Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States, Fraggle Rock was co-produced by British television company Television South, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, U S pay television service Home Box Office, and Henson Associates.

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Unlike Sesame Street, which had been created for a single market and only later adapted for international markets, Fraggle Rock was intended from the start to be an international production, and the entire show was constructed with this in mind.

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4.

Fraggle Rock debuted in 1983 as one of the first shows involving the collaboration of Henson International Television, the international arm of Jim Henson Productions.

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The Fraggles and Doozers live in a system of natural caves called Fraggle Rock that are filled with all manner of creatures and features and which connect to at least two different areas:.

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Doozers spend much of their time busily constructing all manner of scaffolding throughout Fraggle Rock, using miniature construction equipment and wearing hardhats and work boots.

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Fraggle Rock was available on HBO Now in HD and in 2016 the series began to air reruns on HBO Family.

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8.

An animated Fraggle Rock series aired for one season on NBC's Saturday morning lineup in 1987.

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9.

In 2012, The Jim Henson Company and DHX Media announced a computer animated spin-off to Fraggle Rock, titled The Doozers, targeted at children between ages 4 and 7.

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10.

In September 2005, The Jim Henson Company announced it was working on a film adaptation of Fraggle Rock, known as Fraggle Rock: The Movie, with the aim of a release in 2009.

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