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Contents.History First published in 1980, Where's Spot? Was inspired while Hill was working in creative marketing; he noticed his three-year-old son was fascinated by the process of lifting up a paper, on a design he was creating.
Captivated by this thought, Hill created a story about a puppy which incorporated the flap design. During the late 1970s it was extraordinarily innovative concept, and it took some time for any publisher to take any notice of the idea before Puffin books decided to publish his book. Within weeks of the first book being released it topped the Bestseller list.Hill said 'When I first drew Spot I realised that when I came to draw the spot on his body and the tip of his tail I was copying the markings on an aircraft. I grew up drawing aircraft – that is how I learned to draw. 'I am quite convinced now, as I look back, that the actual training of drawing cartoons – which is, of course, my style – led to my producing Spot. Cartoons must be very simple and have as few words as possible and so must the Spot books.
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I designed Spot out of my previous background as a designer and illustrator. It was quite unconscious but I can see now that I have created a ready-made trademark of its kind, with the essential spot on the body and a bit on the tail.' Over time, the book was translated into more than sixty languages.
In Afrikaans versions of the book Spot is translated to 'Otto', widely believed to be the surname of a South African friend of Hill's. This name has been attributed to Spot as many of the books were believed to be inspired by the life of aforementioned friend, J. In the Netherlands, Spot is known as.Characters. This section does not any.
Unsourced material may be challenged and.Find sources: – ( May 2019) Main characters. Spot: The protagonist of the series. A puppy with a spot on each side of his body and a tip on his tail, Spot is full of curiosity, helpfulness, and a huge desire to learn. Sally: Spot's mother. She is also and has a spot on her back that goes around the back of her body, as well as two brown spots on each side of her body and a tip on her tail.
Much of the first story, Where's Spot?, involves her going around the house looking for Spot. Sam: Spot's father. He is also, but without any spots on his body. Susie: Spot's little sister, she is but has a spot on her back. Helen: A who is Spot's best friend. Her colour is and she has sags under her eyes in the first series of The Adventures of Spot. Starting with later episodes of series one, she is redesigned with a more youthful and less intimidating appearance, turning and losing the sags under her eyes.
Starting with series two, she becomes an ever. Steve: A with a face, he is playful and full of surprises. Tom: A who is Spot's third best friend. He started out in colour in the first series. He also sports rather sharp-looking incisors and a colouring inside his mouth on the first series of The Adventures of Spot.
Starting with later episodes of the first series, similar to Helen, he is also redesigned with a more youthful and less intimidating appearance, losing the sharp incisors and white eye sacs. Starting with the second series, he also turns to a. He loves going fishing.
Tom loves the snare drum, considered to be his favourite instrument. His dad is the mayor of the town.Minor characters. Billy: A who loves to eat. He appears in the first series of The Adventures of Spot. Clare: A.
Cybil: An who is the series' antagonist. She has a very rude personality, as seen in episodes 'Spot's Lost Bone' and 'Spot's First Walk' where she scares Spot. She appears only in the first series of The Adventures of Spot. In the U.S., her rude personality was toned down. Mr.
Kangaroo: Spot's neighbour, a that speaks in an Australian accent since that kangaroos are a native animal of. He appears only in the first series of The Adventures of Spot.
Leo: An. Sidney: A.Books Since 1980 with the success of Where's Spot?, Eric Hill went on to create numerous other books, which most being translated to (as well as the TV series, commissioned by ), some have also been translated into, and Where's Spot? Has been translated into. Where's Spot? (1980). Spot's First Walk (1981).
Spot's Birthday Party (1982). Spot Goes to School (1984). Spot Goes on Holiday (1985). Spot Goes to the Farm (1987). Spot's First Easter (1988). Spot's Goes to a Party (1992). Spot Visits his Grandparents (1996)List of Spot sound books In the 1990s a number of books were released with sound effect, produced by Publications International and published.
Edition of the sound books were somewhat different from the U.K. Editions of the book.
The text in these editions is slightly altered, and in some cases, the title is changed as well. They are produced and published by.Book design The books are set in the Century Schoolbook Infant, a very rare, single-story version of.Television With the success of the books the commissioned an animated series, which first appeared on 9 April 1987; with providing the narration, and re-narrated in 2000. The series aired on television channel across the world, including in Ireland, with the series dubbed into an Irish language with the title Echtrai Bhrain. A DVD version was released in Japan in 2005 with Japanese, English and Instrumental sound tracks. The DVDs used the same name for Spot as the books in Japan, that being コロちゃん (Korochan)The Adventures of Spot: series 1 (1987) The first series of The Adventures of Spot, which was animated and produced by, aired on the between 9 April and 17 July 1987. It consisted of 13 episodes, each 5 minutes long.
The episodes were narrated by (original version) and the music was composed by Duncan Lamont (original version).Episodes in this series. 'Spot's Surprise Parcel' (9 April 1987). 'Spot's Lost Bone' (16 April 1987). 'Spot's First Walk' (23 April 1987). 'Spot in the Woods' (30 April 1987).
'Spot's Birthday Party' (7 May 1987). 'Where's Spot?'
(14 May 1987). 'Sweet Dreams, Spot' (20 May 1987). 'Spot Goes to School' (28 May 1987). 'Spot Goes to the Circus' (4 June 1987). 'Spot Follows His Nose' (11 June 1987). 'Spot Goes Splash' (18 June 1987). 'Spot's Windy Day' (16 July 1987).
'Spot Goes to the Beach' (17 July 1987)The Adventures of Spot: series 2 (1993) The second series of The Adventures of Spot aired between 6 September and 20 December 1993, and, like the first series, consisted of 13 5-minute episodes. Once again, the episodes were produced by King Rollo Films.
Paul Nicholas (original version) returned as the voices and Duncan Lamont (original version) returned as composer of the music.Episodes in this series. 'Spot's Show' (25 October 2000).
'Spot's Treehouse' (26 October 2000). 'Spot's Breakfast' (27 October 2000).
'Spot's Horse' (released in the U.S. As 'Spot's Hobby Horse') (30 October 2000). 'Spot's Grandpa' (31 October 2000). 'Spot's Umbrella' (1 November 2000). 'Spot's Band' (2 November 2000).
'Spot's Bath' (3 November 2000). 'Spot's Tent' (6 November 2000). 'Spot Tidies Up' (released in the U.S.
As 'Spot Cleans Up') (7 November 2000). 'Spot Helps Grandma' (8 November 2000). 'Spot's School Trip' (9 November 2000). 'Hide and Seek' (released in the U.S. As 'Spot Plays Hide and Seek') (10 November 2000)References.