The Lampies

TOONHOUND DVD GIVEAWAY

2008-08-06T05:03:00.000-07:00

TOONHOUND is a fabulous website that forms the starting point for info on British cartoon, animation, comic strip and puppet creations of the past, present and future ..... the site contains over 500 creations!

The Lampies have got together with TOONHOUND to offer ‘The Lampies DVD Givaway’. Visitors to the site are being given the opportunity to win a copy of the introductory DVD ‘Switch on to the Lampies’ as well as a copy of the most recent DVD ‘A bit of a jam and other stories’. See the giveaway for yourself: http://www.toonhound.com/giveaway-18.htm

Charge visits Prince Bishops Shopping Centre

2008-08-05T04:46:00.000-07:00

On Sunday the 3rd of August 2008 The Lampies visited Prince Bishop Shopping Centre in the heart of Durham City.

Children were able to come and see some of the 52 episodes of the Lampies and try singing The Lampies Song. Lampies karaoke is catching on in the North East. Charge was giving away balloons and lollipops. Some luck families even got their own copy of Switch On To The Lampies.

Throughout 2008, Prince Bishops Shopping Centre is celebrating its 10th birthday. The Centre has 40 shop units and 400 car parking spaces beneath the centre. Stores include Bhs, Next, Monsoon, Fat Face, River Island, New Look, Boots, HMV and Superdrug, to name but a few.

http://www.princebishops.co.uk/cms/

Download Lampies Ring Tones

2008-07-21T16:07:00.000-07:00

What better than to have the Lampies theme tune as your ringtone ……La La La La It’s The Lampies…….. On the Lampies website you can now Download either an MP3 or a Wav files so that every time your phone rings it plays the Lampies tune.

The Lampies Theme
'Lampies' Sting
'It's The Lampies' 15sec. Repeat
'It's The Lampies' 30sec. Repeat

All these ringtones can be found at:
http://www.thelampies.co.uk/stuff-ringtones.asp

There will be more ringtones coming so keep a careful lookout

The Lampies are now very social creatures

2008-07-07T15:48:00.000-07:00

There are a number of dedicated Lampies pages on the main social networking and image sharing sites. Click through to see what is happening:

See lots of Lampies stuff on YouTube

http://uk.youtube.com/switchontothelampies

Go and met Phosphorous Lampy on Bebo
http://www.bebo.com/PhosphorusL

Visit The Lampies at MySpace - 220 million users
http://www.myspace.com/the_lampies

Meet Phosphorus Lampy on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1311405429

Save the Children Giant Sleepover

2008-06-26T04:59:00.000-07:00

Last week saw Save the Children staging a 'Giant Sleepover' with 50,000 children.
On the night of Saturday 14th of June 2008, thousands of children all around the world will join ed together to have lots of fun and raise money for Save the Children. It is hoped that it created a new Guinness World Record for the ‘biggest simultaneous sleepover across multiple locations’. It is estimated that there was over 50 thousand 5 to 16 year old children sleeping over in the UK.

Each child received a goodie bag. Inside each goodie bag information about the new Lampies DVD – Switch on to the Lampies. £2 from every copy sold of this DVD goes to Save the Children.

The Lampies are launched in the USA

2008-06-25T05:15:00.000-07:00

On the 24th of June 2008 the LA based company PorchLight Home Entertainment introduced the Lampies to North America and Canada.

PorchLight have created two DVDs ‘Dustywuppy’ Running time 88 min ($14.98) and ‘Bikey’ Running time 55 min ($9.98).

As the Lampies move West children are now being invited to Light up their lives with the Lampies as they have fun saving the world from the darkness of the Roons.

PorchLight Home Entertainment have lots of DVDs, why not visit them and have a look.

http://www.porchlight.com/

Buy the Lampies on-line

2008-06-15T06:05:00.000-07:00

The Lampies DVDs are now available at 11 of on-line stores:

www.amazon.co.uk

www.asda-entertainment.co.uk

www.DVD.co.uk

www.DVDSource.co.uk

www.lovefilm.com

www.play.com

www.selectcheaper.com

www.Shop.com

www.tesco.com

www.whsmith.co.uk

www.zavvi.co.uk

Lampies Karaoke

2008-05-25T06:09:00.000-07:00

Yes the Lampies Karaoke challenge is here. As a result of the popularity of the Lampies theme tune you can now find a Lampies Karaoke video on YouTube and on the Lampies official website.

Sing along with the Lampies with a 30second, 60 second or 2 minute versions. Yes there is a 2 minute version.

See if you can sing fast enough to keep up. Start practicing now and look out for the launch of the National Lampies Karaoke Challenge.

The prize will be a chance to go into a professional sound studio and record your version.

'A bit of a jam' now avilable

2008-05-19T05:34:00.000-07:00

The new Lampies DVD: 'A bit of a jam and other stories' is now available from a wide range of on-line stores and HMV on the High Street.

13 episodes of 11 minutes packed into 2 hours and 20 minutes of children's entertainment.

Lots of good fun including: 'Flash by name', Birds Nest OOPs and Thunder & Frightening.

Listen out for the Lampies in the North East

2008-05-11T01:50:00.000-07:00

Listen out for the Lampies competition on Century Radio starting on Tusday 13th of May. Lisa Shaw's drive time show will be giving away an in-car DVD player and a new Lampies DVD every day on the week of the launch of the new Lampies DVD 'A bit of a Jam and other stories'.

New Lampies DVD to be Launched

2008-05-11T01:33:00.000-07:00

On the 19th of May 2008 ‘A bit of a jam and other stories’ (Series One Disc1) will be launched. This new Lampies DVD contains the very first 13 the Lampies episodes.

With over 2 hours of Lampies fun it is guaranteed to be a big hit. Available from the 19th of May at HMV, Amazon and Play.com.

The DVD includes: Captain Who?, Dustywuppy and Bikey.

Visit the Lampies website to find out more.

YouTube Feedback

2008-05-04T04:59:00.000-07:00

The feedback for Lampies clips on YouTube has been fantastic, here are just a few:

No words for this legendary programme...life changing it really is!

Lampies! absolutely amazing song.. how does anyone come up with the idea for little green people in lights?!

OMG I love dis show! Shame it ain't on anymore! :(

I used to watch this because of the theme tune, very catchy

hahaha what a legend programme its fun 2 rap the theme tune on a bus coz everyone thinks ur crazy xD

YAY! The Lampies, I've been looking for this absolutely everywhere and I love it. I used to watch it when I was 6! :)

Thank you so much for uploading, I've already got my DVD! :)

What happen to "The Lampies" I used to like it when I was 6 years old

Same Here. I want it back!!!

(IT WILL BE BACK! WITH A FOLLOWING LIKE THIS HOW CAN IT NOT GO BACK ON TV .Ed.)

The First Lampies DVD is Launched

2008-04-25T04:54:00.000-07:00

On April the 7th 2008 the first ever Lampies DVD became available in the UK. The introductory DVD called 'Switch on to the Lampies ' contains 6 episodes taken from the 52 that were craeted by Uli Meyer Animation..

The launch was spearheaded in the North East of England and one of the Lampies characters 'Charge' made several appearances in the centre of Newcastle and at Darlington Football Club.

Switch on to the Lampies is now avilable at HMV and Amazon.com.

Switch On To The Lampies

2008-01-31T05:03:00.000-08:00

The new introductory DVD Switch On To The Lampies will be available in February on Amazon. This DVD has 6 Lampies episodes which gives you over an hour of Lampies fun. £2 will be given to Save the Children for every Switch On To The Lampies DVD sold in the UK.

The sales and distribution of this DVD and the 3 other DVDs that will come out this year will be through the well established specialists Pinnacle Vision.

The Lampies link arms with Save the Children

2008-01-31T04:10:00.000-08:00

Save the Children work flat out in the UK and around the world to make sure children have food, education, healthcare and protection. They fight for the rights of children wherever they are in the world.

Save the Children projects save lives every day, and we work hard to persuade world leaders to make change too.

£2 the sale of each of the new Switch On To The Lampies DVD will go towards the Save the Children protection work with very vulnerable children in Mongolia. They run rehabilitation centres, where disabled children can get medical help or therapy. And their shelters for street children provide a safe place to stay, or just somewhere to drop-in and play with other children.

Through the Lampies we want children in the UK to help children in Mongolia.

The lampies go to America

2008-01-28T17:53:00.000-08:00

In 2008 The Lampies are going to America. A terrific company called Porchlight Entertainment in California have agreed to bring the light of the Lampies to the USA and Canada. In the middle of this year Porchlight Entertainment will be producing DVDs that will be available in a range of stores accross America and Canada. If you would like to find out more about Porchlight Entertainment Just click this LINK

More Lampies Music

2007-07-14T04:47:00.000-07:00

Thanks to our marvelous mates at Macasso Music The Lampies have an additional 12 album tracks. Click on the link below to go to a page where all the 12 tracks are available as streamed good quality stereo MP3 files. However, for obvious reasons they are not downloadable.

CLICK HERE TO HEAR MORE LAMPIES MUSIC

'More Lampies music'

YouTube Tribute to the Lampies

2007-07-09T16:22:00.000-07:00

And here is two who do it in double quick time followed by a quick bit of Sponge Bob

CLICK HERE TO HEAR A HIGH PITCHED LAMPIES TRIBUTE

Introductory Extract from a great Episode

2007-06-28T05:14:00.000-07:00

This short video gives a flavour of the upbeat style of The Lampies. The picture quality has been reduced to make it an easy download but the origional is pin sharp and even more colourful. There are other clips on You Tube that you can choose from.

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE EPISODE

'Dark & Stormy Night'

The Lampies Song Wins International Acclaim in 2006

2007-06-13T10:01:00.000-07:00

The Lampies song wins 1st Place in an International Songwriting Competition. Written by Mike Connaris of London based Mcasso Music, the Title song from the Lampies childrens animation series stormed through to win the Children's category against huge International competition.

The Judges included; Tom Waits, Chris Hillman, John Mayall and Jerry Lee Lewis.

In addition to the 'Title Track' of The Lampies there is also an album of songs available that has also been created by Mcasso Music.

BBC Success

2007-06-05T14:11:00.000-07:00

When the first series was broadcast in 2001 it regularly achieved over 40% of target viewing audience. This figure reached over 50% during 2002.

Series Two of the Lampies was completed in March 2002 and generated similar audience figures with prime slots on BBC One and Two.

Who's Who in The Lampies

2007-06-05T12:16:00.001-07:00

The Leader of the Lampies is Brigadier Bigbeam, who is based in the Electricity Power Station. This is no mean feat, when you concider that wherever there's a lamp, there's a Lampy! Captain Brightlight, Contact, Charge, Burnout and others join him in their struggle against the Roons - The lampies arch enemies whose sole intention is to plunge the Earth into darkness. Roons are obsessed by darkness and absolutely hate light, they'll do just about anything in their power to immerse the world in gloomy despair.