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Transmission Diary

Summerton Mill was first seen on television sets throughout the UK and Europe on Tuesday September 6th, 2005.

Transmitted as four-minute inserts in Tikkabilla, the BBC's flagship pre-school programme, each of the 13 episodes of Summerton Mill were transmitted 6 times.

Between December 31st, 2005 and January 6th, 2006, a further four episodes were screened, each one transmitted twice.

On Sunday January 8th, 2006, Summerton Mill was first transmitted on BBC2 - a very exciting day for us.

From Saturday April 1st until Sunday May 14th 2006, Summerton Mill had its own
transmission slot at weekends on CBeebies.

From Monday May 15th until Friday May 26th 2006, Summerton Mill had its own
weekday transmission slot on CBeebies and was also be featured daily on BBC2. Throughout this period it was also featured in Tikkabilla on CBeebies

From May 29th until June 2nd 2006, Summerton Mill was screened on CBeebies. It was also featured in Tikkabilla during this period

After June 2nd 2006, Summerton Mill continued to be featured in Tikkabilla.

Summerton Mill stand-alone shows were transmitted on CBeebies on weekdays at 12:50pm from Monday September 4th to Friday September 15th 2006, and then on weekdays from November 20th to December 8th 2006 at 10:50am and 2:50pm.

Summerton Mill featured in Tikkabilla on BBC2, and twice on CBeebies on
Tuesday 19th December 2006 and Sunday 31st December.

Summerton Mill was transmitted as a stand-alone episode on CBeebies
on Saturday 10th Feb at 7.50am

Summerton Mill featured in Tikkabilla during February, March, April and May 2007 on CBeebies

26 episodes of Summerton Mill featured on Icelandic Television and throughout the Middle East from 2008

By January, 2010, Summerton Mill had been sold to:
The Middle East, Iceland, Slovenia, Slovakia, Iran, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Israel, Finland and South Africa - but it still wasn't back on televisions in the UK. As Frazer Diamond of www.toonhound.com says:

'Summerton Mill is a once-in-a lifetime creation, a homemade little world that
crystallized from out of nowhere in the middle of the Noughties. And it's brilliant.

Alas for us, what doesn't make sense, is the fact that most folks reading
    this rundown won't ever have seen this special series. You see, Summerton
    Mill's olde worlde conception outside of the industry meant that it didn't
    and still doesn't conform to expectations. The series appears to defy today's
    schedules, and has left broadcasters scratching their heads. What's it
    about, exactly? Where can they show it? There's no place for such
    whimsy, nowadays. Teatime TV no longer exists. So it sits on the
    shelf, waiting to be discovered.

    But - oh - if they would only stop and listen to the wind, they might
    hear the Oocock calling them.. the soft churn of the mill wheel, and
    Mousey-tongue purring contentedly.. and they might see that lush green
    valley properly, at last, with its blue skies overhead and its soft breeze that
    tussles the hair and whispers funny magic in your ear...

    If you air it... they will come!...'

Thanks, Frazer, for these lovely words of praise
To read the whole article on www.toonhound.com - click here

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