Astro Farm

10min

Animation

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Astro Farm is an English children's television series animated in stop motion. It featured the adventures of the Foxwoods, a small family who work on an asteroid, which is covered in farmland. Astro Farm was produced by FilmFair for Central Independent Television, and was first broadcast on CITV in 1992; Nick Jr. later repeated it. The main action takes place on an asteroid dedicated to farming. The Foxwoods live in a small cottage with a barn nearby. Daisy, the cow lives in a separate farm. The atmosphere is artificial and is controlled by the weather machine in the cottage. The Gorps live on a nearby asteroid known as 'Gorpdale' which is dark and wet. The principal characters are Lizzie; Lizzie's husband Sam; their son, Tom; Dinko, a dog; Daisy, the big moo and Clucks the blue chicken; featuring Gorps, Splodger and Biff, three miscreants who steal food and cause trouble at the farm.

Episodes

Cast

Wacky Weather

1. Wacky Weather

10min

11th Sep 1992

Flying Dinko

2. Flying Dinko

10min

18th Sep 1992

Moo Flu

4. Moo Flu

10min

2nd Oct 1992

Astro Dragon

5. Astro Dragon

10min

9th Oct 1992

Disappearing Bubbles

7. Disappearing Bubbles

10min

23rd Oct 1992

The Tomato Competition

9. The Tomato Competition

10min

6th Nov 1992

The Black Hole Mole

11. The Black Hole Mole

10min

20th Nov 1992

Training Dinko

12. Training Dinko

10min

27th Nov 1992

First air date

4th Sep 1992

Last air date

4th Dec 1996

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks