Fraggle Rock (1983)
| Release Date | 10 January 1983 |
| Genre | Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical |
| Country | CanadaUKUSA |
| Filming Locations | CBC Studios, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | Stereo |
| Color | Color |
Fraggle Rock is a children's live action puppet television program series created by Jim Henson. The central characters were a set of "Muppet" creatures called Fraggles. Writers included Henson, Jerry Juhl, and Jocelyn Stevenson, with songs by Philip Balsam and Dennis Lee. It ran from January 10, 1983 to March 30, 1987 on CBC Television in Canada, ITV in the UK, HBO in the United States and TV1 in New Zealand. “Fraggle Rock” showed a colorful and fun world. Jim Henson said, "a high-energy, raucous musical romp. It's a lot of silliness. It's wonderful." At the same time, “the Rock” is the center of a complex system of symbiotic relationships between different races of creatures, with each race unaware of how interconnected and important they all were. While the program was entertaining and amusing, it seriously dealt with such issues as prejudice, spirituality, personal identity, environment, and social conflict. Fraggle Rock generally refused to over-simplify any individual issue, instead simply illustrating the consequences and inherent difficulties of different actions and relationships. The show became a worldwide hit, like Sesame Street and The Muppet Show. The "Fraggle Rock Theme" reached number 33 in the British music charts during the phenomenon.
