Editing Button Moon (section)

==Production==
''Button Moon'' was originally conceived by Ian Allen as a stage show for Playboard Puppets in 1978.<ref>{{Cite web|date=6 April 2016|title=Playboard Puppets|url=https://wepa.unima.org/en/playboard-puppets/|access-date=18 February 2022|website=World Encyclopedia of Puppetry Arts|language=en-US}}</ref> Two years later, Allen was approached by the producers of popular [[Thames Television]] children's series ''[[Rainbow (TV series)|Rainbow]]'', who were looking to introduce new recurring story features for the programme – a search that also resulted in ''[[Cockleshell Bay]]'' stories also being incorporated into episodes before being spun off into its own series – and were interested in incorporating stories revolving around the ''Button Moon'' premise as a recurring feature in the series. However, through these initial meetings, it was quickly felt that there was enough potential for ''Button Moon'' to instead be launched as its own TV series for Thames. Following a successful pilot – which would go on to be broadcast as the first regular episode – the first series of thirteen programmes was transmitted in 1980. A further six series of thirteen programmes followed, making a total of ninety-one different ''Button Moon'' adventures. The series was repeated on a yearly basis for Thames TV up until 1988. All 91 episodes have been shown on satellite channel [[Gold (UK TV channel)|UK Gold]] since spring 1993. Every episode was at least 10 minutes.

Narration was by [[Robin Parkinson]]. Puppeteers included Ian Allen, John Thirtle, [[Francis Wright (actor)|Francis Wright]], Alistair Fullarton, [[Robin Stevens (puppeteer)|Robin Stevens]], Sue Dacre, Chris Leith, Judith Bucklow, Ian Brown, Rhiann West, Tony Holtham and others. The incidental music for the series was written by Peter Goslin. The show's theme tune was composed and performed by [[Peter Davison]] and [[Sandra Dickinson]], who were married at the time.

A live stage show toured England in the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s.