Finger Tips


Finger Tips is a British children's television series produced by RDF Media's children's production division, The Foundation. It was made primarily for CITV and was broadcast from 3 September 2001 to 14 December 2008.
The presenters were Stephen Mulhern and Fearne Cotton. The show is about creating things out of household items and aimed at a child audience. The programme manager was Wendy Larkin.
It was recorded at The Maidstone Studios in Kent, former home to TVS Television and countless other children's programming.

Format

There are different categories:
"Top Make" and "Little" or "Make-Over Finger Tips" featured in every show, and "Fun" and "Food Tips" were usually in alternate shows. There were also more specialised categories which ran briefly, they were:
Special challenge is the "One-Minute-Make". In this game one of the presenters tries to make something with only a few things in less than 60 seconds. This featured in every show, with one presenter making the project, and the other timing it, alternating in each episode.

2008 revival

Although the programme was de-commissioned in 2004, when ITV axed children's programming, it was revived for 2008 and a new series of 30 programmes were aired from September to December 2008 on the CITV channel.

Series guide

International broadcast

The show has also been broadcast in Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, New Zealand, Slovenia, Singapore, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Vietnam, Kuwait, and Romania.