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The Ghost of Faffner Hall

Jim Henson

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The Ghost of Faffner Hall was a music education series which ran on ITV and HBO for 13 episodes in 1989. Faffner Hall is a grand music conservatory where the residents - human, animal and monster - enjoy making music of all types. After the Hall's founder, Fughetta Faffner, dies, her ghost continues to haunt the hall. Eventually the Hall falls into the hands of her villainous, music-hating great-great-grandnephew, Farkas Faffner. He moves in, and wants to rid the Hall of its collection of musical instruments. Fughetta's ghost is forced to work overtime to defeat Farkas's schemes. Fughetta is aided by youngsters Mimi and Riff, and the eccentric Wild Impresario. Each episode studies a certain music curriculum created by Candian University of York professors John Paynter and R. Murray Schafer. Louise Gold starred as Fughetta Faffner, with Mak Wilson as Farkas, Richard Hunt as the Wild Impresario, Karen Prell as Mimi and Mike Quinn as Riff. This show featured puppets made both by the Creature Shop and the Muppet Workshop; it was taped at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne facilities of ITV contractor Tyne Tees Television, which co-produced the show and distributed it across the ITV network.     Richard Hunt as The Wild Impresario     Louise Gold as Fughetta Faffner     Mak Wilson as Farkas Faffner     Karen Prell as Mimi     Mike Quinn as Riff (credited as "Mike Quinby")     Richard Coombs     Phil Knowles     Angie Passmore     Bob Smeaton Crew     Jocelyn Stevenson: Producer/Creator     Jim Henson: Executive Producer     Tony Kysh: Director     Ed Welch: Musical Director     John Paynter, R. Murray Schafer: Creative Consultants     Richard Hunt: Production Consultant     Puppets by Jim Henson's Creature Shop (Ron Mueck, Chris Barton, Maria Boggi, Peter Brooke, Magot Forster, Jane Gootnick, Mike Osborn, Quentin Plant, Kenny Wilson)     Andy Walmsley: Art Director     Marian Keating: Workshop Supervisor     Peter Coogan: Production Manager     Sara Paul: Stage Manager     John Moore, Phil Hawkes: Lighting     Trish Kinane: Executive in Charge of Production for Tyne Tee