Big Blue Marble

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Big Blue Marble
Genre	Children's television series
Directed by	Joseph Consentino Peter Hammer Cathy Olean
Composer(s)	Norman Paris
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
Production
Executive producer(s)	Henry Fownes
Producer(s)	Rick Berman Lynn Rogoff
Running time	30 min.
Broadcast
Original channel	syndicated
Original run	September 21, 1974 – January 1, 1983

Big Blue Marble was a half-hour children's television series that ran from 1974-1983 in syndication. Distinctive content included stories about children around the world and a pen-pal club that encouraged inter-cultural communication. The show was a very early example of gentle multiculturalism.

There was a weekly segment in which a singing globe invited viewers to write letters to the show, often requests for pen pals (the predecessor of the modern-day e-mail). The address to send the letters was in Santa Barbara, California.

Production personnel included creator Harry Fownes, producer Rick Berman (later of Star Trek fame), writers Lynn Rogoff and Robert Wiemer, and directors Joseph Consentino and Peter Hammer.

In 1974, A&M Records released an album of songs from the show entitled Big Blue Marble. The catalogue number for the album was SP-3401.

Funded by ITT, Big Blue Marble was syndicated to television stations, including PBS, throughout the United States and Canada. Today, C/F International owns the rights to the series.

[edit] Awards

• Peabody award (1975)
• Emmy awards (multiple)

[edit] External links

• Big Blue Marble at the Internet Movie Database
• Big Blue Marble at TV.com
• Jump The Shark page on Big Blue Marble
• Lyrics to first Big Blue Marble Theme Song
• Lyrics and music to second Big Blue Marble Theme Song
• C/F International: Big Blue Marble
• Big Blue Marble episode guide courtesy of C/F International
• Discussion Group (registration required)
• Big Blue Marble - intro
• "The Earth's a Big Blue Marble"