Greenclaws
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{{Infobox Television
| show_name = Greenclaws
| image = <!-- Unsourced image removed: [[image:greenclaws.jpg]] -->
| caption = Greenclaws logo
| genre = [[Children's television series]]
| runtime = 15 mins
| producer = Christine Hewitt
| starring = [[Nick Mercer]], [[Stella Goodier|Stella Goodier]]
| theme_music_composer = Jonathan Cohen
| country = [[UK]]
| language = [[English language|English]]
| network = [[CBBC]]
| first_aired = [[1988]]
| num_episodes = 26
| imdb_id = 0292799
}}
'''''Greenclaws''''' was a [[children's television]] series aired on the [[BBC]] between [[1988]] and [[1992]].
== Content ==
Greenclaws was a big green monster who lived in a [[greenhouse]]. Every week, Iris would visit Greenclaws. They would put a seed in a plant pot, put the plant pot inside a tree, wait for Owlma (a mechanical [[owl]]) to alert them that the plant was ready, answer three riddles/questions from Owlma (which were always along the lines of "Twit twoo, twoo, twit twit twoo?" and then translated into English by Greenclaws for him and Iris to solve), then open the tree to find the plant had grown in to something bearing unusual fruit. Each episode featured a song filmed (lip-synched) on location, most of which were written by [http://www.childrensmusic.co.uk Hilary James and Simon Mayor]. There would also be a story told featuring ancestors of Greenclaws while the plant was growing, accompanied by illustrations.
==Theme==
<blockquote style="border: 1px solid #777777; padding: 1em 1em; background: #dddddd; width:22em;">
In the greenhouse, Greenclaws' greenhouse,<br>
Greenclaws grows them amazing plants.<br>
They're surprising, mystifying,<br>
Greenclaws grows them crazy plants!<br>
</blockquote>
== External links ==
*{{imdb title|id=0292799}}
*[http://www.greenclaws.co.uk/ The Official ''Greenclaws'' Site]
*[http://www.classickidstv.co.uk/wiki/Greenclaws ''Greenclaws''] at ClassicKidsTV.co.uk
[[Category:Children's television series]]
[[Category:BBC children's television programmes]]
[[Category:Television programs featuring anthropomorphic characters]]
[[Category:Television programs featuring puppetry]]
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