DELICIOUSLY DISGUSTING!

Fungus the Bogeyman is written by one of the UK's foremost writers Raymond Briggs, who also created THE SNOWMAN. It was first published by Hamish Hamilton in 1977.

Fungus is one of the greatest anti-heroes ever created. He lives with his wife Mildew and son Mould, in Bogeydom, as a hard-working bogeyman.

The book has been hugely popular for 25 years and has attracted a cult following of children, teenagers (complete with spots!) and adults.

BRILLIANTLY AND MEMORABLY WITTY!

Fungus is the alternative ugly green hero; the YUK factor that appeals to the child in everyone. It is anarchic, humorous, off the wall, anti-establishment and imaginative.

FUN AND HEART WARMING!

Fungus has been commissioned as a TV series by the BBC and will be shown in prime time as 3 one-hour episodes in late November and early December - just the thing for a cold winter evening. Fungus will be extensively promoted by the BBC in the run up to transmission.

THE UNEXPECTED!

Fungus, produced by the award-winning children's production group IndyKids, is a high-quality series. It stars MARTIN CLUNES (William and Mary, Men Behaving Badly) and FAY RIPLEY (Cold Feet) as well as FUNGUS, MILDEW and MOULD.

It is a combination of live action and animation. Remember GOLLUM from Lord of the Rings and DOBBY from Harry Potter? FUNGUS and the BOGEYMEN will be animated in this self-same CGI style. The humans, however, will be human!

BOGEYS EVERYWHERE!

The movie-length video is due for release on December 14th 2003, making it a MUST HAVE Christmas present. This will be backed up by a major marketing campaign starting in July across all major TV consumer media.

SLIMEY JOKES!

A new paperback edition will be available later this year, plus a new Fungus joke book, 'THE BIG GREEN BOGEY BOOK'. The sequel, 'SNOT FOR THE FAINT HEARTED', is planned for Autumn 2003.

SAMPLE BOGEY!

Fungus: "These are nice scabs, Mildew my dear, did you get them from the market?"

Mildew: "No dear, I picked them myself!"

REPULSIVE BUT COMPULSIVE!

Fungus, the movie-length video, will be one of the winter's hits of the year. Kids and adults will love Fungus. he might even become a role model for a whole new generation of nose picking, boil scratching, zit squeezing viewers.

Co-producers in Canada Galafilm