Editing Fraggle Rock (section)

==History==
''Fraggle Rock'' debuted in 1983 as one of the first shows involving the collaboration of Henson International Television ([[HiT Entertainment]] from 1989), the international arm of [[The Jim Henson Company|Jim Henson Productions]]. The co-production brought together British regional ITV franchise-holder [[Television South]] (TVS), [[CBC Television]] (Canada), and U.S. pay-TV service [[HBO|Home Box Office]] and the [[Jim Henson Company]] (then known as Henson Associates). Filming took place on a [[Toronto]] soundstage. The avant-garde poet [[bpNichol]] worked as one of the show's writers. In the early days of development, the script called the Fraggles "Woozles" pending the devising of a more suitable name.

Henson described the ''Fraggle Rock'' series as "a high-energy, raucous musical romp. It's a lot of silliness. It's wonderful."<ref name="Random House 1993">Random House, 1993. Jim Henson The Works: The Art, The Magic, The Imagination
</ref> The program proved accessible to audiences of all ages, and used the fantasy creatures as an allegory to deal with serious issues such as [[prejudice]], [[spirituality]], [[Identity (social science)|personal identity]], the [[List of environmental issues|environment]], and [[social conflict]].<ref name="documentary">
''Down at Fraggle Rock'' documentary; 1987, HBO and Jim Henson Productions</ref>

In 2009, as part of the [[Jim Henson Foundation]]'s donation of [[puppets]] to the [[Center for Puppetry Arts]], the [[Atlanta]] museum displayed many of the original puppet characters from ''Fraggle Rock'' in their exhibition ''Jim Henson: Wonders from his Workshop''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.puppet.org/museum/spec.shtml#hensonworkshop|title="Center for Puppetry Arts—Jim Henson: Wonders From His Workshop"}}</ref>