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Overwhelming Demand From FRAGGLE ROCK™ Fans Prompts HIT Entertainment To Unearth The Long-Awaited DVD Collection- Fraggle Rock Complete First Season

Full-Color Embossed Collectors' Box Contains 700+ Minutes Of Footage, Including A Replica Of Jim Henson's Original Notepad & Behind-The-Scenes Documentary

07/03/2005

New York, NY

This September, everyone will be down with Fraggle Rock, as HIT Entertainment and The Jim Henson Company present the long awaited DVD release of the Fraggle Rock Complete First Season. From a fun-loving group of furry subterranean creatures came: millions of fans, 100 original songs, 96 total episodes, 5 seasons, but only one first season box set! The five-disc box set features a replica of creator Jim Henson's original notepad with his handwritten notes for the show's concept! Read Henson's original vision for the show - "The show has a direction and a point of view. What the show is really about is people getting along... and understanding the delicate balances of the natural world." Available September 6, Fraggle Rock Complete First Season will feature all 24 episodes never before available on DVD from the ground-breaking first season of the HBO Original Series.

Beginning in January 2005, legions of Fraggle Rock enthusiasts proved that they were, indeed, Down with Fraggle Rock! After an online petition was signed by thousands of fans to get Fraggle Rock back into their homes, HIT Entertainment responded with the release of Where It All Began and Dance Your Cares Away - the first-ever Fraggle Rock DVD releases - followed by, Live By The Rule of the Rock. Now, Fraggle Rock fans will finally get what they have been petitioning for, as the entire first season is released in one five-disc collection, featuring more than 700 minutes of Fraggle fun in a deluxe full color embossed collectors' box. In addition, Fraggle Rock merchandise, including plush is available at select retailers nationwide.

HIT Entertainment will support the much-anticipated DVD release of Fraggle Rock Complete First Season with an online campaign targeting the generation of men and women who grew up with the show.

Fraggle Rock Complete First Season Fast Facts:

• Street Date: September 6, 2005
• Pre-book Date: August 9, 2005
• DVD SRP: $44.99
• DVD Catalog # 25805
• DVD Running Time: Over 700 Minutes (including bonus features)
• DVD Bonus Features include: Behind the scenes documentary narrated by Jim Henson, all-new interviews with Fraggle Rock cast and creators, and more!

About the Jim Henson Company

he Jim Henson Company has remained an established leader in family entertainment for over 50 years and is recognized worldwide as an innovator in puppetry, animatronics and computer graphics. Best known as creators of the world famous Muppets (the rights to which are now owned by The Walt Disney Company), Henson is the recipient of nearly 50 Emmy Awards and nine Grammy Awards. Credits include the Saturn Award-winning Farscape and the features MirrorMask, Five Children and It and Good Boy!. With additional locations in New York and London, The Jim Henson Company is headquartered in Los Angeles on the historic Charlie Chaplin lot complete with soundstage, screening room and post-production facilities. The company is also home to Jim Henson's Creature Shop, a pre-eminent character-building and visual effects group with international film, television and advertising clients, as well as Henson Recording Studios, one of the music industry's top recording facilities known for its world-class blend of state of the art and vintage equipment. The Jim Henson Company recently launched Puppet Up!, a live puppet improvisational show that has played to sold out crowds in Aspen, Hollywood and Edinburgh, and announced the creation of Jim Henson Designs, a merchandise collection inspired by Jim Henson's earliest sketches. The Jim Henson Company's website is located at: www.henson.com

About HIT Entertainment

HIT Entertainment, owned by private equity investment group Apax Partners since June 2005, is one of the world’s leading independent children’s entertainment producers and rights-owners. HIT’s portfolio includes internationally renowned children’s properties, such as Bob the Builder™, Barney™, Thomas & Friends™, Pingu™, Rubbadubbers™ and Angelina Ballerina™. HIT acts as a representative for The Wiggles® in the UK, US and Canada and as worldwide representative for The Jim Henson Company’s library of classic family brands, including Fraggle Rock™. HIT also owns the Guinness World Records™ publishing and television property and Fireman Sam™, a joint venture with S4C. Launched in 1989, HIT’s lines of business span television and video production (including studios in the US and the UK), publishing, consumer products licensing and live events. With a catalog of more than 1,000 hours of young children’s programming, HIT sells its shows to more than 240 countries worldwide, in more than 40 different languages and has operations in the UK, US, Canada, Hong Kong and Japan. In 2005, the Company joined Comcast Corporation, PBS and Sesame Workshop to launch PBS KIDS Sprout℠, a 24-hour digital cable channel and VOD service for preschoolers. For more information, visit www.hitentertainment.com.

About Fraggle Rock™
Premiering in January 1983, this wonderfully inventive program was designed to entertain while also encourage an understanding and embracing of diversity. Through the fun adventures of the Fraggle gang - Red, Gobo, Wembley, Boober, Mokey and Uncle Traveling Matt - the show captured the hearts of children and adults alike while featuring a unique mix of music that ranged a number of genres, from folk, blues and gospel to country and rock. The show also secured several prestigious awards, including a Cable ACE Award and five International Emmys.