Big Blue Marble

Big Blue Marble
Genre	Children's television program
Directed by	Joe Napolitano Joseph Consentino Peter Hammer Cathy Olian
Theme music composer	Skip Redwine
Composers	Norman Paris Paul Baillargeon Walter Murphy
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Henry Fownes
Producers	Rick Berman Lynn Rogoff
Production company	The Blue Marble Company
Original release
Network	Syndication
Release	September 21, 1974 (1974-09-21) – January 1, 1983 (1983-01-01)

Big Blue Marble is a half-hour children's television program that was aired from 1974 to 1983 in syndication including on PBS television stations.

Overview

Distinctive content included stories about children around the world and a pen-pal club that encouraged intercultural communication. The name of the show referred to the appearance of Earth as a giant marble, popularized by The Blue Marble, a famous photograph taken in December 1972 by the crew of Apollo 17.

Each episode featured a segment about the real life of a boy and a girl, one American, the other foreign. The show also had occasional stories about world ecology. In addition there was a weekly segment in which a singing globe "Bluey" invited viewers to write letters to the show, often requests for pen pals. The address to send the letters was in Santa Barbara, California. The character was voiced by executive producer Robert Wiemer.

Awards

• Peabody Award (1975)
• Daytime Emmy Awards (multiple)

External links

• Big Blue Marble at IMDb
• C/F International: Big Blue Marble
• Big Blue Marble episode guide courtesy of C/F International
• "The Earth's a Big Blue Marble"