Lyrick Studios established the Lyrick brand in 1994 and had Richard Dick Leach as CEO. Lyrick Studios turned its' primary focus on distribution of children's TV shows and films. In 2000, Lyrick began distributing TV shows owned by HIT Entertainment such as Bob the Builder, and Kipper the Dog.
Nonno is the Italian word for grandfather. In Italian it is common to add suffixes to grandparent names. Uccio denotes smallness or affection and is sometimes added to nonno to create nonnuccio. Occasionally, nonnino will be shortened to nonni, but nonni is also the word for grandparents plural. Bisnonno is the Italian word for great-grandfather.
The name Italy (Italia) is an ancient name for the country and people of Southern Italy. Originally is was spelled Vitalia, probably from the same root as the Latin vitulus (a one-year-old calf), thus literally meaning 'calf-land' or Land of Cattle. The area was rich with bovine, and the people living there probably took the name symbolically since it identified them with their land.