Pipkins volume 4 [DVD]

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It’s raining outside and the roof leaks, but nobody minds because there are plenty of things one can do with water. Octavia even gets a chance to wear her new hat. Pipkins (originally Inigo Pipkin) is a British children's TV programme. Hartley Hare, Pig, Topov and the gang were the stars of ATV's pre-school series which ran from January 1973 to 29 December 1981. You heard it here first: the puppeteer who brought joy and wonder to little Generation X-ers through Hartley Hare in the unforgettable 70’s series Pipkins is working on a new children’s puppet project.

Hartley discovers that you can tell the time by dialing a certain number on the telephone. He believes that the lady sits there all day and all night-just waiting for him to call……Hartley wants to go fishing but everyone else would rather go to the park. How can the problem be solved? Johnny left Pipkins around 1978, to be replaced by Tom (Jonathan Kydd, son of actor Sam Kydd, pictured below), who also moved on in 1980 to be replaced by Peter Potter (Paddy O’Hagan). In later years Sue Nicholls made regular appearances as neighbour, Mrs Muddle. Octavia decides her singing is so beautiful that the whole world should have the chance to hear her. She can't get the whole world to listen, but some people in the park, who do, have their doubts...

Spitting Image was so cutting edge, almost dangerous at times. And then you’d be in the pub on a Monday and everyone was talking about what we did the night before, and that was also great. I did loads of characters, including virtually all the royals. Towards the end John Major was my main focus.” Stage Managers SARA PAUL, KATIE COLLEY, ANNE IBBOTSON, JANE COTTON, CLARE SANDFORD, SUE COWLING, SHEILA ATHA, NOOLA DELANEYPipkins decide to grow their own food, like people do in the country. But Uncle Hare, who has come to help, knows that country ways don’t always work in the town…. When Hartley and his friends are asked to make a toy box, everyone has a different idea of how it should be done....