Pipkins (1973)

Genre

family, kids

Country

United Kingdom

Length

14 seasons, 321 episodes

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This children's television series features a group of puppet characters who live together and have everyday adventures. The stories focus on learning basic concepts and social skills. Several characters speak with different regional accents.

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What happens

Pipkins (originally Inigo Pipkin) is a British children's TV programme. Hartley Hare, Pig, Topov, Octavia and the gang were the stars of ATV's pre-school series which ran from 1 January 1973 to 29 December 1981. Pipkins was one of the first children's programmes on British TV where the characters had regional accents: Pig had a Birmingham accent; Topov the monkey was a Cockney; Octavia the ostrich had a French accent; Pigeon had an Upper class English accent; Mrs Penguin had a Geordie accent; Uncle Hare had a West Country English accent; Sophie the cat had a non-regional English accent; and Moony the Badger had a Northern Ireland accent. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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