Bertha (1985)
- Genre
- children's television series
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Length
- 1 season, 13 episodes
- Rating
- 7.5 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A stop-motion animated series from the 1980s about a large factory machine named Bertha. Each episode follows Bertha and the people who work with her as they handle different tasks and problems in the factory.
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What happens
Bertha (stylised as 'bertha', ) is a 13-episode British stop motion-animated children's television series about a factory machine of that name that aired from 1985 to 1986. All the characters were designed by Ivor Wood, and the series was produced by his company, Woodland Animations. It was broadcast on BBC Television, It was intended as a replacement for the Postman Pat series, until the second series aired in 1996. A series of five storybooks based on Bertha was published by André Deutsch at the same time as the series was broadcast. They were adapted by Eric Charles and illustrated by Steve Augarde, who was also responsible for the artwork and music in the children's series Bump. The series was later repeated on GMTV2 in the early 2000s along with Penny Crayon. The series is available to watch on BritBox and Prime Video. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Gublins- More like this series, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.