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Happy Families (1989)

Happy Families poster
Genre
children's television series
Country
United Kingdom
Length
1 season, 5 episodes
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This children's series adapts the popular books about different animal families and their everyday adventures. Each story follows the funny situations that happen to characters like the Smartest Giant or Mrs. Plug the Plumber.

whimsicalplayfullightheartedgentlecheerfulfamily-friendlysoftnostalgic

What happens

Happy Families is a British children's television series made in the late 1980s based on the Happy Families series of books by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. Happy Families ran for two series, 24 episodes in all (since each story was split over two episodes), and was shown on Children's BBC in 1989 and 1990. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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