Pipkins - early episodes

[Marine Boy]

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Wasn't the cushion from Hickory House?

[n3llyo]

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i remember hartley hare (best said with an OTT brummie accent )
was pipkins also the one that that had a big talking pink cushion that had a huge mouth ...............or was that some sort of weird fetish dream i once had

[Austin Maxi]

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I bought the first DVD of 'Pipkins' with 10 episodes. I notice there's a second DVD but I haven't bought that yet. It's hilarious, Hartley is incredibly pompous for a mangy old hare puppet (there's a 'highly strung' joke in there somewhere, but I'll leave it!)

No-one's mentioned the very slow tortoise yet. He loved his drum! There was also a badger. The "It's time...." line was always delivered by whichever human character was living with the puppets at the time, upon which a load of clock images would appear on screen before the "for a story!" line.

[Gothic]

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I too, bought the full series on DVD a few years ago. Excellent watching. It was also the first kids' TV show which taught children about death! (True! Look it up!)

I remember this, originally it was called 'Inigo Pipkins' but unfortunately the old guy who played the character died in real life, so they changed the programme name to 'Pipkins'. The first couple of episodes explained all about death and what had happened.

[spillage66]

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I too, bought the full series on DVD a few years ago. Excellent watching. It was also the first kids' TV show which taught children about death! (True! Look it up!)

[Marine Boy]

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Pics of Topov, Hartley, and the puppet man, Nigel Plaskitt

[Megawitch]

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I remember in Pipkins there was a bird called Octavia and yes, the monkey, Topov was scary, a bit thread bare and scruffy looking as I recall.

[tulip]

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Yes,that was him!

tulip

[kazboot]

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Aah Topo Gigio was so sweet! I would have loved a toy of him

[Jacqueline]

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Lol,My mistake,it was some sort of pink mouse thing that dangled,I think it must of had a similer name.I will ask my mum!


tulip

Would that have been Topo Gigio? I had one of those.

[TooSoonTom]

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Yeah that was Pipkins!

[Marine Boy]

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The 'It's time for...' thing may have been from Pipkins, though I'm thinking it could be from 'Hickory House'. ??

[ann22]

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Did a big deep voice come on during the show saying 'It's TIME for ....a story/song etc' and a clock chimes? I remember it was a favourite show of mine but I'm not sure if the 'it's time' bit was on it or something else. I remember Hartley hare, saw him making an appearance on something a couple of years ago, the voice was the same. Whoever does it must be a fair age by now.

[tulip]

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Lol,My mistake,it was some sort of pink mouse thing that dangled,I think it must of had a similer name.I will ask my mum!


tulip

[TooSoonTom]

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TOPOV TOY! how did you sleep at night?