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Tales of the Riverbank

  • TV Series
  • 1960–19631960–1963
  • 30m
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Tales of the Riverbank (1960)
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Real live animals such as Hammy the Hamster and Roderick the Rat are cleverly moved around off-camera in order to tell stories for children.Real live animals such as Hammy the Hamster and Roderick the Rat are cleverly moved around off-camera in order to tell stories for children.Real live animals such as Hammy the Hamster and Roderick the Rat are cleverly moved around off-camera in order to tell stories for children.

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146
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  • Stars
    • Johnny Morris
    • Peggy Miller
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    • Johnny Morris
    • Peggy Miller
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    Peggy Miller
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    Real live animals such as Hammy the Hamster and Roderick the Rat are cleverly moved around off-camera in order to tell stories for children.
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      The animals used to film the series were all female because female animals were thought to be much calmer. This was true for the later series as well.
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      Featured in The 100 Greatest Kids TV Shows (2001)

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    Children's TV at its best
    Only 3 black and white episodes of this superb children's TV programme. Features GP (guinea pig) Roderick Rat and Hammy Hamster. The story is told in Johnny Morris' inimitable style using different voices for each of the animals in a similar way to the Animal Magic BBC TV programme.

    The black and white episodes were longer than the colour ones and the photography appears superior. The writing did not talk down to children and so even now as an adult the episodes are intelligent and clever.

    This was a gentle beautifully crafted series with no violence made in Canada and bought for the BBC by the great Peggy Miller. Sadly Paul Sutherland died in 1994 aged 73.

    Can we have all the early episodes on DVD please ?
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    • May 14, 2005

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      • 1960 (Canada)
    • Country of origin
      • Canada
    • Language
      • English
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      • Opowieści z znad rzeki
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      • Riverbank Productions Ltd.
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      30 minutes
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      • Black and White

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