Toonhound - The Flumps (1976)

   "I'm not feeling all right, I'm feeling all wrong!"
                                                                             - Perkin has a moan

    By 'eck! - The Flumps were a family of sweet-natured furballs with distinct
    Yorkshire accents. There were six characters, Father Flump, Mother Flump,
    Grandfather and the three children, Perkin, Posie and young Pootle and stories
    focused on such gentle premises as getting vegetables to grow, fun with magnets,
    lending a hand, roller-skating, and keeping secrets. Grandfather was renowned
    for his ability to play his Flumpet, it was a cross between a trumpet and a horn
    which parped like a tuba. When he wasn't flumpeting, Grandfather would inevitably
    be dozing with his moustache breezing and his toes rippling with contentment as
    he snoozed. Perkin, meanwhile, was renowned for his moods, and was regularly
    heard sounding-off about the other Flumps, or situations. Indeed, in the episode
    called "The Cloud" Pootle's "umptiness" causes a little cloud of gloom to follow
    him around everywhere for the day...

    The Flumps were created by Julie Holder and the series was produced by
    David Yates whose busy CV includes such animated favourites as Bod and
    Pigeon Street. Gay Soper provided the voices and sung the songs that
    accompanied the tales.

    With their strong dialect, flat caps, brass music, head scarves and knitted
    beanies The Flumps were true Working Class stars. Their ramshackle garden
    was quite dour, with its crumbling brick walls, fence stumps and discoloured
    vegetation but The Flumps called it "home" and showed extraordinary invention
    and resilience. And that same resilience has seen their popularity hold up
    through nigh-on thirty years of children's television. We may have more technically
    proficient shows now, but just like those SmallFilms productions of Bagpuss and
    The Clangers and the rest, carefully structured simplicity will always work best...

    Flumps episodes

    Secrets                    Something Different
    The Cloud                 Lend a Hand
    The Magnet               Quiet Please
    Get Your Skates On     Grandfather's Birthday
    Moon Shot                What a Carrot
    Balloons                    Where's Grandfather?
    Keep Fit

     Broadcast info

     The first episode "Secrets" premiered on BBC1, 14th February 1977
     at 1.45pm. The series played for thirteen weeks straight, in the same
     lunchtime slot, and concluded 9th May...

     The Flumps on DVD

     The Complete Flumps
                Region 2 / all 13 episodes / Contender / April 2004

     created and written by Julie Holder

    producer:      David Yates
    graphics:      Alan Rogers
    decor:           Ruth Collier
    music:          Paul Reade
    animation
     & puppets:    David Kellehar
    voices
     & songs:       Gay Soper

      On the web

      Little Gems
      And here are the Flumps again with those Big Knights. Lots of grabs
      here, a theme WAV and reminiscences...

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		"I'm not feeling all right, I'm feeling all wrong!" - Perkin has a moan By 'eck! - The Flumps were a family of sweet-natured furballs with distinct Yorkshire accents. There were six characters, Father Flump, Mother Flump, Grandfather and the three children, Perkin, Posie and young Pootle and stories focused on such gentle premises as getting vegetables to grow, fun with magnets, lending a hand, roller-skating, and keeping secrets. Grandfather was renowned for his ability to play his Flumpet, it was a cross between a trumpet and a horn which parped like a tuba. When he wasn't flumpeting, Grandfather would inevitably be dozing with his moustache breezing and his toes rippling with contentment as he snoozed. Perkin, meanwhile, was renowned for his moods, and was regularly heard sounding-off about the other Flumps, or situations. Indeed, in the episode called "The Cloud" Pootle's "umptiness" causes a little cloud of gloom to follow him around everywhere for the day... The Flumps were created by Julie Holder and the series was produced by David Yates whose busy CV includes such animated favourites as Bod and Pigeon Street. Gay Soper provided the voices and sung the songs that accompanied the tales. With their strong dialect, flat caps, brass music, head scarves and knitted beanies The Flumps were true Working Class stars. Their ramshackle garden was quite dour, with its crumbling brick walls, fence stumps and discoloured vegetation but The Flumps called it "home" and showed extraordinary invention and resilience. And that same resilience has seen their popularity hold up through nigh-on thirty years of children's television. We may have more technically proficient shows now, but just like those SmallFilms productions of Bagpuss and The Clangers and the rest, carefully structured simplicity will always work best... Flumps episodes Secrets Something Different The Cloud Lend a Hand The Magnet Quiet Please Get Your Skates On Grandfather's Birthday Moon Shot What a Carrot Balloons Where's Grandfather? Keep Fit Broadcast info The first episode "Secrets" premiered on BBC1, 14th February 1977 at 1.45pm. The series played for thirteen weeks straight, in the same lunchtime slot, and concluded 9th May... The Flumps on DVD The Complete Flumps Region 2 / all 13 episodes / Contender / April 2004 created and written by Julie Holder producer: David Yates graphics: Alan Rogers decor: Ruth Collier music: Paul Reade animation & puppets: David Kellehar voices & songs: Gay Soper On the web Little Gems And here are the Flumps again with those Big Knights. Lots of grabs here, a theme WAV and reminiscences... index » previous » next »

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