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The Flumps

This is a real blast from the past and was a strange one asit never made it to prime time BBC television at 15:55 onwards. For some reasonit was always on at around 13:30-13:45 weekly on BBC1 or BBC2. The end creditsshow a David Yates Ltd. copyright of 1976 so it was probably first shown on TVaround that year or 1977 as my Radiotimes magazines from that era have itlisted as. Surprisingly, there were only 13 episodes made, a bit like Mr. Bennreally, when it seems there were many more. This superb little series wascreated & written by Julie Holder and narrated by the talented Gay Soper.Gays Soper's wonderful voice, especially when singing the little songs bringsback very vivid memories of this series. Each episode lasted in excess of 13+minutes and centred around the Flump family. The Flumps were small ball shapedpuppets filmed using a stop motion camera.

The family was headed by Father Flump who was very cleverand often invented things. Mother Flump spent most of her time tidying and didthe cooking and often read to the young Flumps, stories from the big book.Perkin Flump was the eldest of the children and often wore a yellow and bluehat. Posie was the only girl and she always wore a bright blue ribbon on herhead. Pootle was the youngest member of the Flump family, he often got thingsconfused and he sometimes wore a white hat. Grandfather Flump was the oldestFlump and spent most of his time either in the garden playing with the youngerFlumps or playing his Flumpet (musical instrument). If Grandfather was notdoing any of the above then he would sometimes be found sitting in the comfychair reading his paper or sleeping under it as was often the case. He alwayswoke up for tea though, especially if Mother Flump had been baking. Eachepisode also contained a story or pictures from Mother Flumps big book. Thelack of detailed movement with their eyes was more than made up for with thedelicate movements and action of their hands. They certainly don't make themlike this anymore.

Father Flump	Mother Flump
Perkin Flump	Posie Flump
Pootle Flump	GrandfatherFlump

Episodes

Only 13 episodes were made all of which have been releasedon VHS or DVD at sometime. All the episodes may be found below by clicking onthe corresponding images.

The 13 episodes were as follows:1. Secrets2. the Cloud3. the Magnet4. Get Your Skates On5.Moon Shot6. Balloons7. Keep Fit8. Something Different9. Lend A Hand10. Quiet Please11. Grandfather's Birthday12. What a Carrot!13. Where's Grandfather

The Flumps Main Page	Episodes 1-4	Episodes 5-8	Episodes 9-13

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