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| The Flumps | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Stop motion |
| Created by | Julie Holder |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 15 mins |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC1 |
| Release | 14 February (1977-02-14) – 9 May 1977 (1977-05-09) |
The Flumps is an animated television series, created and written by Julie Holder, and produced for the BBC by David Yates. The show was first broadcast by theBBC in 1977.[1]
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The plot revolved around the various adventures of a family of furry characters called The Flumps. It was created and written by Julie Holder and narrated byGay Soper. Thetheme tune was played byGeorge Chisholm on thetrombone.
In 1978, the BBC released a record,The Flumps (REC 309), that had 4 stories from the TV series narrated and sung by Gay Soper: "Keep Fit", "Balloons", "Moon Shot" and "Something Different".
In 2000,The Flumps was released onDVD. During early 2008, the theme tune was used in a series of adverts forAuto Trader magazine in the UK.
The various flumps were:
| No. | Title | Original release date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Secrets" | 14 February 1977 (1977-02-14) |
| 2 | "The Cloud" | 21 February 1977 (1977-02-21) |
| 3 | "The Magnet" | 28 February 1977 (1977-02-28) |
| 4 | "Get Your Skates On" | 7 March 1977 (1977-03-07) |
| 5 | "Moon Shot" | 14 March 1977 (1977-03-14) |
| 6 | "Balloons" | 21 March 1977 (1977-03-21) |
| 7 | "Keep Fit" | 28 March 1977 (1977-03-28) |
| 8 | "Something Different" | 4 April 1977 (1977-04-04) |
| 9 | "Lend a Hand" | 11 April 1977 (1977-04-11) |
| 10 | "Quiet Please" | 18 April 1977 (1977-04-18) |
| 11 | "Grandfather's Birthday" | 25 April 1977 (1977-04-25) |
| 12 | "What a Carrot" | 2 May 1977 (1977-05-02) |
| 13 | "Where's Grandfather?" | 9 May 1977 (1977-05-09) |
The Flumps was shown 21 times between 1977 and 1988, usually around 1.45pm, and usually on BBC1. The transmission runs were as follows:
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