Bananaman (TV series)
Bananaman is a British animated comedy series which ran from 1983 to 1986. It was based on the comic strip character Bananaman and each of the show's roughly five-minute episodes featured the voices of The Goodies (Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie).[2][3]
| Bananaman | |
|---|---|
 Title card | |
| Genre | |
| Created by | Steve Bright |
| Starring |
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| Theme music composer | Dave Cooke |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 40[1] |
| Production | |
| Producer | Trevor Bond |
| Running time | 5 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | |
| Original release | 3 October 1983 – 4 March 1986 (reruns 1986–1999) |
Parts of the character were changed for the series: he was now called Eric Twinge (rather than Eric Wimp), had a distinctive banana-shaped hairstyle rather than punk stubble, and had a love interest (only when transformed) in the form of Fiona, a newsreader.[4][5]
"This is 29 Acacia Road. And this is Eric, the schoolboy who leads an amazing double life. For when Eric eats a banana, an amazing transformation occurs. Eric is Bananaman, ever alert for the call to action!"
- opening narration.
Cast
- Tim Brooke-Taylor as Eric
- Graeme Garden as Bananaman
- Bill Oddie as Crow
- Jill Shilling as Fiona
Written by Bernie Kay. Produced by Trevor Bond. Directed by Terry Ward.
Series guide
- Series 1: 3 October[6] - 11 November 1983[7] - 12 Episodes
- Series 2: 4 October[8] - 19 December 1984[9] - 13 Episodes
- Series 3: 7 January - 15 April [10]- 15 episodes
Memory Lane episode from series 2 was not broadcast until June 1988 but was made alongside Series 2.
Reception
Bananaman was a popular cartoon and is one of the most well known British superheroes. Taken from the D.C.Thomson comic entitled NUTTY. It was made into a TV animated series of 40 x 5 minute episodes by Terry Ward of Flicks Films Ltd.[11]
References
- Rosser, Michael; Wiseman2014-03-18T19:13:00+00:00, reas. "'Live action' Bananaman planned". Screen.
- Rosser, Michael. "'Live action' Bananaman planned | News | Screen". Screendaily.com. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 111–112. ISBN 978-1-4766-6599-3.
- Rowney, Jo-Anne (27 October 2017). "Bananaman is back - the Man-of-Peel returns in live action debut". mirror. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- Kamen, Matt (13 January 2016). "Bananaman: The Musical heading to theatres. Yes, really". Wired UK. Retrieved 12 April 2019 – via www.wired.co.uk.
- https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/cc3e3d0c1aec4aa88aaa5bcbcf528d15
- https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/733e42ba077f43de8f92f003f73ecdf2
- https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/485bf706823949e7a9039809f67921a5
- https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/faf96e12048c454c9432d8fe117c300d
- https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/service_bbc_one_london/1986-04-15#at-16.30
- Murray, Chris (15 March 2017). The British Superhero. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-4968-0740-3. Retrieved 12 April 2019 – via Google Books.