Tickle on the Tum
series not in production
Ended
Seasons | 4
Episodes | 118
avg.Runtime | 30 min
First EP | 1984-11-05
Last EP | 1988-11-29
Overview
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Tickle On The Tum was a series of ten minute programmes for young children produced by Granada Television and aired on the ITV network from 1984 until 1988. The series was set in a shop in the fictional village of Tickle-on-the-Tum. The original presenters were folk-singer Ralph McTell, fresh from his stint on Granada's other children's series Alphabet Zoo and Danusia Harwood. From about the middle of the second series, Harwood was replaced by Jacqueline Reddin. In the final series, Reddin became the show's lead presenter and sang the theme song, after McTell returned to his recording career.
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Granada Television
Season List
season 1 || Season 1
Relesed on | 1984-11-05
1
Barney Fixes the Pipes
1984-11-05
2
Duck Down Day
1984-11-12
Dora tells the story of how the locals ducks helped the inhabitants of Tickle to solve their hard pillow problems and how the great Tickle pillow factory came to be.
3
Make 'em Laugh
1984-11-19
4
The Lost Voice
1984-11-26
Miss Marker tells about the time she had lost her voice, and all the Tickle town children in her class decided to go look for it.
5
Funny Bone
1984-12-10
Dr. Dimple comes into Ralph shop looking for a present for his niece. He tells the story of when Mickey Moon had lost the ability to laugh because his funny bone was out of tune.
6
Santa's Helper
1984-12-17
Mike the Milkman recounts how last Christmas, he had to deliver Santa Claus's Christmas presents when the jolly fellow got stuck up a chimney.
7
Mixed Up Parcels
1985-01-07
8
Barney Papers a Room
1985-01-14
9
Connie and the Cat
1985-01-21
10
Bertie Barlow's Bike
1985-01-28
11
Potato Harvest
1985-02-04
12
Farmhouse Loaf
1985-02-11
Roland Crust is short on bread, because the day before, Copernia the cat spilled self-raising flour into Roland's oven, causing an enormous cottage loaf to emerge.
13
Knobbly Knees
1985-02-25
Dr. Dimple comes into the post office but can't remember what for. He then recounts the time he was a judge in the Knobbly Knees competition at the Tickle fête.
14
Billy Grizzle
1985-03-04
Miss Marker recounts the day Billy Grizzle first entered her class. All the children as well as herself tried to make the little boy from Grumble town smile.
15
Tickle Hat Parade
1985-03-11
On the day of the Tickle Hat Parade, milkman Mike didn't have time to figure out which special hat to wear because he was looking after a little Robin Redbreast that hurt it's wing.
16
Connie to the Rescue
1985-03-18
17
The Moon Parcel
1985-03-25
18
April Fool
1985-04-01
CAST
charactor:
Original: Ralph McTell
Total EP: 49
charactor: Miss Marker
Original: Susan Wooldridge
Total EP: 2
charactor: Dr. Dimple
Original: Bill Oddie
Total EP: 2
charactor: Mike the Milkman
Original: Kenny Lynch
Total EP: 2
charactor: Dora
Original: Penelope Keith
Total EP: 1
charactor: Roland Crust
Original: Billy Dainty
Total EP: 1
CREW
“I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.” – Walt Disney