The Flumps

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The Flumps
Genre Stop motion
Created by Julie Holder
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of series 1
No. of episodes 13
Production
Running time 15 mins
Release
Original network BBC One
Original release 14 February – 9 May 1977

The Flumps is a children's programme, created and written by Julie Holder, and produced for the BBC by David Yates. It was broadcast by the BBC many times from 1977 to 1988.

Overview

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 by Gay Soper. The theme tune was played by George Chisholm on the trombone.

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 on DVD. During early 2008, the theme tune was used in a series of adverts for Auto Trader magazine in the UK. These adverts were run again in Q3 2009.

Characters

The various flumps were:

Episode listing

  1. "Secrets"
  2. "The Cloud"
  3. "The Magnet"
  4. "Get Your Skates On"
  5. "Moon Shot"
  6. "Balloons"
  7. "Keep Fit"
  8. "Something Different"
  9. "Lend A Hand"
  10. "Quiet Please"
  11. "Grandfather's Birthday"
  12. "What A Carrot"
  13. "Where's Grandfather?"

Scheduling

The Flumps was shown 25 times between 1977 and 1992, usually around 1.45pm. The transmission runs were as follows:

  • 14 February – 9 May 1977 (Mondays)
  • 5 October – 28 December 1977 (Wednesdays)
  • 2 April – 25 June 1978 (Sundays)
  • 2 October – 25 December 1978 (Mondays)
  • 3 April – 26 June 1979 (Tuesdays)
  • 4 October – 27 December 1979 (Thursdays)
  • 1 April – 24 June 1980 (Tuesdays)
  • 28 September – 21 December 1980 (Sundays)
  • 7 April – 30 June 1981 (Tuesdays)
  • 9 October 1981 – 1 January 1982 (Fridays)
  • 6 April – 29 June 1982 (Tuesdays)
  • 3 October – 26 December 1982 (Sundays)
  • 6 April – 29 June 1983 (Wednesdays)
  • 9 January – 26 March 1984 (Mondays)[fn 1]
  • 6 July – 28 September 1984 (Fridays)
  • 30 December 1984 – 24 March 1985 (Sundays)
  • 5 July – 27 September 1985 (Fridays)
  • 31 March – 23 June 1986 (Mondays)
  • 8 January – 2 April 1987 (Thursdays)
  • 8 July – 30 September 1987 (Wednesdays)[fn 2]
  • 20 April – 13 July 1988 (Wednesdays)
  • 18 April – 11 July 1989 (Tuesdays)
  • 10 July – 2 October 1990 (Tuesdays)
  • 4 June – 27 August 1991 (Tuesdays)
  • 13 April – 6 July 1992 (Mondays)

Footnotes

  1. ↑ During the first transmission run of 1984, one of the first five episodes was not shown.
  2. ↑ The final six transmission runs were shown on BBC Two instead of BBC One.

References

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