Badger Girl

Badger Girl
Written by	Andrew Davies [1]
Starring	Charles Collingwood, Julia Millbank, Margo Gunn, Katie Hebb
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of episodes	10 (list of episodes)
Production
Producer	Sue Paton [2]
Running time	20 minutes
Original release
Network	British Broadcasting Corporation
Release	21 September (1984-09-21) [3]  – 27 November 1984 (1984-11-27)
Related
Fair Ground! (1983) Geordie Racer (1988)

Badger Girl is a ten-part educational BBC Look and Read television production, which was first aired on BBC2 in 1984.

Cast

• Gary Watson as Narrator
• Margo Gunn as Jane Miles
• Ashiek Madhvani as Kiran Singh
• Julia Millbank as Debbie West
• Kieron O'Shea as Norman Bolt
• Nick Orchard as Mick Rudge
• John Hollis as Mr. Barker
• James Marston as Mr. Deal
• William Squire as Sam North
• June Marlow as Mrs. Rudge
• Charles Collingwood and Katie Hebb as Wordy
• Mary Edwards as Puppeteer

Crew

• Writers - Andrew Davies and Mary Hoffman
• Director - Andrew Davies
• Producers - Susan Paton and Roger Fry

Plot

Three children are on holiday on a farm in Dartmoor. They discover two crooks who are pony-rustling, and are determined to stop them. ^[4] Educational songs featured the character Stripey the 'superbadger'. ^[5]

Episodes

1. Sounds in the Night
2. Stripey the Badger
3. Running Away
4. The Badgerman
5. Lost on the Moor
6. The Secret Passage
7. Mick's Map
8. Finding the Ponies
9. Panic on the Lake
10. Stripey the Superbadger

Further reading

• Badger Girl at Broadcast for Schools - containing airdates, summaries and full cast information

References

1. "BFI Screenonline: Davies, Andrew (1936-) Credits". www.screenonline.org.uk.
2. "Badger Girl (1984)". Archived from the original on 29 August 2018.
3. "Badger Girl, Look and Read - BBC Two". BBC.
4. "BBC Two - Look and Read, Badger Girl - Episode guide". BBC.
5. "Broadcast For Schools - Look and Read: Badger Girl".