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Professor Bubble | |
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Created by | Martin Beaumont John Bullivant |
Written by | Martin Beaumont Jeremy Bennett Brian Jordan Avril Rowlands Laura Beaumont |
Directed by | David Crozier |
Starring | Gary Parker Vicki Hopps Phillip Eason Joe Greco Rebecca Clow Sheila Clark Brian Herring |
Opening theme | Bob Heatlie |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 65 |
Production | |
Producers | David Crozier Mark Wilson Peter Orton John Bullivant |
Running time | 20 minutes |
Production company | GMTV for ITV |
Release | |
Original network | ITV (UK) TCC (UK) Living (UK) Tiny Living (UK) Premiere 12 (Singapore) TV3 (Republic of Ireland) |
Original release | 7 September 1996 – 12 April 1997 |
Professor Bubble was a live-action British pre-school series that aired on GMTV as part of its weekend children's programming block. It ran in 1996 and lasted for a series of 65 twenty-minute episodes. The series was later re-run on Tiny Living in 2000. [1]
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