Professor Bubble

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Professor Bubble
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Created byMartin Beaumont
John Bullivant
Written byMartin Beaumont
Jeremy Bennett
Brian Jordan
Avril Rowlands
Laura Beaumont
Directed byDavid Crozier
StarringGary Parker
Vicki Hopps
Phillip Eason
Joe Greco
Rebecca Clow
Sheila Clark
Brian Herring
Opening theme Bob Heatlie
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes65
Production
ProducersDavid Crozier
Mark Wilson
Peter Orton
John Bullivant
Running time20 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 release7 September 1996 (1996-09-07) 
12 April 1997 (1997-04-12)

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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About the series

Professor Bubble was a live-action series that focused on a professor of the same name who was trying to create a book called The AZ of Everything. The Professor has launched his house into the clouds, where it landed on Cloud 9. He observes the world and gathers information through the "bubblescope", a telescope that was created at the bottom of Cloud 9. The Professor is aided by his three helpers, Beamer, Mouse, and Quill, whose antics on Cloud 9 provide links to live-action educational segments. The series also contains scenes from the outside world with songs and stories from a character called Chromety, who appears and vanishes by holding her nose.

Episodes (not in chronological order)

The episodes below are uploaded to YouTube by VideotapeFTW

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References

  1. "Guardian Unlimited | TV listings". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 12 April 2000. Retrieved 12 January 2022.