The Perishers (TV series)

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The Perishers
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Genre Cartoon series
Children's television
Created by Maurice Dodd
Directed byDick Horn
Voices of
Narrated byPeter Hawkins
ComposerTrevor Evan Jones
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes20
Production
Executive producerGraham Clutterbuck
ProducerGraeme Spurway
Editor John Farrow
Camera setupGary Knowelden
Nick Boisson
Running time5 minutes
Production companies Bill Melendez Productions
FilmFair
Original release
Network BBC1
Release21 March (1979-03-21) 
4 May 1979 (1979-05-04)

The Perishers is an animated cartoon series produced by Bill Melendez Productions and FilmFair. BBC1 transmitted it in 1979 and repeated until 1988. The series is based on Maurice Dodd's long-running comic strip, The Perishers . [1]

Contents

Sheila Steafel provided the voices of Maisie and Marlon; Leonard Rossiter voiced Boot; Judy Bennett voiced Wellington and Baby Grumpling; Peter Hawkins served as the narrator, and voiced BH. [2]

Castle Vision published the first home video release of The Perishers: Two VHS videocassettes, each with 10 episodes. Abbey Home Media republished the first 10 episodes to a Region 2 DVD titled The Perishers: Magic Mirror (27 February 2006), and the remaining 10 episodes to a second DVD, The Perishers: The Skateboard Champion (12 March 2007). In 2025, Fabulous Films released the complete series on both DVD and Blu-Ray, newly remastered from the original 35mm films. [3]

Episodes

References

  1. Sheridan, Simon (2004). The A-Z of Classic Children's Television: From Alberto Frog to Zebedee. Reynolds & Hearn Ltd. pp. 199–201. ISBN   1903111277.
  2. "Daily Mirror: We Are "Perisher" TV Stars! (21 March 1979)". British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  3. "The Perishers - Fabulous Films" . Retrieved 13 June 2025.