Pigeon Street
| Pigeon Street | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Children |
| Voices of | George Layton |
| Country of origin |  United Kingdom |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | UK |
| Running time | 15 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | BBC |
| Picture format | Colour |
| Original run | February 10, 1981 – December 17, 1981 |
Pigeon Street was an animated children's television series originally shown on the BBC in 1981 as part of its 'See-saw' strand for pre-schoolers. There were two series with eight and five episodes respectively, each programme lasting fifteen minutes. The series has been repeated a number of times.
The animation was created by Alan Rogers and Peter Lang of the Cut-Out Animation Co., who later went on to do a nursery rhyme series with similar animation called Rub-A-Dub-Dub. Voices were performed by George Layton, with additional voices by John Telfer. Music was by Benni Lees, and played by Soulyard.
The shows featured the everyday adventures of a group of characters living on Pigeon Street, an area of flats and terraced housing in a British city, also home to several pigeons which appeared in each show but only occasionally featured in the plot.
Characters included Clara the long distance lorry driver, her cohabiting partner Hugo the chef, Mr Baskerville the detective, Mr Jupiter the astronomer, Mr Macadoo the petshop owner and two twins, Molly and Polly, who were only distinguishable by the letter M and P on their jumpers.
[edit] Episode Listing
- All in a day's work (10th February 1981)
- A light in the sky (17th February 1981)
- Pigeon at sea (24th February 1981)
- Can I have my ball back? (3rd March 1981)
- Noisy neighbours (10th March 1981)
- Pigeon post (17th March 1981)
- A cold day (24th March 1981)
- Somewhere to eat (31st March 1981)
- Down with the car park (19th November 1981)
- The flood (26th November 1981)
- Hobbies (3rd December 1981)
- Springtime for Hugo (10th December 1981)
- Getting away (17th December 1981)
Alan and Peter went on creating many animations for programmes like Words and Pictures, Numbertime, Rosie and Jim, Hotch Potch House, Rat-A-Tat-Tat and The Number Crew.
[edit] Credits
- Written by: Michael Cole
- With the Voices of: George Layton, John Telfer
- Music Composed by: Benni Lees
- And Played by: Soulyard
- Sound by: Andrè Jaquemin, Peter Hodges, Rod Guest
- Edited by: Grahame Scoular, John McNelly, Alec Jeakins
- Animation by: Peter Lang
- Design by: Alan Rogers
- Production by: David Yates, Alan Rogers
- A David Yates Production
- © BBC MCMLXXXI
