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Pinny's House
GenreAnimation
Children's Drama
Created byPeter Firmin
Voices ofMatilda Thorpe
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes13
Production
ProducerOliver Postgate
Running time5 minutes
Production companySmallfilms
Original release
NetworkBBC
Release1986 –
1986

Pinny's House is a 1986 animated television series produced by Smallfilms, produced by Oliver Postgate. Similarly to it's predecessor Tottie: The Story of a Doll's House, the show is based on Rumer Godden's The Dolls' House, originally published in 1947, and focuses on the toys in a Victorian dolls' house. The programme premiered on October 22, 1986 as part of the BBC's See-Saw programming block.[1][2]

The series was the last production by duo Peter Firmin and Oliver Postgate.[3]

Plot

The series follows the adventures of Pinny, a small wooden doll that lives in a dollhouse on a shelf. A model ship sits next to the house which contains Pinny's sailor friend Victor. The 'adventures' come in the form of the homes two children Jo and Tom that often take the toys down to play with them.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Pinny's House (1986)". BFI. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
  2. ^ "Little Gems - Pinny's House by Peter Firmin". www.thechestnut.com. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
  3. ^ "Pinny's House". The Radio Times. No. 3372. 1988-07-14. p. 47. ISSN 0033-8060. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
  4. ^ "Toonhound - Pinny's House (1986)". www.toonhound.com. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
  5. ^ DataBase, The Big Cartoon. "Pinny's House". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved 2019-09-17.