Pipkins

Pipkins
Also known asInigo Pipkin
Created byMichael Jeans
Susan Pleat
StarringGeorge Woodbridge
Wayne Laryea
Jonathan Kydd
Nigel Plaskitt
Heather Tobias
Lorain Bertorelli
Elizabeth Lindsay
Anne Rutter
Alex Knight
Diana Eden
Paddy O'Hagan
Jumoke Debayo
Royce Mills
Charles McKeown
Preston Lockwood
Billy Hamon
Sue Nicholls
Janet Dale
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series10
No. of episodes333
Production
Running time15 minutes
Production companyATV
Original release
NetworkITV
Release1 January 1973 (1973-01-01) 
29 December 1981 (1981-12-29)

Pipkins (originally Inigo Pipkin) is a British children's TV programme. Hartley Hare, Pig, Topov, Octavia and the gang were the stars of ATV's pre-school series which ran from January 1973 to 29 December 1981.

Pipkins was one of the first children's programmes on British TV where the characters had regional accents: Pig had a Birmingham accent; Topov the monkey was a Cockney; Octavia the ostrich had a French accent; Pigeon had an Upper class English accent; Mrs Penguin had a Geordie accent; Uncle Hare had a West Country English accent; Sophie the cat had a non-regional English accent; and Moony the Badger had a Northern Ireland accent.