Pipkins
| Pipkins | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Inigo Pipkin |
| Created by | Michael Jeans Susan Pleat |
| Starring | George 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 origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 10 |
| No. of episodes | 333 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 15 minutes |
| Production company | ATV |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 1 January 1973 – 29 December 1981 |
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.