Jimbo and the Jet Set
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Jimbo |
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Genre | Animated series |
Creator(s) | Peter Maddocks |
Starring | Peter Hawkins Susan Sheridan |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
No. of episodes | 25 |
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Executive producer(s) | Maddocks Cartoon Productions |
Running time | 5 minutes |
Broadcast | |
Original channel | BBC1 |
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Jimbo and the Jet Set (often shortened to simply Jimbo) was a British animated cartoon series in the 1980s, featuring the adventures of the eponymous Jimbo, a talking aeroplane. Created by Maddocks Cartoon Productions, it originally ran for 25 episodes between 1986 and 1987.
The proviso to the cartoon is that Jimbo was originally intended to be a Jumbo Jet, but his designer couldn't tell the difference between inches and centimetres, resulting in his diminutive size.
The television series featured various talking airport-type ground vehicles (Tommy Tow-Truck, Claude Catering, Amanda Baggage, Phil the Fuel Truck, Sammy Steps, etc), and Harry Helicopter. Other plane characters appear from time to time, such as Old Timer, a Vickers Wellington bomber who gets into the story while flying to or from an airshow. The story is based at a fictional "London Airport", under the command of an irate controller who frequently ends episodes screaming "I want words with you, Jimbo!".
Some printed material and toy merchandise featured Gloria Gatwick, a female counterpart to Jimbo, but she did not appear in a speaking role within the TV episodes (save for one brief appearance in one episode, where she can be clearly seen from a top-viewed angle).
[edit] Credits
- Created, Written and Produced by: Peter Maddocks
- Music: Roger Greenaway, Gavin Greenway
- Series Animation by: Clive Dawson, Julian Gibbs, Neil Salmon, William Mobberley
- Backgrounds: Kevin Smith
- Camera: Chris Williams
- Editing: Keith Learner
- Trace & Paint: Guy Maddocks, Vivienne Dempsey, Simon Maddocks
- Directed by: Keith Learner
[edit] External links
- Toonhound - Jimbo and the Jet Set
- 80s Cartoons - Jimbo and the Jet Set
- 80sNostalgia.com - Jimbo and the Jet Set
- Jimbo and the Jet Set at ClassicKidsTV.co.uk