Bumper Films was a children's stop-motion production company founded by John Walker and Ian Frampton in 1982. It is best known for creating Fireman Sam in 1987-1994. It also created Joshua Jones in 1991-1992, Starhill Ponies in 1998-2001 and Rocky Hollow in 1983. The company was also used for S4C and BBC. In 2000, all the rights to Bumper Films (with Fireman Sam only) were sold to HiT Entertainment and Bumper Films was shut down.
The logo was a boy and a girl on a bumper boat with a yellow flag saying "BUMPER FILMS". A boy was enjoying the ride, and a girl looking in a telescope. The music or sound was a splashing sound or a whooshing sound. The logo can still be seen on Fireman Sam classic DVDs.
Some people think its scary because of the splash or the whoosh and the boy. and some may be scared of the whole logo.
In 1992 when Joshua Jones aired on the BBC and in 1994 when fourth series of Fireman Sam aired on the BBC, the flag was changed to blue, the flag's writing was changed to white and the splash on the back was changed to smoke whooshes. Only Joshua Jones and Fireman Sam were the only two Bumper Films, BBC and S4C shows to be originated and designed by Rob Lee to be conjected by Prism Art and Design Ltd with the Rob Lee character copyrights.
When Starhill Ponies aired on CBBC in 1998, Bumper Films had a new logo, the boat is gone and just says "Bumper Films" in blue Graffiti-bubble-type writing along with the Mike Young Productions, BBC, BBC Worldwide and S4C logos in its last credit with the Maria Jones character copyrights.
In Welsh, Bumper Films is called Ffilmial Bumper.