Bananaman (TV series) explained

Creator:Steve Bright
Theme Music Composer:Dave Cooke
Country:United Kingdom
Language:English
Num Episodes:40[1]
Producer:Trevor Bond
Runtime:5 minutes
Last Aired: (reruns 1986–1999)
Num Series:3

Bananaman is a British animated comedy series which ran from 1983 to 1986. It was based on the comic strip character Bananaman and each of the show's roughly five-minute episodes featured the voices of The Goodies (Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie).[2] [3]

Parts of the character were changed for the series: he was now called Eric Twinge (rather than Eric Wimp), had a distinctive banana-shaped hairstyle rather than punk stubble, and had a love interest (only when transformed) in the form of Fiona, a newsreader.[4] [5]

When Danger Mouse first aired on Nickelodeon in America Bananaman was shown after it to round out the show to a half hour.

Cast

Written by Bernie Kay.Produced by Trevor Bond.Directed by Terry Ward.

Series guide

"Memory Lane" episode from series 2 was not broadcast until June 1988 but was made alongside series 2.

Reception

Bananaman was a popular cartoon and is one of the most well-known British superheroes. Taken from the DC Thomson comic entitled Nutty, it was made into a TV animated series of 40 five-minute episodes by Terry Ward of Flicks Films Ltd.[11]

References

  1. Web site: 'Live action' Bananaman planned . Rosser . Michael . Wiseman . Andreas . . 18 March 2014. https://archive.today/20240825065839/https://www.screendaily.com/news/live-action-bananaman-planned/5068726.article . 25 August 2024 . live .
  2. Web site: Rosser . Michael . 'Live action' Bananaman planned | News | Screen . . 2019-12-13.
  3. Book: Erickson . Hal . Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 . 2005 . . 978-1-4766-6599-3 . 2nd . 111–112.
  4. Web site: Bananaman is back - the Man-of-Peel returns in live action debut . Rowney . Jo-Anne . . 27 October 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171229043501/http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/remember-bananaman-well-man-peel-11422072 . 29 December 2017 . live .
  5. Bananaman: The Musical heading to theatres. Yes, really. Matt. Kamen. Wired UK. 13 January 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20170513213512/https://www.wired.co.uk/article/bananaman-the-musical-coming-to-theatres . 13 May 2017 . live .
  6. Web site: Bananaman - BBC One London - 3 October 1983 . Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk . 3 October 1983 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141020040603/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/cc3e3d0c1aec4aa88aaa5bcbcf528d15 . 20 October 2014 . live .
  7. Web site: Bananaman - BBC One London - 11 November 1983 . Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk . 11 November 1983 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141020005654/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/733e42ba077f43de8f92f003f73ecdf2 . 20 October 2014 . live .
  8. Web site: Bananaman: Mystery at the Old Mine . Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk . 4 October 1984 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231118233731/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/485bf706823949e7a9039809f67921a5 . 18 November 2023 . live .
  9. Web site: Bananaman: The Night Patrol . Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk . 19 December 1984 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180424154850/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/faf96e12048c454c9432d8fe117c300d . 24 April 2018 . live .
  10. Web site: Bananaman: Operational Total . Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk . https://web.archive.org/web/20231118234519/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/service_bbc_one_london/1986-04-15#at-16.30 . 18 November 2023 . live .
  11. Book: Murray, Chris . The British Superhero . 15 March 2017 . . 978-1-4968-0740-3 . Google Books . 12 April 2019.

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