| Runtime: | 10 minutes (per episode) |
| Company: | Cartwn Cymru, Catalyst Pictures |
| Creator: | Peter Lawson Elizabeth Laird |
| Starring: | Peter Hawkins Kate Lee Tony Robinson Philip Whitchurch |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Network: | ITV (CITV) |
| Opentheme: | Toucan 'Tecs Theme (Instrumental) |
| Num Seasons: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 26 |
Toucan Tecs (Welsh: Slici a Slac) is a British animated children's television programme about two private detectives, a pair of anthropomorphic toucans named Zippi and Zac (voiced by Philip Whitchurch and Tony Robinson respectively), who, although based in the jungle, flew around the world solving crimes on their flying devices. Their main enemies were group of ducks, called "The Mad Ducks", led by Red Leader.[1]
Produced and Animated by Cartwn Cymru, S4C and Yorkshire Television, the show debuted on CITV on 7 January 1991 and consists of 26 ten-minute episodes.
| Title | Summary | Air Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gopher Gold | Zippi and Zac are called in to help a Mexican Gopher whose burrow is being destroyed by the Mad Ducks! | 21 October 1990 | |
| 2 | Swiss Roll | Shammy the Mountain Goat calls in the toucan detectives to find out why none of the cuckoo clocks work anymore. | 22 October 1990 | |
| 3 | Highland Fling | Willy the bat hasn't had a wink of sleep in Invergargle Castle for ages - but why? | 23 October 1990 | |
| 4 | High Flyers | Billions the tycoon pigeon needs Zippi and Zac to help him budge the Mad Ducks who have landed on his New York penthouse. | 24 October 1990 | |
| 5 | The Peacock Palace Scoop | A magic carpet arrives to whisk the toucans off to the mysterious and fabulous East. But why? | 25 October 1990 | |
| 6 | The Big Drip | A family of beavers in Canada are in a lot of trouble when all the water disappears from their dam, Zippi and Zac are called in to help. | 26 October 1990 | |
| 7 | Desert Island Ducks | The intrepid toucans find a way to rescue the baby turtles on a beautiful South Seas island. | 27 October 1990 | |
| 8 | The Snail's Tale | The story of how the toucan detectives first met Samson the snail and those mad, bad, dangerous Mad Ducks. | 28 October 1990 | |
| 9 | Pandamonium | Zippi and Zac are on their way to China to help by the Giant Pandas those Mad Ducks are playing on their playground, but then was spooked by a fire breathing dragon. | 29 October 1990 | |
| 10 | Crazy Golf | TBA | 1 November 1990 | |
| 11 | Down-Under the Weather | Poor Zippi was having a bad cold when Zac visits Australia with the koala bears, but at the outback the Mad Ducks know their boss Red Leader got a bad cold with they steal some leaves. | 2 November 1990 | |
| 12 | Dolly Rockers | Zippi and Zac travels to Siberia Russia to help Boris, but the Mad Ducks steals a bunch of dolls. | 3 November 1990 | |
| 13 | The Grand Ostrich Ball | TBA | 7 November 1990 | |
| 14 | Arabian Knights | TBA | 8 November 1990 | |
| 15 | Mad Ducks Olympics | The Mad Ducks are holding their annual Olympic Games, but there's a lot of cheating going on! | 9 November 1990 | |
| 16 | Colour Crazy | TBA | 10 November 1990 | |
| 17 | Barmy Barn Dance | TBA | 11 November 1990 | |
| 18 | Up in the Air | Zippi and Zac go to the forest in Finland to help the flying squirrels who are frightened by the Mad Ducks with hang gliders. | 12 November 1990 | |
| 19 | Soccer it to Them | TBA | 13 November 1990 | |
| 20 | Potty Pirates | TBA | 14 November 1990 | |
| 21 | The Ice Cream Scream | Tiki the Himalayan snow leopard hears an awful noise - then the snow starts to disappear. | 15 November 1990 | |
| 22 | Zac in Love | TBA | 20 November 1990 | |
| 23 | Ducks and Dragons | TBA | 21 November 1990 | |
| 24 | Magic Tricks | TBA | 22 November 1990 | |
| 25 | Prickly Problems | TBA | 24 November 1990 | |
| 26 | Raising a Stink | TBA | 29 November 1990 |