Happy Families (CBBC TV series)

Happy Families
Starring	Tamsin Heatley Richard Hope
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	12
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Release
Original network	CBBC
Original release	17 August 1989 – 18 December 1990

Happy Families is a British children's television series made in the late 1980s based on the Happy Families series of books by Janet and Allan Ahlberg.

Series synopsis

Each tale is about a family of characters – typically father, mother, son and daughter, but this varies.

The cast played several different characters throughout the series with many recurring roles for the main cast including Milton Johns, Annette Badland and Elizabeth Estensen.

Happy Families ran for two series, 24 episodes in all (since each story was split over two episodes), and was shown on Children's BBC in 1989 and 1990.

List of episodes

Series One (1989)

• Mrs Wobble the Waitress
• Mr Tick the Teacher
• Mr Creep the Crook
• Master Bun the Baker's Boy
• Mrs Plug the Plumber
• Mr and Mrs Hay the Horse

Series Two (1990)

• Mrs Lather's Laundry
• Master Salt the Sailors' Son
• Miss Brick the Builders' Baby
• Master Money the Millionaire
• Mr Biff the Boxer
• Miss Jump the Jockey

Characters and cast

• Mr Clarence Creep, Mr Ding, Mr Cross the Inspector, Mr Alphonso - Milton Johns
• Mrs Wobble the Waitress, Mrs Plug the Plumber, Mrs Lather - Annette Badland
• Mrs Clara Creep, Mrs Tick the Teacher, Miss Trump - Elizabeth Estensen
• Mr Tick, PC Arntby, Mr Bun, Mr Plug, Mr Harry Hay, Captain Salt, Mr. Cash, Mr. Jump - Richard Hope
• Mrs Jump, Mrs Bop, Mrs Brick, Mrs Salt, Mrs Hay, Mrs Bun - Tamsin Heatley
• Master Money, Master Salt, Teddy Tick - London Kim
• Mr Brick, Mr Bop, Mr Toad, Mr Wallis the Warder - Ben Thomas

External links

• Happy Families at the Internet Movie Database
• Happy Families page at classickidstv.co.uk