Happy Families (1989 TV series)

*Happy Families*
Happy Families
Starring	Tamsin Heatley; Richard Hope
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	24 (12 stories)
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Release
Original network	BBC1
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. 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.

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.

Cast[]

Milton Johns – Mr Clarence Creep, Mr Ding, Mr Cross the Inspector, Mr Alphonso
Annette Badland – Mrs Wobble the Waitress, Mrs Plug the Plumber, Mrs Lather
Elizabeth Estensen – Mrs Clara Creep, Mrs Tick the Teacher, Miss Trump
Richard Hope – Mr Tick, PC Arntby, Mr Bun, Mr Plug, Mr Harry Hay, Captain Salt, Mr. Cash, Mr. Jump
Tamsin Heatley – Mrs Jump, Mrs Bop, Mrs Brick, Mrs Salt, Mrs Hay, Mrs Bun

Martyn Ellis-Mr Biff, Mr Money, Blackbeard, Teddy the Chef, Sailor. Martyn also wrote original songs for the show.

London Kim – Master Money, Master Salt, Teddy Tick
– Mr Wobble, Mr Brick, Mr Bop, Mr Toad, Mr Wallis the Warder https://showreel.thetvroom.com/talent-profiles/3705/thomas-ben/

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"