Bimble's Bucket

Bimble's Bucket was an animated progamme shown on CITV created by Michael Jupp, the creator of The Dreamstone and produced by Martin Gates Productions for HTV. The show ran for 3 series between 1996 and 1998. The rights to this show are currently owned by Monster Entertainment as of 2014.

Plot

The main character of the series was Bimble, a young male anthropomorphic creature (a fox rabbit hybrid creature of whom some fans dub his species as 'foxbits' unofficially, though Mike Jupp had given them an official name called 'Squonks', it was never mentioned on the show) who, after rescuing a man from sinking in a swamp by pulling a bucket from his head, was given the very bucket he pulled off as a reward for rescuing the man. Soon Bimble is introduced to Teeny Weeny, a small green female character (who has leaves and an acorn on her head) and the guardian of the bucket. He also found out the bucket would grant wishes if he needed any particular item, but the effects would only last for 24 hours). The bucket is damaged in the first episode of the series when it is attacked by slingshots.

A witch called Dolly Clackhanger would try to steal the bucket from Bimble, many times, for her queen, Kak. She usually sent her gang to steal it. They consist of two Sleazians from Sleaze City who look like punk rockers called Bilge and Oiler, who usually go around on motorised pogo sticks. They were the ones who dented the bucket to begin with. Dolly also has an odd-looking blue creature with green hair called Sploot, who is usually Dolly's guinea pig for her magical experiments.

Queen Kak is also assisted by her tax collector Mudge, another Sleazian wearing a pork pie hat. He would rather perform scientific experiments instead of collecting taxes for the queen, and he dislikes Dolly and her magic.

TV airings

The series aired in the United Kingdom on CITV from 1996–1998 and was later repeated on Pop in 2004. It has also aired on Nine Network in Australia.

Voice team

Series 1

Julia McKenzie (Dolly Clackhanger/Narrator), Ellie Beaven (Teeny Weeny), Jonathan Kydd (Mudge / Mr. Gallypot), Gary Martin (Sploot), Lewis MacLeod (Bimble), Kate Robbins (Oiler)

Series 2/3

Julia McKenzie (Narrator/Dolly Clackhanger), Ellie Beaven (Teeny Weeny), Maria Darling, Sally Kinghorn, Gary Martin (Sploot), Paul Panting (Bimble), Richard Tate (Mudge / Mayor of Stiltsville)

Episode list

Series One: (25 minute episodes)

1. The Beginning - First broadcast: 5/1/1996
2. The Really Bad Idea - First broadcast: 15/1/1996
3. Mistaken Identity - First broadcast: 22/1/1996
4. The Catastrophe - First broadcast: 29/1/1996
5. The Journey - First broadcast: 3/5/1996
6. Pogo Time - First broadcast: 10/5/1996
7. The Birds
8. Marooned
9. The Moon Bridge
10. Nearly
11. The Carpet
12. Catnap
13. The Return

Series Two: (10-minute episodes)

1. The Cauldron – First broadcast: 4/2/1997
2. The Homing Bubble
3. The Fair
4. Sploot’s Monster
5. The Hypnopipe
6. Dolly Rules
7. A Question of Colours
8. Keep Fit
9. The Plant
10. Queen Kak’s Birthday
11. Invisible
12. Sheep
13. Pirates

Series Three: (10-minute episodes)

1. Small - First broadcast: 27/4/1998
2. The Pogo Tournament
3. The Bird (different episode from Series 1 "The Birds")
4. The Robot
5. Vandals
6. Dad's Tomatoes
7. Fairy Tale Day
8. The Sludge Monster
9. The Freeze
10. Celebration
11. The Crab
12. Sweetie
13. Weather Witch

Home Media releases

English home video company First Independent released one VHS title in the UK which contained the first 3 episodes and is quite rare.

Credits

Series 1

Written by

Sue Radley and Martin Gates

Original Concept and Design by

Mike Jupp

Music Written and Composed by

Chris Caswell

Animation Directors

Simon Ward-Horner, Chris Randall, David Elvin, Greg Ingram

Directed by

Martin Gates

Dialogue Recording Engineer

Ben Leeves

Dubbing Editors

Kevin Brazier, Alan Sallabank

Dubbing Mixer

David Humphries

Sound Re-recorded at

DB Post Production

Negative Cutting

Mike Fraser

Telecine Grader

Alan Bishop

Video Editor

Neville Donoghue

Film Editor

David Hillier

Production Facilities

Moving Images International

Managing Director

Jimmy Costello

Head of Production

Louie Jhocson

Production Facilities

Sae Rom Animation

President

Kil Whan Kim

Production Assistants

Emma MacGregor, Samantha Warden, Charlotte Simpson-Orlebar

Production Secretary

Sarah Absalom

Production Co-ordinator

Robert Dunbar

Production Manager

Stuart Lock

Storyboard

Mike Jupp, Gordon Harrison, David Elvin, Keith Scoble, Greg Ingram, Bruce McNally, Marty Murphy

Timing

Paul Stibal, Dick Horn, Duncan Varley

Art Direction and Timing

Barry Macey

Edit and Story Supervisor

Sue Radley

Executive Producers

Dan Maddicot, Tom Parkhouse

Line Producer

Marion Edwards

Produced by

Martin Gates

Series 2–3

Written by

Sue Radley and Martin Gates

Original Concept and Design by

Mike Jupp

Music Written and Composed by

Chris Caswell

Animation Directors

Chris Randall, Vincent Woodcock

Directed by

Martin Gates

Dialogue Recording Engineer

Ben Leeves

Dubbing Editor

Kevin Brazier

Dubbing Mixers

David Humphries, Alan Sallabank

Sound Re-recorded at

DB Post Production

Negative Cutting

Mike Fraser

Telecine Grader

Ray King

Video Editor

Andrew Mitchell

Film Editor

David Hillier

Production Facilities

Hong Ying Animation

General Manager

Bobby Hsieu

Production Manager

Tom Pong

Production Assistants

Charlotte Simpson-Orlebar, Ellen Moreno, Samantha Warden

Production Secretary

Sarah Absalom

Assistant Producer

Emma MacGregor

Production Co-ordinator

Robert Dunbar

Production Manager

Stuart Lock

Songs and Music Published by

Telestar Management Ltd.

Character Development

Alan Case, Leila Marr

Storyboards

Gordon Harrison, Mike Jupp, Barry Macey, Clive Pallant, Vince James & Jez Hall, Michael Zarb, Marty Murphy

Timing

Chris Cuddington, Barry Macey

Edit and Story Supervisor

Sue Radley

Executive Producers

Dan Maddicott, Tom Parkhouse

Producer

Martin Gates

External links

• Mike Jupp's official homepage
• Mike Jupp's official forum
• Bimble's Bucket's page on Monster's official website

References

This article "Bimble's Bucket" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:Bimble's Bucket. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.

📰 Article(s) of the same category(ies)

• Old Bradwell United F.C.
• 1974 Eastwood District Council election
• MANDELBARTH
• Angry Young Man (film)
• Win Chadha
• Bradford C. Freeman
• Stephanie Brookes

---