Genre Children's Composer(s) Steve Augarde Original language(s) English Final episode date 26 December 1994 Number of episodes 27 | Narrated by Simon Cadell Country of origin United Kingdom First episode date 14 September 1990 Number of seasons 2 Cast Simon Cadell | |
Created by Charles Mills,
Terry Brain Networks BBC, CBeebies, CBBC, Disney Channel, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Discovery Kids, Living TV Group Similar Huxley Pig, The Herbs, The Dreamstone, The Animals of Farthing, Bagpuss |
Bump was a television programme aimed at young children, created by Charles Mills and Terry Brain (also responsible for The Trap Door and Stoppit and Tidyup), produced by Queensgate Productions and originally aired on BBC1. It was a cartoon that featured an elephant named Bump and a bluebird named Birdie. The first series was aired from 14 September to 7 December 1990, and the second from 10 January to 4 April 1994. The two series ran a total of twenty-six episodes, each 5 minutes long. In 1994 there was a Christmas special which was 10 minutes in length. The programme was narrated by Simon Cadell of Hi-de-Hi! fame, who died in 1996. Bump was known to be very clumsy, a trait that was emphasised by a bandage stuck onto his forehead. Birdie would often give Bump advice on how he could become more graceful. Bump and Birdie regularly encountered animals that had a problem (such as Whizzer the mouse, Munch the tortoise, McDuff the dog, Big Bun and Little Bun the rabbits and Batty the bat) and would help them to find a solution. Most of these animals were recurring characters, and all of the characters' Stoppit and Tidyup-esque sounds were made by analog synthesizers.