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Country of origin
  
United Kingdom

No. of episodes
  
12

Original network
  
CBBC

Final episode date
  
18 December 1990

Number of episodes
  
12

7.5/10
IMDb

No. of series
  
2

Running time
  
30 minutes

First episode date
  
17 August 1989

Network
  
CBBC

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Starring
  
Tamsin HeatleyRichard Hope

Genre
  
Children's television series

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Cast
  
Richard Hope, Ade Edmondson, Helen Lederer, Tom Wilkinson

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.

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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.

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

    • References

    Happy Families (CBBC TV series) Wikipedia
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