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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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