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No. of episodes 25 First episode date 6 January 1986 Program creator Peter Maddocks | 7.1/10 IMDb Country of origin United Kingdom Running time 5 minutes Final episode date 6 February 1987 Number of episodes 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Voices of Peter HawkinsSusan Sheridan Executive producer(s) Maddocks Cartoon Productions Similar The Family‑Ness, Penny Crayon, Pigeon Street, Bertha, The Poddington Peas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The chief gets a rocket jimbo and the jet set
Jimbo and the Jet-Set (often shortened to simply Jimbo) is a British animated cartoon series broadcast in the 1980s, featuring the adventures of the eponymous Jimbo, an anthropomorphic aeroplane. Created by Maddocks Cartoon Productions, it originally ran for 25 episodes between 1986 and 1987. The premise of the cartoon is that Jimbo was originally intended to be a Jumbo Jet, but his designer could not tell the difference between inches and centimetres, resulting in his diminutive size.
Contents
- The chief gets a rocket jimbo and the jet set
- Jimbo and the whale jimbo and the jet set
- Credits
- VHS and DVD releases
- References
The television series features various anthropomorphic airport ground vehicles: Tommy Tow-Truck, Claude Catering, Amanda Baggage, Phil the Fuel Truck, Sammy Steps and Harry Helicopter. Other plane characters appear from time to time, such as Old Timer, a Vickers Wellington bomber who gets into the story while flying to or from an airshow; and Gloria, a female counterpart to Jimbo. The story is based at a fictional "London Airport", under the command of an irate controller who frequently ends episodes screaming "I want words with you, Jimbo!"
Jimbo and the whale jimbo and the jet set
Credits
VHS and DVD releases
In 1986, after its debut on the BBC, twelve episodes were released on BBC Video, then reissued by 'Paradox Films' distributed Total Home Entertainment under licence from BBC Worldwide Ltd (Cat. No. THE 20003) in 1995.
In 1999, Castle Home Video released all 25 episodes on two videos but reissued on DVD by Rights Entertainment (distributed by Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd) in 2004 since the VHS versions became out of print in 2002.