SuperTed @ The Cartoon Scrapbook

Prod. Notes:

January 1983 - February 1983, BBC-1

Siriol Animation

Cast:

Derek Griffiths ........................................................................... SuperTed

Jon Pertwee ................................................................................ Spottyman

Melvyn Hayes ................................................................................. Skeleton

Roy Kinnear .............................................................................................. Bulk

Sheila Steafel ..................................................................................... Blotch

Sheila Steafel .................................................................... Mother Nature

Victor Spinetti ........................................................................... Texas Pete

Peter Hawkins ................................................................................ Narrator

Synopsis:

This cartoon's opening sequence summed up its premise quite well:

"This is a story about an ordinary Teddy bear. When he was made they found something wrong with him, and threw him away like a piece of rubbish, into an old dark storeroom. Then from outer-space a spotty man bought him to life with his cosmic dust. He took him to a magic cloud where Mother Nature gave him special powers. That bear became SuperTed."

With the help of Spottyman, SuperTed used his powers to combat the evil plots of his nemesis Texas Pete and his bumbling cohorts Bulk and Skeleton.

This series was originally commissioned by the Welsh language channel S4C, but an English translation soon followed, and the program was broadcast throughout the United Kingdom in 1983. The series won the 1987 BAFTA for best animation.

Episodes:

SuperTed and The Incas Treasure

SuperTed and The Pearlfishers

SuperTed and The Stolen Rocket

SuperTed and the Trainrobbers

SuperTed and The Giant Kites

SuperTed and The Elephants Graveyard

SuperTed and The Goldmine

SuperTed at the Funfair

SuperTed at Creepy Castle

SuperTed and the City of the Dead

SuperTed on Planet Spot

SuperTed and Nuts in Space

SuperTed at The Toy Shop

SuperTed Goes to Texas

SuperTed in Space, Part 1

SuperTed in Space, Part 2

SuperTed in the Arctic

SuperTed and The Crystal Ball

SuperTed and the Lumberjacks

SuperTed and The Gun Smuggler

Bulk's Story

SuperTed's Dream

SuperTed in Spotty and the Indians

SuperTed Meets Father Christmas

SuperTed and Mother Nature

SuperTed and The Magic Word, Part 1

SuperTed and The Magic Word, Part 2

SuperTed Kicks up Dust

SuperTed and the Pothole Rescue

SuperTed and The Whales

SuperTed and Tex's Magic Spell

SuperTed and the Gorilla

SuperTed and The Great Horrendo

SuperTed and The Rattler

SuperTed in China Town

SuperTed Goes Round the Bend

Phantom of the Grand Ol Opry

Knox, Knox, Who's There

Dot's Entertainment

Bubbles, Bubbles Everywhere

The Mysticetae Mystery

Texas is Mine

We Got Nutninkhamun

Sleepless Nights

Ruse of the Raja

Leave it to Space Beavers

Farewell, My Lovely Spots

Ben-Fur

Spotty Earns His Stripes