The Poddington Peas is an animated British children's television series made by Paul Needs and Colin Wyatt; the single series has 13 episodes and was first aired on the BBC in 1989. The theme song describes the peas as being "down at the bottom of the garden". Human size garden objects, giant in size to them, are seen such as up turned flower pots serving as most of their buildings. Humans themselves are never seen or mentioned. In 1992, writer Phil Gardner was employed by Poddington plc to help write some new episodes - including one intended to pilot the series in the USA, and featuring a new group of characters, the Bugz. however these were never published. There were also paper back books by Paul Needs, illustrated by Colin Wyatt and published by Box Tree / Award Publications. The paper back books including new titles will be released with a new AP and merchandise to complement these titles is being prepared for release in 2013.
Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
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Season 1 | Episode 1 | The Vegetable Show | 1989-09-14 | 5 min |
Season 1 | Episode 2 | Creep-Pea Gets Carried Away | 1989-09-21 | 5 min |
Season 1 | Episode 3 | Dump-Pea's Diet | 1989-09-28 | 5 min |
Season 1 | Episode 4 | Mound of Trouble | 1989-10-05 | 5 min |
Season 1 | Episode 5 | Hip-Pea's Band | 1989-10-12 | 5 min |
Season 1 | Episode 6 | Well Done Dump-Pea | 1989-10-19 | 5 min |
Season 1 | Episode 7 | Zip-Pea Saves the Day | 1989-10-26 | 5 min |
Season 1 | Episode 8 | Poddle Island Mystery | 1989-11-09 | 5 min |
Season 1 | Episode 9 | Dough-Pea Gets Lost | 1989-11-16 | 5 min |
Season 1 | Episode 10 | Zip-Pea's Shadow | 1989-11-23 | 5 min |
Season 1 | Episode 11 | Bubble Trouble | 1989-11-30 | 5 min |
Season 1 | Episode 12 | The Balloonatics | 1989-11-02 | 5 min |
Season 1 | Episode 13 | Creep-Pea's Christmas Surprise | 1989-12-07 | 5 min |
Crew | Paul Needs | Creator |
Camera | Natalie Mills | Key Grip |
Sound | Geoff Stephens | Music |
Directing | Arthur De Cloedt | Layout |
Directing | Clive Dawson | Layout |
Writing | Colin Wyatt | Characters |
Production | Ian Green | Producer |
Visual Effects | Tony Garth | Animation Director |
Writing | Paul Needs | Writer |
Art | Ray Rankine | Background Designer |
Production | Muriel MacLeod | Production Manager |
Production | Heather Pedley | Production Manager |
Visual Effects | Billy Allison | Animation |
Art | Pat Gavin | Background Designer |
Editing | Keith Holden | Editor |
Directing | Tony Garth | Director |
Visual Effects | Barry Hales | Animation |
Art | Gary Sycamore | Background Designer |
Directing | Pat Gavin | Director |
Production | Laurie Frost | Producer |
Art | Sue Branch | Background Designer |
Production | Clive Lester | Executive Producer |
Visual Effects | Harold Whitaker | Animation |
Visual Effects | Kevin Baldwin | Animation |
Art | Ian Henderson | Background Designer |
Directing | Colin White | Director |
Visual Effects | Stephen Hales | Animation |