Cartoon
The Perishers (TV series)
The story
The Perishers is an animated cartoon series produced by Bill Melendez Productions and FilmFair. BBC1 transmitted it in 1979 and repeated until 1988. The series is based on Maurice Dodd's long-running comic strip, The Perishers. Voices were provided by Sheila Steafel (Maisie and Marlon), Leonard Rossiter (Boot), Judy Bennett (Wellington and Baby Grumpling), and Peter Hawkins (B. H. (Calcutta) Failed).
Castle Vision published the first home video release of The Perishers: Two VHS videocassettes, each with 10 episodes. Abbey Home Media republished the first 10 episodes to a Region 2 DVD titled The Perishers: Magic Mirror (27 February 2006), and the remaining 10 episodes to a second DVD, The Perishers: The Skateboard Champion (12 March 2007). In 2025, Fabulous Films released the complete series on both DVD and Blu-ray, newly remastered from the original 35mm films.
Episodes
Magic Mirror
In the Cart
A Life from the Ocean Wave
A-Camping We Will Go
A Fool and His Money aren't as Easily Parted as You Think
Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Bath?
How to Train the Family Dog
The Ugly Duckling
Look Before It Leaps
Spring Fever
The Skateboard Champion
The Wheeling and Dealing
She May or She May Not
Noblesse Oblige
Well Blow Me Down
Bone Champions
The Rehabilitation of BH (Calcutta) Failed
The Inch-Thick Ketchup Sandwich