UK, 27 September 1964-1 May 1966
2 series, 33 episodes, average 15m
videotape, black and white, 4:3
mono, English
A British fantasy television series featuring the singing pig puppets Pinky and Perky.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Stan Parkinson
BBC North
Produced by: Stan Parkinson
Written by: Robert Gray
Theme Music and Songs by: Norman Newell, Alyn Ainsworth
Puppetry by: Jan Dalibor, Vlasta Dalibor
Designed by: Stuart Furber
Cast
Jimmy Thompson (host)
Episodes
Series One
Your Life in Their Trotters (27 September 1964)
The Day That the Drains Came Down (4 October 1964)
Stew It Yourself (11 October 1964)
Gunfight at Mattress Springs (18 October 1964)
Where There’s Life, There’s Soap (25 October 1964)
Perky Mason (1 November 1964)
The Olym-Pigs (8 November 1964)
Perky Political Broadcast (15 November 1964)
Prizes! Prizes! Pigtime Prizes! (22 November 1964)
Oinks of View (29 November 1964)
Z-Pigs (6 December 1964)
The Aunt of Monty Cristo (13 December 1964)
Robinson Riding Hood and His Magic Lamp (20 December 1964)
Christmas Pig-Tale (25 December 1964)
The Pig-Star Show (27 December 1964)
Garden Secrets Not Worth Gardening (10 January 1965)
A Pig-Nic in Sherwood Forest (17 January 1965)
Series Two
You, Too, Can Be an Archaeologist (16 January 1966)
You, Too, Can Be a Deep-Sea Diver (23 January 1966)
You, Too, Can Be a Beef-Eater (30 January 1966)
You, Too, Can Be a Mountaineer (6 February 1966)
You, Too, Can Be a Lord (13 February 1966)
You, Too, Can Be an Artist (20 February 1966)
You, Too, Can Be a Hairdresser (27 February 1966)
You, Too, Can Be a Disc-Jockey (6 March 1966)
You, Too, Can Be a Prime Minister (13 March 1966)
You, Too, Can Be an Entertainer (20 March 1966)
You, Too, Can Be a Highlander (27 March 1966)
You, Too, Can Be a Scientist (3 April 1966)
You, Too, Can Be a Secret Agent (10 April 1966)
You, Too, Can Be an Indian Rajah (17 April 1966)
You, Too, Can Be a Detective (24 April 1966)
You, Too, Can Be a Spaceman (1 May 1966)
Links
See also
Pinky and Perky (1970)
Pinky and Perky: Pop Parade (1960)
Pinky and Perky Sail on a Musical Voyage (1963-1964)
Pinky and Perky Show (2008-2009)
Pinky and Perky: The Pop-in (1962-1963)
Pinky and Perky Times (1968)
Pinky and Perky’s Island (1967)
