Episode 1
Johnny’s Flat, Hartley’s Office
15m
Johnny is now in charge but without Mr Pipkin to teach him to make puppets, how will he earn money to buy food ? He has an idea…
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TV series
Pipkins
197314 seasons7.3 / 10
Pipkins was a British children's TV programme. Hartley Hare, Pig, Topov and the gang were the stars of ATV's pre-school series which ran from January 1973 to 29 December 1981.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
Pipkins premiered January 1, 1973. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
Pipkins was a British children's TV programme. Hartley Hare, Pig, Topov and the gang were the stars of ATV's pre-school series which ran from January 1973 to 29 December 1981.
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Episode 2
Their First Job
15m
Johnny, Hartley, Tortoise, Topov and co start up in business as 'Pipkins', the help people. Hartley answers the phone in the office, while Pig and Topov go out in the van to help people…
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New Housekeeper
15m
With everyone working, who is going to do the housework ? The only one who could do it is Octavia but she breaks everything with her feet. So they advertise for a housekeeper…
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Mrs P’s Suite
15m
Mrs P, the new Penguin housekeeper, feels she should not be asked to sleep in the kitchen sink. So Johnny gets a new kitchen sink unit and puts it out in the yard.
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Building the Bank
15m
Tortoise can’t go on keeping money under the settee, he needs somewhere special to put it. Charlie the dustman comes to the rescue with an idea.
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Bertha’s Spuds
15m
Bertha tries to help run the office but she upsets Hartley’s way of doing things. However she does find a quick way of planting potatoes…
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Uncle Goes a-Wooing
15m
Uncle Hare takes Mrs P into town and finds he likes his own hollow much better. But Mrs P likes one place they visit... where they keep fish on ice!
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Charlie the Nurse
15m
Hartley feels poorly, but he’s in good hands as Charlie is looking after him. However as Hartley recovers, strange things start to happen to Charlie…
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The Money Programme
15m
Pig, Topov and Hartley all have very different ideas on how to spend the money they have saved from their work.
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Camping
15mfinale
It's holiday time for Pipkins, and they are camping in the woods. Everyone has a job to do, and they are all happy. At least, almost everyone... Octavia can’t stand the mud!
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Cast
George WoodbridgeInigo Pipkin
Jonathan KyddTom
Sue Nicholls
Heather Tobias
Charles McKeown
Royce Mills
Wayne LaryeaJohnnyPreston Lockwood
Credits
- Written by
- Gail Renard
Production details
- Status
- Returning Series
- Series type
- Scripted
- Episodes
- 321
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
ITV1United Kingdom
Associated TelevisionUnited Kingdom
Themes
puppetry