Bananaman

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Cartoon Series

In 1983 the BBC made a cartoon series which included a catchy theme tune and featured the voices of The Goodies. Parts of the character were changed for the series - he was now called Eric Twinge, had a distictive banana-shaped hairstyle rather than punk stubble, and had a love interest in the form of Fiona, a newsreader based on Selina Scott. Graeme Garden voiced the characters of Bananaman, General Blight and Maurice of The Heavy Mob, Bill Oddie voiced the characters of Crow, Chief O'Reilly, Doctor Gloom, Eric and the Weatherman, and Tim Brooke-Taylor voiced the characters of King Zorg of the Nurks, Eddie the Gent, Auntie and Appleman, as well as narrating the episodes. It lasted for forty episodes between 3 October 1983 and 15 April 1986. Some of these episodes would eventually re-appear in print form in The Dandy in 1998, coinciding with the BBC repeating the series in that year.

Related Topics:
1983 - BBC - Cartoon - The Goodies - Selina Scott - Graeme Garden - Bill Oddie - Tim Brooke-Taylor - 3 October - 15 April - 1986 - 1998

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