Seasons and episodes
1Season 1 Nov. 12, 1973
1 - 1Episode 1: TREASURE ISLAND Nov. 12, 1973- 1 - 4Episode 4: MOVIE MONSTER Dec. 03, 1973
- 1 - 15Episode 15: MARIE CELESTE Feb. 18, 1974
4Season 4 Jan. 11, 1978
- 4 - 1The Invisible Potty / Drake's Circumnavigation Jan. 11, 1978
- 4 - 2The Secret War / The Potty Roman Games Jan. 18, 1978
- 4 - 3The Potty Lifeboat / U.S. Independence Jan. 25, 1978
- 4 - 4The Fun Factory / The Potty Bypass Feb. 01, 1978
- 4 - 5The Potty Safari Park / The Potty in the Iron Mask Feb. 08, 1978
- 4 - 6Theseus and the Minotaur / The Great Potty Escape Feb. 15, 1978
- 4 - 7The Hillbillies / The Private Enterprise Monastery Feb. 22, 1978
Synopsis
Michael Bentine’s Potty Time was a long-running British children’s show, starring Michael Bentine, and directed and produced by Leon Thau for Thames Television on ITV. It ran from 1973 to 1980. The episodes consisted largely of distinctive, bearded puppets, comically re-enacting famous historical situations. The Potties’ faces were always obscured by facial hair, with only their noses protruding. They were operated from beneath and had two distinct sizes – approximately two feet and one foot tall. All of the Potty characters were designed by Bentine, who also provided all of their voices. Their operators were from The Barry Smith Theatre of Puppets.
In 2001, it was voted into 71st place in Channel 4’s 100 Greatest Kids’ TV shows poll. Several Region 2 DVDs of the series have been released by Network DVD.
Original title Michael Bentine's Potty Time
TMDb Rating 8
First air date Nov. 12, 1973
Last air date May. 21, 1980
Average Duration 25 minutes
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