Jimbo and the Jet Set

Jan 06, 1986 (en) Animation, Kids, Family [5] Min
  • First Air Date
    Jan 06, 1986
  • Production
  • Rotten tomato
    72%
  • Original title
    Jimbo and the Jet Set
  • Release
    Jan 06, 1986
  • en
    -

Overview

Jimbo and the Jet Set is a British animated cartoon series broadcast in the 1980s, featuring the adventures of the eponymous Jimbo, a talking aeroplane. Created by Maddocks Cartoon Productions, it originally ran for 25 episodes between 1985 and 1986. The premise of the cartoon is that Jimbo was originally intended to be a Jumbo Jet, but his designer could not tell the difference between inches and centimetres, resulting in his diminutive size. If Jimbo's designer switched the imperial measurements of the Boeing 747 for metric, the result would have been an aircraft with a fuselage length of 91 ft; this would make Jimbo roughly the length of an early-series Boeing 737. The television series features various talking airport-type ground vehicles: Tommy Tow-Truck, Claude Catering, Amanda Baggage, Phil the Fuel Truck, Sammy Steps and Harry Helicopter. Other plane characters appear from time to time, such as Old Timer, a Vickers Wellington bomber who gets into the story while flying to or from an airshow. The story is based at a fictional "London Airport", under the command of an irate controller who frequently ends episodes screaming "I want words with you, Jimbo!".

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer

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Season 1 ( 1986-01-06)

The Little Big Problem

Episode: 1

Trouble at Sea

Episode: 2

First Time Flyers

Episode: 3

The U.F.O.

Episode: 4

April Fool's Day

Episode: 5

The Old Timer

Episode: 6

The Royal Visitors

Episode: 7

Jet Lag

Episode: 8

Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud

Episode: 9

Holiday Weather

Episode: 10

Winter Wonderland

Episode: 11

Jimbo Down-Under

Episode: 12

Jimbo and the Astronaut

Episode: 13

Jungle Jimbo

Episode: 14

Jimbo and the Whale

Episode: 15

Bermuda Triangle

Episode: 16

The Chief Gets a Rocket

Episode: 17

The Controller's Apprentice

Episode: 18

Chinese Pandamonium

Episode: 19

The Pennand Inca Story

Episode: 20

Quiet Please

Episode: 21

Jinglebells Jimbo

Episode: 22

The Great Air Race

Episode: 23

The Little Red Devil

Episode: 24

The Computer Clanger

Episode: 25
Jan 06, 1986 (en)
Animation, Kids, Family
[5] Min
  • First Air Date Jan 06, 1986
  • Production
  • Rotten tomato 72%
Original Title Jimbo and the Jet Set
en

Overview

Jimbo and the Jet Set is a British animated cartoon series broadcast in the 1980s, featuring the adventures of the eponymous Jimbo, a talking aeroplane. Created by Maddocks Cartoon Productions, it originally ran for 25 episodes between 1985 and 1986. The premise of the cartoon is that Jimbo was originally intended to be a Jumbo Jet, but his designer could not tell the difference between inches and centimetres, resulting in his diminutive size. If Jimbo's designer switched the imperial measurements of the Boeing 747 for metric, the result would have been an aircraft with a fuselage length of 91 ft; this would make Jimbo roughly the length of an early-series Boeing 737. The television series features various talking airport-type ground vehicles: Tommy Tow-Truck, Claude Catering, Amanda Baggage, Phil the Fuel Truck, Sammy Steps and Harry Helicopter. Other plane characters appear from time to time, such as Old Timer, a Vickers Wellington bomber who gets into the story while flying to or from an airshow. The story is based at a fictional "London Airport", under the command of an irate controller who frequently ends episodes screaming "I want words with you, Jimbo!".

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer