Michael Bentine's Potty Time
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First Air DateNov 12, 1973
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Production
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Rotten tomato50%
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Original titleMichael Bentine's Potty Time
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ReleaseNov 12, 1973
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Overview
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.
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Casts
Season 1 ( 1973-11-12)
Episode 1: TREASURE ISLAND
Episode 2: KING ARTHUR
Episode 3: NORTH WEST FRONTIER
Episode 4: MOVIE MONSTER
Episode 5: ROBIN HOOD
Episode 6: WORLD WAR ONE ACES
Episode 7: FATHER CHRISTMAS
Episode 8: FOREIGN LEGION
Episode 9: UP THE AMAZON
Episode 10: THE ARMADA
Episode 11: 7th. CAVALRY
Episode 12: THE VIKINGS
Episode 13: THE MOUNTIES
Episode 14: SPORTS ROUND UP
Episode 15: MARIE CELESTE
Episode 16: SHERLOCK HOLMES
Episode 17: ON THE PIRATE BUSES
Episode 18: MARCO POLO
Episode 19: HADRIAN'S WALL
Episode 20: POTTY SCHOOL
Episode 21: FARMERS VS. MOLES
Episode 22: THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL
Episode 23: ARABIAN KNIGHTS
Episode 24: ARMY COOKERY CORPS
Episode 25: CROWN JEWELS
Episode 26: POTTY MAGIC
Season 2 ( 1975-01-08)
The Three Musketeers / Where Eagles Daren't
Robinson Crusoe / The Great Potsby
Christopher Columbus / Ghost Hunters
Holidays / Gunfight - Potty City
Fu Manchu / The Great Train Robbery
Inventions / Hastings 1066
Dick Turpin / Waterloo
Viva Zapotti / Horatius
Cavaliers vs Roundheads / Wagons West
Craftsmen / 55 Days Peking
Explorers / Olympics
Postmen / Japanese
Prisoner of Potzenda / Troy
Season 3 ( 1977-01-04)
Ancient Britain / 20,000 Potty Leagues Under the Sea
China / Jason and the Argonauts
Mysteries of the Mighty Thames / Seven Wonders of the World
Potty Marsh Under-The-Wall / Age of Chivalry
The Conquistadores / Gulliver in Lilliput
The Industrial Revolution / The Faeries
The Great Climb / Salamis
The Pilgrims / The Blotting Paper Bomb
The Foam Fighters / The Great Transcontinental Rail Road
The Gardeners / Hannibal the Great
The Mighty Rig / Ye Gods
The Mighty Press / Camouflage Corps
Ali Baba / Acacia Avenue Triangle
Season 4 ( 1978-01-11)
The Invisible Potty / Drake's Circumnavigation
The Secret War / The Potty Roman Games
The Potty Lifeboat / U.S. Independence
The Fun Factory / The Potty Bypass
The Potty Safari Park / The Potty in the Iron Mask
Theseus and the Minotaur / The Great Potty Escape
The Hillbillies / The Private Enterprise Monastery
Season 5 ( 1978-05-31)
Series 5, Show 1
Series 5, Show 2
Series 5, Show 3
Series 5, Show 4
Series 5, Show 5
Series 5, Show 6
Season 6 ( 1979-01-02)
Series 6, Show 1
Series 6, Show 2
Series 6, Show 3
Series 6, Show 4
Series 6, Show 5
Series 6, Show 6
Season 7 ( 1980-04-09)
Series 7, Show 1
Series 7, Show 2
Series 7, Show 3
Series 7, Show 4
Series 7, Show 5
Series 7, Show 6