Budgie the Little Helicopter (1994)

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Budgie the Little Helicopter is a British-Irish-Canadian-American-Korean series of children's books and animated television series relating to a fictional character 'Budgie' and his friends. The characters were based on the books by Sarah, Duchess of York. The show was coproduced by Fred Wolf Films Dublin, The Sleepy Kids Company and Sarah, Duchess of York for The west version of HTV for ITV and Scottish Television Enterprises, and originally aired on British television in 1994 on CITV, where it ran for 39 episodes and 1 Christmas Television Special, as an ITV Competitor to BBC's Oscar's Orchestra. A range of videos, books, and toys were released under the Budgie label.

Original Release

01/04/1994

US Release

11/08/1994

Cast

Name

Character

Richard Pearce

Budgie

Jeremy Nicholas

(voice) / Lionel

Ray Lonnen

(voice) / Smokey Controller

Anthony Jackson

(voice) (as Tony Jackson) / Ken / Don

Pippa Haywood

(voice) / Mrs. Kitchen

Abigail MacVean

(voice) / Pippa

Kerry Shale

(voice) / Chuck

Jeff Rawle

(voice) / Narrator / Del

William Vanderpuye

(voice) / Mike

Melvyn Hayes

(voice)

(see additional cast & crew)

#	Title	Air Date
1	Boom Boom Budgie	Tuesday, 02 January 1996
2	Writers in the Sky	Tuesday, 09 January 1996
3	Double Trouble	Tuesday, 16 January 1996
4	Eye in the Sky	Tuesday, 23 January 1996
5	Chuck's Buddy	Tuesday, 30 January 1996
6	The Aqueduct	Tuesday, 06 February 1996
7	Plane Silly	Tuesday, 13 February 1996
8	The Plane Who Cried Wolf	Tuesday, 20 February 1996
9	The Runaway Train	Monday, 26 February 1996
10	A Tail of Woe	Monday, 04 March 1996
11	Put Up or Stuck Up	Monday, 11 March 1996
12	Silent Flight	Monday, 18 March 1996
13	Ups & Downs	Monday, 25 March 1996