Tales of the Riverbank 1

[@pogsboo]

This was a full part of my life as a child....Loved it was so gripping...Now 57 and could watch it all again ❤❤❤❤❤

[@sharoncarter4086]

Loved watching this, I am 54 now. It was wonderful days when I was little watching this, and living with my mum and dad. Great days. Loved Hammy the hampster xxx💜

[@GamingHelp]

And don't forget GP! :D I never realized as a kid, it stood for Guinea pig. Lol! I agree though, they were good times.

[@probro9898]

Hamster: from the German hamstern = to store away. They can store away quite a lot in those cheek pouches. I've seen hamsters store away two or three hazelnuts (in their shells) down each cheek pouch.

[@probro9898]

Hammy, Roderick and GP also used to appear in Pippin comic - though there they were drawn.

[@probro9898]

And yes Sharon - T of the R was utterly class!

[@citizen1163]

Miss those gentler times & the inimitable voice of ‘Animal Magic’ Johnny Morris ❤

[@sianj456]

Such happy times when I was little, Hammy Hamster & Friends was always a joy to watch - I'm nearing the old 6-0 this year and this is was a staple part of childhood - so precious

[@CarpeNoctum95]

When i was a kid, my mum used to put this on TV. It was one of her favourite shows as a child, and it ended up being one of mine. I wanted all the animals.

[@fidlstyks6900]

The one I remeber best and am looking for is when they find an old bell along the creek. Just a 50 year old memory that stayed with me all my Life.

[@JoanWhack]

Remember seeing those tiny fruits and thinking they looked like the tastiest fruits in the world. Jesus, this brings back good memories.

[@joshclarke6230]

Same here! 😂

[@candykkhorsesngp925]

My mum bought me this on VHS as a kid and I still have it somewhere , I absolutely loved it, a lot of nostalgia watching this again

[@marymurray1516]

I used to dig channels in the dirt and use sticks to build little cabins on the side. Then get myself a bucket of water and make a river. That was happiness when I was 5.

[@newliver2009]

This was a wonderful programme that held me spellbound as a young child....magical, truly magical that expanded the imagination without the unnecessary proclivity for over sexualisation, violence, rudeness, disrespect and a sneerig attitude that I find prevalent on tv these days...

[@lizgower5]

thank you for your thoughts Malcolm. David Ellison would have agreed with you , his way of living and care for others is reflected in his stories.

[@alanduffy9712]

This is very true but by the age of 10years old its cruelty became more than obvious..🃏Al

[@Humungojerry]

lovely programme but kids shows these days don’t have that stuff either 😂

[@brianferguson7840]

Anyone else remember Johnny Morris in Animal Magic ?

[@citizen1163]

Johnny Morris was the BEST!! ❤

[@villanelle8888]

I loved this show as a child! Fantastic to see it again.

[@timobrien8809]

Loved this show as a kid. Ah the memories !!!

[@stephendoughty1472]

We only had a black and white TV back then and to watch it now in colour is absolutely fantastic.wow.

[@redwing221]

I also recall not only was it in black and white, but the reception was very poor and grainy, but we persisted because it was a great programme.

[@JulieLevinge]

Think we all had tiny black & white tv’s in those days, but still enjoyed this very much, my favourite was when they went flying, remember the pilots hat🤣brilliant.❤️🥰❤️👍

[@sharon9270]

I recentently bought 2 new guinea pigs and memories of this programme as a child came flooding back.

[@epimethues4663]

I love how it doesn’t even follow the story line of wind in the willows, it just makes up a story line around what the creatures do it’s hilarious

[@Transcriptor]

I wrote to the BBC in the early 60's asking about the delightful guitar music. They replied it was a piece written specially for them and recorded specially for thr programme. 🤣

[@HeruruMeruru]

Oh my god I remember watching this on Animal Planet as a little kid super early in the morning. This has been in the back of my mind forever and I finally know what it is.

[@davidkothe2873]

Loved this when I was a kid,great programmes back then.

[@LaughingPsycho]

This show was where my fascination with hamsters started. 😄

[@hereschica]

Oh god, this show is OLD! I remember watching it back in the 1990's.

[@briancherry8088]

I knew something was different when the mouse's name wasn't Matty... but wasn't sure until I heard GP, who used to sound like WC Fields. This was my super early show at 5:30 or so when I would sneak down and watch TV.

[@totalcontrast]

Trying to find the episode where Hammy or Roderick are plummeting down the hill in that toy car. It was bloody hilarious!

[@PrisonerMusic]

totalcontrast I've got them all somewhere just never got round to uploading. There's some hilarious scenes in some of the episodes!!

[@totalcontrast]

Brilliant! If you find it then please stick it up..it's a scream. Those animals were top stuntrats. Certainly something that would never go into production today.

[@guylafong]

that's the one me and my brother fell about laughing as the jeep careered down the hill

[@DaSkinna01]

which episode is the car crash? trying to find it

[@MrJsalv]

That’s what I came here for

[@peterlill3101]

This is brilliant !

[@JasonJason210]

These are the ones I remember! I used watch it as a kid when home from school, along with Rainbow and Pipkins. After these Leonard Parkin would come on with the One O'Clock News...then after that, 2 or 3 hours of hell before childrens tea-time television came on. That meant suffering Crown Court, Good Afternoon and General Hospital in the background while I drew pictures or played with lego. Difficult childhood.

[@peterlill3101]

Leonard Parkin and I seem to remember a newsreader called Robert Key.

[@caerfaimama]

Crown Court was worth enduring for the music played on the closing credits.

[@stevekitt52]

Crown Court is on KZbin now. I listen to them on the way home from work and they last pretty much the length of the journey. Great fun for sporting future stars too.

[@plainjayne1981]

Innocence. I love this one. Karen

[@retrofanteckstudios8368]

Best video ever

[@lizgower5]

I have just bought the series on the new DVD,brilliant,just in time for a Christmas present for my nephew.

[@Templetonq]

Sure Elizabeth. For your "nephew". ;)

[@gt197]

Sounds like Jonny Morris..

[@PrisonerMusic]

Yes it is him

[@squirekev]

Is this like a 50-something year old thing? I still show these to my kids: they love them and I know they are just nice shows for kids. No ulterior monetary motives baked into the program.

[@manonamountain]

Back in the day eh, magic!

[@foofy14]

The absolute nostalgia

[@cottinghamcyclinggardener6822]

How did they stop the animals from fighting each other?

[@richardranke7878]

Those animals were either well-trained or filmed many times for the right looking scenes.

[@taraa4553]

I seriously thought this was a fever dream from my past.

[@mollynicole4614]

What time period did this episode air? Some commenters think it was from the 60's and some think its from the 90's.

[@richardspikman7116]

Did they film the animals, then write the script, or did they force a hamster, rat, and guinea pig to learn their lines?

[@Stu-SB]

I heard that rat got a real kicking for making an arse of a scene !

[@epimethues4663]

The funniest thing is that it’s based around Wind in the Willows but it’s nothing like it because they just have to make a script around whatever the animals want to do it’s always like “hammy is going to the shop- he’s decided he said going to eat and leave, and now hammy isn’t committing tax evasion!”

[@VanWit82]

Whatever happened to old Hammy?

[@sianchild]

I don't want to upset you, but the life expectancy of a hamster is two or three years, and this was decades ago.

[@xXGothQueenXx]

What happened to Martha Mouse :(

[@grahamward3504]

brilliantlly done

[@briangriffin9842]

15 hamsters couldn't talk

[@NorfolknStealth]

Great..

jonny morris was brilliant

[@susanvaughan-schiele210]

no. the black and white earlier programmes were better. x

[@davewanamaker3690]

Not bad,

[@gillianoates2727]

Tune is andante in a minor. Is it Andante or andantino? It walking pace, ANDANTE

[@LindsayKay]

My daughter's hamster has huge testicles.

[@ericsbuell]

Maybe ask a vet...

[@jdpoland1086]

better than that david attenborrows

[@markofsaltburn]

Roderick was delicious.

[@jaylon8259]

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