Pigeon Street

Pigeon Street
Genre Children
Written by Michael Cole
Voices of George Layton
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 13
Production
Location(s) UK
Running time 15 minutes
Release
Original network BBC
Picture format Colour
Original release 10 February – 17 December 1981

Pigeon Street is an animated children's television series, written by Michael Cole, originally shown on the BBC in 1981 as part of its 'See-Saw' strand for pre-schoolers. There were two series with eight and five episodes respectively, each programme lasting fifteen minutes. The series has been repeated a number of times.

The animation was created by Alan Rogers and Peter Lang of the Cut-Out Animation Co., who later went on to do a nursery rhyme series with similar animation called Rub-A-Dub-Dub. Voices were performed by George Layton, with additional voices by John Telfer. Music was by Benni Lees, and played by Soulyard.

The shows featured the everyday adventures of a group of characters living on Pigeon Street, an area of flats and terraced housing in a British city, also home to several pigeons which appeared in each show but only occasionally featured in the plot.

Characters included Clara the long distance lorry driver, her cohabiting partner Hugo the chef, Mr Baskerville the detective, Mr Jupiter the astronomer, Mr Macadoo the petshop owner and twins, Molly and Polly, who were only distinguishable by the letter M and P on their jumpers.

Episode Listing

Episode Title Broadcast Date Synopsis
All in a Day's Work 10 February 1981
A light in the sky 17 February 1981
Pigeon at sea 24 February 1981
Can I have my ball back? 3 March 1981
Noisy neighbours 10 March 1981
Pigeon Post 17 March 1981
A cold day 24 March 1981
Somewhere to Eat 31 March 1981
Episode Title Broadcast Date Synopsis
Down with the car park 19 November 1981
The Flood 26 November 1981
Hobbies 3 December 1981
Springtime for Hugo 10 December 1981
Getting away 17 December 1981

Rogers and Lang went on creating many animations for programmes like Words and Pictures, Numbertime, Rosie and Jim, Hotch Potch House, Rat-A-Tat-Tat and The Number Crew.

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