Potamus Park
| Potamus Park | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Paul Cole |
| Voices of |
Maria Liljefors Jemima Cotter Chris Towle Kay Puxley Nathalie Tierce |
| Opening theme |
"We're on our way to Potamus Park" By Jeff Robinson |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 42 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) |
John Lee Chris Noulton for ITV Central |
| Running time | 10 minutes |
| Production company(s) | CITV for ITV |
| Distributor | Carlton Communications |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV |
| Original release | 1996 – 1998 |
Potamus Park was a British preschool program that ran on CITV from 1996-1999. The show centered on a small family of hippos.
Characters
Characters included Ticker, (a bird) Got To Guess, (a blue creature that used sign language to communicate) and Mindy and Mo (two Moles who live in a well and use a bucket as a lift when the hippos need help). Each episode was introduced by a set of talking flowers, who would explain what's to come or what's been happening in the episode.
Video Tapes
Episodes of the series were released on VHS by Carlton Video.
| Title | Release Date |
|---|---|
| Please to meet you VL 1 | 1996 |
| This is where we live VL 2 | 1996 |
| Name that tune Vl 3 | 1996 |
| Hungry hippo | 1997 |
| Secrets | 1997 |
| Dressing up | 1999 |
| Buried treasure | 1999 |
| Abracadabra | 1999 |
| Bed time story | 2000 |
| Where shall we go? | 2000 |
| Hip hippo ray day | 2001 |
| Gold Collection | 2001 |
Trivia
Carlton Home Video issued many video tapes in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Although the series was genuinely well received, ITV decided to cut the series in 1999 due to the rival show Bananas In Pyjamas, which received higher ratings. Even though the series ended in 1999, CITV continued to air repeated programs into the early 2000s.