'Happy Families' 1989 children's BBC (Allan Ahlberg book adaptation)

This was a fun-filled, fancy-dressed, all-singing all-dancing children's story show. *deep breath* Magic atmosphere, really up there with Billy Webb or Wizbit (has someone got any clips of Alfonzo Bonzo?).


It was first broadcast 1989, and was rather entertaining and quaint. With some of the same actors as the Pie in the Sky series from the mid-80s.

Credit to original capper/ provider "rearle". Thanks mate ;D

(I recently acquired Archer's GOON (1992 CBBC) which I will upload clips from in due course..)

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Happy
• Families
• 1989
• CBBC

[JohnnyTheWolfLupino]

Can't remember any detail of this show apart from me and a mate screaming the name of one of the characters called Mabel Wobble outside the teachers' staff room at lunchbreaks. They must have though we were on magic mushrooms!!!

[wayzotoichi]

@JohnnyTheWolfLupino lol this show was like one big magic mushroom !)

[taytaybarnes]

how did u get this. Ive been looking for the whole cbbc series and even the bbc say they havent got it do u have it on vhs the whole series? or can u please advise me where to get it?

[wayzotoichi]

got by chance on the internet (IRC)...but that was about 5 years ago..I don't think any of it is available on vhs. It's a shame, one of the best shows. The whole thing was surreal, they didn't seem to obey the law of gravity!

[thecollectables]

why are the kids not mixed race ?

[wayzotoichi]

because it's like a school play..the kids don't look like the parents :p

[SYRUPLIFESTYLE]

Oh my god! Finally i found it !! I've spent about 15 years having little flashbacks of this show and searching everywhere to find the name of it. I also remembered the birmingham accent rounded lady and spent ages trying to find out who she was... I just watched a random show with her in, found her name is Annette Badlands, and now , i find this HOOOORRRAAYYYYY my search is over. Where can i watch episodes of this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!??????????­???????????????? Especially "Miss Jump the Jockey" ?

[DANWOODHOUSE]

every week this came on my mum would say - "wasnt she mrs wobble last week?"

[brandybuck1984]

Wish I could find Pie In The Sky on here! That would really take me back!

[Raichu84]

OMG OMG OMG SO MANY MEMORYS

[fraserkatie]

@weekendoff  It was Annette Badland!

[MadcapMan]

Anyone have any clips of pie in the sky? I can't find anything about it on the net.

[weekendoff]

I remember the fat woman, who was she?

[toptenaddict]

Same here lol