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The Pig Attraction was a CITV show broadcast in 1993. It was a documentary (of sorts) on puppets and often descended into backstage chaos a la The Muppet Show. It was co-hosted by Billy The Pig and Simon Buckley (who was a puppeteer himself).

Each show would feature interviews between Billy The Pig and various puppets such as Roland Rat, Big Bird, Hartley Hare etc. Simon would usually visit puppeteers and interview them about their work. Another popular feature of the show featured Pinky and Perky singing a song.

This complete episode features Billy The Pig chatting with Earl E Bird (From Channel 4s Early Bird show), the cast of The Wild Bunch (A 1991 Channel 4 series) and finally a brief link up Big Bird. The show also features a brief appearance of Hartley Hare from Pipkins in specially recorded material for the show. Simon Buckley visits the Harlequin Puppet Theatre and also interviews Brian Henson on the latest puppetry technology. A particularly creepy piece of puppetry is performed by Faulty Optic.

This video is taken direct from a VHS recording I made in 1993. It also features a trailer for the CITV series titled Kapatoo II.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Simon Buckley
• CITV
• Retro Kids TV
• 90s
• Hartley Hare
• Pipkins
• Jim Henson
• Big Bird
• Faulty Optic
• 1993
• Pig Attraction
• puppet

[thepigattraction]

Thanks for the comment Timelord. I'm a Dr Who fan too!

I've actually got about 10-12 minutes of the Roland Rat one. The other half of it got recorded over. I'll upload it in the near future. Unfortunately, that's all I have of the shows.

If anyone else out there has footage of The Pig Attraction, then let me know!

[lovexemma2706]

i know simon buckley

[Welshman2008]

omg i used to love this show i still got the cassette tape that they released

[WildWelshWitch]

OH THANK YOU! YOU ARE GOD! I've spent ages wondering if I'd made this up. I remember there being a really creepy puppet show in this…can I remember the name of it? No I cannot.

[MarcusBowen]

I remember Kapatoo!, "What we have here is a hyper gird!". Earl-e-bird I always watched before school, well funny when he said on his "Up My Beak" section he hates "those hoovers with the eyes"!.

[corditecocktail]

I have a VHS of this somewhere but it's like a collection of music videos hoseted by Billy the Pig with Pinky and Perky singing loads of 80's songs but not the original series

[TeamHeavySuck]

I've got a tape of this. My sister played it so much that whenever I heard any of the characters voices, I almost cried!

[TimelordTVRevolution]

OHHHHHH DUDE. Love u. Use to love this show as a kid. U got the one were he interviews Roland Rat? Use to have that episode on vid but it got recorded over