Bertha
Bertha is a British stop motion-animated children's television series about a factory machine of that name, comprising 13 episodes that aired from 1985 to 1986. Other major characters in the series were Mr Willmake, Mr Sprott and Tracy. All the characters were designed by Ivor Wood, and the series was produced by his company, Woodland Animations. It was broadcast on BBC Television. A series of six storybooks based on Bertha was published by André Deutsch at the same time as the series was broadcast. They were adapted by Eric Charles and illustrated by Steve Augarde, who was also responsible for the artwork and music in the children's series Bump.
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- Ep 1
1.The Great Painting Job
01-04-198515mBertha is making jixsaw puzzles, only to leave pieces back and making a picture of her own, so the workers have to re-do the puzzles. Meanwhile, Mr. Sprot's assistant Tracey design...
- Ep 2
2.The Windmills
15-04-198515mBertha is making Musical Windmill Money Boxes which plays music whenever money is put in. However, Roy discovers that when the money's in, you can't get it out! Everyone thinks tha...
- Ep 3
3.A Mouse in the Works
22-04-198515mBertha is making Jack-in-the-boxes that fail to stay inside the box! When Panjit loads the remaining toys to the dispatch department, he sees holes in the boxes. Roy, asking for a...
- Ep 4
4.The Best Machine Competition
29-04-198515mBertha is making Spinning Tops that won't stop spinning! Meanwhile, Mr. Sprot is asked to make 'The Most Unusual Toy' by Mr. Wilmake. Mr. Duncan, the foreman, decides that the new...
- Ep 5
5.Tom Gets Lost
13-05-198515mTom the robot causes confusion when a magnet upsets his circuitry.
- Ep 6
6.The Flying Bear
20-05-198515mWhy are the plastic bears made by Bertha getting bigger and bigger?
- Ep 7
7.The Tea Nurse
03-06-198515mBertha has a faulty lever, but Mrs Tupp comes to the rescue.
- Ep 8
8.More Speed, Less Work
05-11-198515mMr Duncan does a time and motion study whilst Bertha makes garden gnomes and a special gnome for Panjid.
- Ep 9
9.The Big Order
12-11-198515mBertha has to make 365 new springs, but Tom and Roy have trouble with the twanging steel.
- Ep 10
10.The Burglars
19-11-198515mBertha is making Jumping Kangaroos. When Ted accidently sets one off, the others in the boxes jump around the factory! When the batteries run down, it's closing time, so Ted stops...
- Ep 11
11.Bertha's Birthday Party
26-11-198515mBertha is busy making cuckoo clocks when Miss McClackerty discovers that it's time for a birthday celebration.
- Ep 12
12.The Big Sneeze
16-04-198615mBertha gets so cold that the beach balls she makes look like snowballs.
- Ep 13
13.Tom's New Friend
18-06-198615mMrs Tupp is cross about a new machine that is delivered, but Tom thinks that it is a new friend.
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