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Bertha (TV series)

Bertha (stylised as bertha, with a larger lower case "b") is a 13-episode British stop motion-animated children's television series about a factory machine of that name that aired from 1985 to 1986. All the characters were designed by Ivor Wood, and the series was produced by his company, Woodland Animations. It was broadcast on BBC Television,[1] It was intended as a replacement to the Postman Pat series, until the second series aired in 1996.

Bertha
Created byEric Charles
Stephen Flewers
StarringRoy Kinnear (voice)
Sheila Walker (voice)
Narrated byRoy Kinnear
Theme music composerBryan Daly
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes13
Production
ProducerIvor Wood
Running time15 minutes
Release
Original networkBBC 1/BBC 2
Original release1 April 1985 (1985-04-01) –
18 June 1986 (1986-06-18)

A series of five 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.[1]

The series was later repeated on GMTV2 in the early 2000s along with Penny Crayon.

Plot Edit

The series is set in an industrial estate occupied by the Spottiswood & Company factory, a small manufacturing plant producing a wide range of goods ranging from cuckoo clocks to windmill money boxes. Each episode focuses on a machine called Bertha that can produce any item requested of her. In each episode, the factory experiences a crisis affecting its daily production schedule, which Bertha invariably solves with the help of her factory worker friends.

Production Edit

Bertha was created by Woodland Animations, who also produced the shows Postman Pat, Charlie Chalk and Gran for the BBC. Episodes were written by Eric Charles and Stephen Flewers, and designed, produced and directed by Ivor Wood, co-founder of the Woodland company. Roy Kinnear and Sheila Walker voiced the characters, and Kinnear narrated. The main title music (as well as some of the other songs) featured the singing of Guy Fletcher. The songs "Tracy's Robot Song", "Mrs Tupp" and "Isn't it Nice?" from the Bertha 12-inch vinyl record feature the vocals of Stephanie de Sykes.

Main characters Edit

  • Mr. WillmakeManager of the factory
  • Miss McClackerty – Mr. Willmake's secretary
  • Mr. Sprott – Chief designer
  • Tracy James – Mr. Sprott's Assistant
  • Mr. Duncan – Works Foreman. Sometimes the antagonist in the story, since he regards Bertha as an old inefficient machine.
  • Ted Turner – Chief machine operator (who shows a number of influences of the late veteran TV presenter Bruce Forsyth)
  • Roy Willing – Assistant machine operator (it was never stated if he was named after the narrator Roy Kinnear)
  • Mrs. Tupp – The tea lady
  • Panjit SinghForklift truck operator, often has accidents that are no fault of his own.
  • Nell – Packer
  • Flo – Stacker
  • Bill and Horace - Burglars. Who both resemble Ted Glen and Alf Thompson from Postman Pat.
  • T.O.M. – Talk Operated Machine, a robot resembling the Star Wars character R2-D2 designed by Tracy and built by Bertha to perform odd jobs around the factory. According to the song TOM the Robot from the episode TOM's New Friend and the Bertha 12" vinyl record, he is said to be Bertha's robot son.
  • Bertha - The title character, an old machine at the factory who has been modernised over the 50 years she has worked at the factory. She helps the rest of the Spottiswood & Company factory during each episode in some way or another.

Goods manufactured by Bertha throughout the series Edit

Episodes and broadcast dates Edit

The first episode of Bertha premiered on BBC1 on 1 April 1985 at 3:55 pm after a 3:25 pm screening of Daffy Duck's Easter Special. Episodes 2-7 were shown over the following weeks, omitting the Easter and May Day holidays, and episodes 8–11 were first broadcast at the end of an autumn rerun. The BBC did not comply with an ordered schedule for the airing of the programme, and the last two episodes premiered in 1986 during a repeat season at 1:45 pm and 1:30 pm.[1] The series was regularly repeated on BBC1/2 until 1998.

List of episodes Edit

# Title Broadcast date Product(s) produced Summary
1 The Great Painting Job 4 February 1985 (production)
1 April 1985 (TV)
Jigsaw puzzles and T.O.M. Tracy designs a robot called T.O.M. (Talk Operated Machine) to help at the factory.
2 The Windmills 11 February 1985 (production)
15 April 1985 (TV)
Musical windmill money boxes Mr.Sprott's money boxes are working well, but how do you get the coin out?
3 Mouse in the Works 18 February 1985 (production)
22 April 1985 (TV)
Jack-in-the-boxes and Mouse house Panjit and the rest of the factory try to stop a mouse from nibbling their boxes.
4 The Best Machine Competition 25 February 1985 (production)
29 April 1985 (TV)
Humming tops and Mechanical toy soldier When Mr Willmake wants Mr Sprott to design the best toy for a competition, Mr Duncan wants it to be made by a new machine, but everyone else wants it to be made by Bertha.
5 T.O.M. Gets Lost 4 March 1985 (production)
13 May 1985 (TV)
Building blocks A magnet fries T.O.M.'s brain, so he scares the rest of the Spottiswood factory by disappearing.
6 The Flying Bear 11 March 1985 (production)
20 May 1985 (TV)
Inflatable plastic bears On a very hot day, Bertha is making plastic bears. Why do they keep growing?
7 The Tea Nurse 18 March 1985 (production)
3 June 1985 (TV)
Watering cans Bertha is working slowly and keeps stopping; Mrs Tupp comes to the rescue.
8 More Speed, Less Work 25 March 1985 (production)
5 November 1985 (TV)
Garden gnomes While Mr Willmake is at a meeting, Mr Duncan closes down Bertha, who was making garden gnomes.
9 The Big Order 1 April 1985 (production)
12 November 1985 (TV)
Nuts and Bolts followed by Springs Bertha has to make 365 springs but T.O.M. and Roy have trouble with the whippy, springy steel.
10 The Burglars 8 April 1985 (production)
19 November 1985 (TV)
Jumping kangaroos Two burglars break into the factory and try's to steal money for the wages. However T.O.M. and Bertha manage to stop the burglars thank to a jumping kangaroo.
11 Bertha's Birthday Party 15 April 1985 (production)
26 November 1985 (TV)
Cuckoo clocks On Bertha's 50th anniversary, Roy wonders why the hands on a clock are called hands. Meanwhile Miss McClackerty finds some old papers about Bertha being 50 years old, so Mr. Willmake decides to celebrate Bertha's birthday by giving her the day off.
12 The Big Sneeze 22 April 1985 (production)
16 April 1986 (TV)
Beach balls and Snowballs It's a very cold day and Bertha and Miss McClackerty get a terrible cold and because of that the beach balls go wrong.
13 Tom's New Friend 29 April 1985 (production)
18 June 1986 (TV)
Plastic bath sponges Mrs Tupp is cross about a new vending machine, but T.O.M. soon fixes it.

Merchandise Edit

Merchandise for the programme was, and is, very minimal. The merchandise listed are the only items that have been discovered.

UK VHS and DVD releases Edit

On 13 July 1987, after the episodes were shown on TV, the BBC released one video of the show.

VHS video title Year of release Episodes
Bertha - The Flying Bear
(BBCV 4075)
13 July 1987
  • "A Mouse in the Works"
  • "T.O.M. Gets Lost"
  • "The Flying Bear"
  • "The Burglars"

At some point in 1985, Bertha was featured on a Marks and Spencer (St. Michael) exclusive VHS release called Cartoon Favourites along with The Family-Ness, Ivor the Engine, Bagpuss and Pigeon Street. The "Mouse in the Works" episode of Bertha is on this release.

On 27 November 1989 one episode of Bertha was on the VHS release which was exclusive to W.H. Smith Postman Pat and Friends alongside Postman Pat and Charlie Chalk.

VHS video title Year of release Episodes
Postman Pat and Friends
(WHS 4301)
27 November 1989 Postman Pat - "Pat Goes Sledging",
Charlie Chalk - "Arnold's Night Out",
Bertha - "The Flying Bear"

On 11 November 1991, one episode of Bertha was featured on the BBC VHS release Postman Pat and Company alongside Postman Pat and Charlie Chalk.

VHS video title Year of release Episodes
Postman Pat and Company
(BBCV 4709)
11 November 1991 Postman Pat - "Pat's Foggy Day",
Charlie Chalk - "Edward Keeps Fit",
Postman Pat - "Letters on Ice",
Bertha - "The Burglars"

Hallmark and Carlton Home Entertainment released the first four episodes on a single video in 1994.

VHS video title Year of release Episodes
Bertha
(3007340123)
6 June 1994
  • "The Great Painting Job"
  • "The Windmills"
  • "A Mouse in the Works"
  • "The Best Machine Competition"

In 2004 Entertainment Rights released a DVD of the show containing three of the same episodes as the Hallmark/Carlton Release, replacing "The Best Machine Competition" with "More Speed, Less Work" (albeit mistitled "The Best Machine competition").

DVD title Year of release Episodes
Bertha and the Best Machine Competition 13 July 2004 "The Great Painting Job", "The Windmills", "A Mouse in the Works", "More Speed, Less Work"

In 2011, Classic Media released a DVD entitled Fun with Friends: Volume One containing one episode of Bertha.

DVD title Year of release Episodes
Fun with Friends: Volume One 27 June 2011 Postman Pat - "Ice Cream Machine", Bertha - "The Flying Bear", Ethelbert the Tiger - "Ethelbert and the Camel", Friendly Monsters - "A Monster Holiday", Fun Song Factory - "Happy", Little Red Tractor - "Circles in the Corn", Merlin the Magical Puppy - "Merlin and the Summer Fair", Postman Pat - "Postman Pat at the Seaside", Preston Pig - "Snout Scouts"

Australian DVD releases Edit

While there are no known Australian VHS releases of the programme, two DVDs of the entire series have been released by Reel Entertainment. The DVD cover claimed that the show was made by "the makers of Postman Pat and Thomas and Friends." However, this is only true for Charlie Chalk (since the slogan was used on all the Woodland Animations DVDs in Australia), because Jocelyn Stevenson (writer of Charlie Chalk) became the executive producer on Thomas and Friends from the seventh series (2003) until the tenth series (2006).

Photobooks Edit

In 1985, to accompany the programme, some photobooks were released with altered titles to fit the style of the books. These were very similar to the Postman Pat photobooks, where the front cover would be an original illustration and all pictures within the book were images from the TV programme.

  • Bertha and the Great Painting Job (The Great Painting Job)
  • Bertha and the Windmills (The Windmills)
  • Bertha and the Mouse in the Works (A Mouse in the works)
  • Bertha and the Best Machine Competition (The Best Machine Competition)
  • Bertha and the Lost TOM (T.O.M. Gets Lost)
  • Bertha and the Flying Bear (The Flying Bear)

Vinyl record Edit

In 1986, after broadcast ended, the BBC's record label released a 12" vinyl record containing songs from the TV series.

All tracks are written by Bryan Daly

Side 1
No.TitleVocalsLength
1."Bertha"Guy Fletcher 
2."Mrs. Tupp"Stefanie De Sykes 
3."Packing and Stacking"Guy Fletcher, Eva Burden 
4."The Flying Bear" (*) (instrumental)  
5."Mr. Duncan" (*)Bryan Daly 
6."Turning Wheels" (*) (instrumental)  
Side 2
No.TitleVocalsLength
1."T.O.M. the Robot"Guy Fletcher 
2."Isn't it Nice?" (*)Stefanie De Sykes 
3."Mr. Willmake" (*)Guy Fletcher, Stefanie De Sykes 
4."Tracy's Robot Song"Stefanie De Sykes 
5."Spottiswood March" ((*) (instrumental))  
6."Roy the Apprentice"Guy Fletcher 

Tracks marked with an asterisk (*) did not feature in the TV series. However, it is possible that the song "Mr. Duncan" was to feature in the episode "More Speed, Less Work" but was not included due to it making the episode too long. The same is the case with "Mr. Willmake" possibly featuring in the episode "Bertha's Birthday Party".

The album also had a cassette release with the reference number of ZCR 585.

Board game Edit

In 1987, Falcon released a board game using illustrations similar to those seen on the front covers of the photobooks. The game itself does not differ much from the Monopoly series of board games. If a player lands on T.O.M., they are allowed to ask Bertha to make an item for them.

Advent calendar Edit

In 1985, an Advent calendar using the same profile image as the vinyl record was released.

Annuals Edit

From 1985 to 1988, Bertha featured in a total of four annuals:

  • Bertha annual 1985
  • Bertha annual 1986
  • Buttons (based on Children's BBC) annual 1987 (along with Postman Pat, King Rollo, Towser, Henry's Cat and Jimbo and the Jet Set)
  • Buttons annual 1988 (along with Postman Pat, Charlie Chalk, Henry's Cat, Towser, King Rollo and Spot)

Credits Edit

  • Written by: Eric Charles
  • Narration by: Roy Kinnear
  • Voices by: Roy Kinnear and Sheila Walker
  • Music and lyrics by: Bryan Daly
  • Director of animation: Derek Mogford
  • Series designed and directed by: Ivor Wood
  • Film editor: Martin Bohan
  • Song vocals: Guy Fletcher
  • Recorded at: Havoc House Studios
  • Sound by: Clive Pendry
  • Produced by: Woodland Animations Ltd
  • © Woodland Animations Ltd MCMLXXXV

References Edit

  1. ^ a b c "TV TOONS: Bertha (1985)". Toonhound: cartoons, animation, comic strips and puppets in the UK. Woodland Animations. 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2012.

External links Edit

  • Bertha at IMDb
  • Little Gems
  • Toonhound

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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Bertha TV series news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message Bertha stylised as bertha with a larger lower case b is a 13 episode British stop motion animated children s television series about a factory machine of that name that aired from 1985 to 1986 All the characters were designed by Ivor Wood and the series was produced by his company Woodland Animations It was broadcast on BBC Television 1 It was intended as a replacement to the Postman Pat series until the second series aired in 1996 BerthaCreated byEric CharlesStephen FlewersStarringRoy Kinnear voice Sheila Walker voice Narrated byRoy KinnearTheme music composerBryan DalyCountry of originUnited KingdomOriginal languageEnglishNo of episodes13ProductionProducerIvor WoodRunning time15 minutesReleaseOriginal networkBBC 1 BBC 2Original release1 April 1985 1985 04 01 18 June 1986 1986 06 18 A series of five storybooks based on Bertha was published by Andre 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 1 The series was later repeated on GMTV2 in the early 2000s along with Penny Crayon Contents 1 Plot 2 Production 3 Main characters 4 Goods manufactured by Bertha throughout the series 5 Episodes and broadcast dates 5 1 List of episodes 6 Merchandise 6 1 UK VHS and DVD releases 6 2 Australian DVD releases 6 3 Photobooks 6 4 Vinyl record 6 5 Board game 6 6 Advent calendar 6 7 Annuals 7 Credits 8 References 9 External linksPlot EditThe series is set in an industrial estate occupied by the Spottiswood amp Company factory a small manufacturing plant producing a wide range of goods ranging from cuckoo clocks to windmill money boxes Each episode focuses on a machine called Bertha that can produce any item requested of her In each episode the factory experiences a crisis affecting its daily production schedule which Bertha invariably solves with the help of her factory worker friends Production EditBertha was created by Woodland Animations who also produced the shows Postman Pat Charlie Chalk and Gran for the BBC Episodes were written by Eric Charles and Stephen Flewers and designed produced and directed by Ivor Wood co founder of the Woodland company Roy Kinnear and Sheila Walker voiced the characters and Kinnear narrated The main title music as well as some of the other songs featured the singing of Guy Fletcher The songs Tracy s Robot Song Mrs Tupp and Isn t it Nice from the Bertha 12 inch vinyl record feature the vocals of Stephanie de Sykes Main characters EditMr Willmake Manager of the factory Miss McClackerty Mr Willmake s secretary Mr Sprott Chief designer Tracy James Mr Sprott s Assistant Mr Duncan Works Foreman Sometimes the antagonist in the story since he regards Bertha as an old inefficient machine Ted Turner Chief machine operator who shows a number of influences of the late veteran TV presenter Bruce Forsyth Roy Willing Assistant machine operator it was never stated if he was named after the narrator Roy Kinnear Mrs Tupp The tea lady Panjit Singh Forklift truck operator often has accidents that are no fault of his own Nell Packer Flo Stacker Bill and Horace Burglars Who both resemble Ted Glen and Alf Thompson from Postman Pat T O M Talk Operated Machine a robot resembling the Star Wars character R2 D2 designed by Tracy and built by Bertha to perform odd jobs around the factory According to the song TOM the Robot from the episode TOM s New Friend and the Bertha 12 vinyl record he is said to be Bertha s robot son Bertha The title character an old machine at the factory who has been modernised over the 50 years she has worked at the factory She helps the rest of the Spottiswood amp Company factory during each episode in some way or another Goods manufactured by Bertha throughout the series EditMusical windmill money boxes Garden gnomes Beach balls Nuts and bolts 365 springs Inflatable plastic bears Plastic bath sponges Cuckoo clocks Humming tops Jack in the boxes Jigsaw puzzles Watering cans Building blocks Jumping kangaroos T O M Talk Operated Machine a robot and Bertha s son A mechanical toy soldier for a contestEpisodes and broadcast dates EditThe first episode of Bertha premiered on BBC1 on 1 April 1985 at 3 55 pm after a 3 25 pm screening of Daffy Duck s Easter Special Episodes 2 7 were shown over the following weeks omitting the Easter and May Day holidays and episodes 8 11 were first broadcast at the end of an autumn rerun The BBC did not comply with an ordered schedule for the airing of the programme and the last two episodes premiered in 1986 during a repeat season at 1 45 pm and 1 30 pm 1 The series was regularly repeated on BBC1 2 until 1998 List of episodes Edit Title Broadcast date Product s produced Summary1 The Great Painting Job 4 February 1985 production 1 April 1985 TV Jigsaw puzzles and T O M Tracy designs a robot called T O M Talk Operated Machine to help at the factory 2 The Windmills 11 February 1985 production 15 April 1985 TV Musical windmill money boxes Mr Sprott s money boxes are working well but how do you get the coin out 3 Mouse in the Works 18 February 1985 production 22 April 1985 TV Jack in the boxes and Mouse house Panjit and the rest of the factory try to stop a mouse from nibbling their boxes 4 The Best Machine Competition 25 February 1985 production 29 April 1985 TV Humming tops and Mechanical toy soldier When Mr Willmake wants Mr Sprott to design the best toy for a competition Mr Duncan wants it to be made by a new machine but everyone else wants it to be made by Bertha 5 T O M Gets Lost 4 March 1985 production 13 May 1985 TV Building blocks A magnet fries T O M s brain so he scares the rest of the Spottiswood factory by disappearing 6 The Flying Bear 11 March 1985 production 20 May 1985 TV Inflatable plastic bears On a very hot day Bertha is making plastic bears Why do they keep growing 7 The Tea Nurse 18 March 1985 production 3 June 1985 TV Watering cans Bertha is working slowly and keeps stopping Mrs Tupp comes to the rescue 8 More Speed Less Work 25 March 1985 production 5 November 1985 TV Garden gnomes While Mr Willmake is at a meeting Mr Duncan closes down Bertha who was making garden gnomes 9 The Big Order 1 April 1985 production 12 November 1985 TV Nuts and Bolts followed by Springs Bertha has to make 365 springs but T O M and Roy have trouble with the whippy springy steel 10 The Burglars 8 April 1985 production 19 November 1985 TV Jumping kangaroos Two burglars break into the factory and try s to steal money for the wages However T O M and Bertha manage to stop the burglars thank to a jumping kangaroo 11 Bertha s Birthday Party 15 April 1985 production 26 November 1985 TV Cuckoo clocks On Bertha s 50th anniversary Roy wonders why the hands on a clock are called hands Meanwhile Miss McClackerty finds some old papers about Bertha being 50 years old so Mr Willmake decides to celebrate Bertha s birthday by giving her the day off 12 The Big Sneeze 22 April 1985 production 16 April 1986 TV Beach balls and Snowballs It s a very cold day and Bertha and Miss McClackerty get a terrible cold and because of that the beach balls go wrong 13 Tom s New Friend 29 April 1985 production 18 June 1986 TV Plastic bath sponges Mrs Tupp is cross about a new vending machine but T O M soon fixes it Merchandise EditMerchandise for the programme was and is very minimal The merchandise listed are the only items that have been discovered UK VHS and DVD releases Edit On 13 July 1987 after the episodes were shown on TV the BBC released one video of the show VHS video title Year of release EpisodesBertha The Flying Bear BBCV 4075 13 July 1987 A Mouse in the Works T O M Gets Lost The Flying Bear The Burglars At some point in 1985 Bertha was featured on a Marks and Spencer St Michael exclusive VHS release called Cartoon Favourites along with The Family Ness Ivor the Engine Bagpuss and Pigeon Street The Mouse in the Works episode of Bertha is on this release On 27 November 1989 one episode of Bertha was on the VHS release which was exclusive to W H Smith Postman Pat and Friends alongside Postman Pat and Charlie Chalk VHS video title Year of release EpisodesPostman Pat and Friends WHS 4301 27 November 1989 Postman Pat Pat Goes Sledging Charlie Chalk Arnold s Night Out Bertha The Flying Bear On 11 November 1991 one episode of Bertha was featured on the BBC VHS release Postman Pat and Company alongside Postman Pat and Charlie Chalk VHS video title Year of release EpisodesPostman Pat and Company BBCV 4709 11 November 1991 Postman Pat Pat s Foggy Day Charlie Chalk Edward Keeps Fit Postman Pat Letters on Ice Bertha The Burglars Hallmark and Carlton Home Entertainment released the first four episodes on a single video in 1994 VHS video title Year of release EpisodesBertha 3007340123 6 June 1994 The Great Painting Job The Windmills A Mouse in the Works The Best Machine Competition In 2004 Entertainment Rights released a DVD of the show containing three of the same episodes as the Hallmark Carlton Release replacing The Best Machine Competition with More Speed Less Work albeit mistitled The Best Machine competition DVD title Year of release EpisodesBertha and the Best Machine Competition 13 July 2004 The Great Painting Job The Windmills A Mouse in the Works More Speed Less Work In 2011 Classic Media released a DVD entitled Fun with Friends Volume One containing one episode of Bertha DVD title Year of release EpisodesFun with Friends Volume One 27 June 2011 Postman Pat Ice Cream Machine Bertha The Flying Bear Ethelbert the Tiger Ethelbert and the Camel Friendly Monsters A Monster Holiday Fun Song Factory Happy Little Red Tractor Circles in the Corn Merlin the Magical Puppy Merlin and the Summer Fair Postman Pat Postman Pat at the Seaside Preston Pig Snout Scouts Australian DVD releases Edit While there are no known Australian VHS releases of the programme two DVDs of the entire series have been released by Reel Entertainment The DVD cover claimed that the show was made by the makers of Postman Pat and Thomas and Friends However this is only true for Charlie Chalk since the slogan was used on all the Woodland Animations DVDs in Australia because Jocelyn Stevenson writer of Charlie Chalk became the executive producer on Thomas and Friends from the seventh series 2003 until the tenth series 2006 Photobooks Edit In 1985 to accompany the programme some photobooks were released with altered titles to fit the style of the books These were very similar to the Postman Pat photobooks where the front cover would be an original illustration and all pictures within the book were images from the TV programme Bertha and the Great Painting Job The Great Painting Job Bertha and the Windmills The Windmills Bertha and the Mouse in the Works A Mouse in the works Bertha and the Best Machine Competition The Best Machine Competition Bertha and the Lost TOM T O M Gets Lost Bertha and the Flying Bear The Flying Bear Vinyl record Edit In 1986 after broadcast ended the BBC s record label released a 12 vinyl record containing songs from the TV series All tracks are written by Bryan DalySide 1No TitleVocalsLength1 Bertha Guy Fletcher 2 Mrs Tupp Stefanie De Sykes 3 Packing and Stacking Guy Fletcher Eva Burden 4 The Flying Bear instrumental 5 Mr Duncan Bryan Daly 6 Turning Wheels instrumental Side 2No TitleVocalsLength1 T O M the Robot Guy Fletcher 2 Isn t it Nice Stefanie De Sykes 3 Mr Willmake Guy Fletcher Stefanie De Sykes 4 Tracy s Robot Song Stefanie De Sykes 5 Spottiswood March instrumental 6 Roy the Apprentice Guy Fletcher Tracks marked with an asterisk did not feature in the TV series However it is possible that the song Mr Duncan was to feature in the episode More Speed Less Work but was not included due to it making the episode too long The same is the case with Mr Willmake possibly featuring in the episode Bertha s Birthday Party The album also had a cassette release with the reference number of ZCR 585 Board game Edit In 1987 Falcon released a board game using illustrations similar to those seen on the front covers of the photobooks The game itself does not differ much from the Monopoly series of board games If a player lands on T O M they are allowed to ask Bertha to make an item for them Advent calendar Edit In 1985 an Advent calendar using the same profile image as the vinyl record was released Annuals Edit From 1985 to 1988 Bertha featured in a total of four annuals Bertha annual 1985 Bertha annual 1986 Buttons based on Children s BBC annual 1987 along with Postman Pat King Rollo Towser Henry s Cat and Jimbo and the Jet Set Buttons annual 1988 along with Postman Pat Charlie Chalk Henry s Cat Towser King Rollo and Spot Credits EditWritten by Eric Charles Narration by Roy Kinnear Voices by Roy Kinnear and Sheila Walker Music and lyrics by Bryan Daly Director of animation Derek Mogford Series designed and directed by Ivor Wood Film editor Martin Bohan Song vocals Guy Fletcher Recorded at Havoc House Studios Sound by Clive Pendry Produced by Woodland Animations Ltd c Woodland Animations Ltd MCMLXXXVReferences Edit a b c TV TOONS Bertha 1985 Toonhound cartoons animation comic strips and puppets in the UK Woodland Animations 2011 Retrieved 15 April 2012 External links EditBertha at IMDb Little Gems Toonhound Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bertha TV series amp oldid 1174490692, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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