Geordie Racer

Geordie Racer

Infobox Television
show_name = Geordie Racer


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format = Children's Educational
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runtime = 20 mins
creator =
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executive_producer =
producer = Sue Weeks
starring = Kevin Whately, Leon Armstrong, Lien Lu
narrated = Sean Barrett
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country = UK
language = English
network = British Broadcasting Corporation
first_aired = 1988
last_aired = 2006
num_episodes = 10
list_episodes = Geordie Racer (episodes)
website =
imdb_id = 0318902
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preceded_by = "Badger Girl" (1984)
followed_by = "Through The Dragon's Eye" (1989)

"Geordie Racer" was an educational BBC "Look and Read" production, which was first aired on BBC Two in 1988 and has been shown regularly ever since.

The story was set in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and the surrounding area, and featured pigeon racers and runners competing in the Great North Run. The main character is Spuggy Hilton (Spuggy being a nickname - the Geordie word for sparrow), who isn't a runner like the rest of his family, but is a keen pigeon fancier and owns 'Blue Flash' - one of the best birds in Newcastle. He and his friend Janie observe some suspicious activity, and link a spate of local art robberies with obscure messages they find on some of the pigeons, but find they have even more problems when they go to spy on the crooks.

"Geordie Racer" featured Geordie actor Kevin Whately as Spuggy's father. Whately, who went on to star in "Inspector Morse", was joined on screen by his real-life wife, Madelaine Newton, who played his on-screen wife. This was not an intentional decision, but merely an accidental coincidence.

Cast

* Leon Armstrong as Spuggy Hiltoncite web |url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1726970/ |title=Leon Armstrong |author=Internet Movie Database |work=imdb.com |accessdate=2007-09-01]
* Lien Lu as Janie Chung
* Lesley Casey as Cath Hilton
* Brian Hogg as Victor
* Madelaine Newton as Bev Hiltoncite web |title=Look and Read (1967) |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318902/ |author=Internet Movie Database |work=imdb.com |accessdate=2007-09-01]
* Fred Pearson as Baz Bailey
* Peter Rowell as Mickey Stone
* Kevin Whately as Ray Hilton
* Bungo as Plod
* Charles Collingwood as Wordy
* Katie Hebb as Wordy puppeteer
* Rachel Mackay as Bug-Bopper
* Mary Edwards as Bug-Bopper puppeteer

Theme Tune

The theme tune was sung by Derek Griffiths. The lyrics are:

"Flying free, flying high," "Flashing wings across the sky," "Geordie racer, Geordie racer."

"On the road, in the street," "Hear the sound of pounding feet," "Geordie racer, Geordie racer."

"Don't wait, don't stop," "You're heading home." "Don't rest, don't drop," "You're heading home."

"In the air, on the ground," "See them moving all around." "Running hard, flying fast," "See them all go rushing past," "Geordie racer - fly!"

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