Jimbo and the Jet Set

Jimbo and the Jet Set

Infobox Television
show_name = Jimbo and the Jet Set


caption = Jimbo
format = Animated series
camera =
picture_format =
runtime = 5 minutes
creator = Peter Maddocks
developer =
executive_producer = Maddocks Cartoon Productions
starring = Peter Hawkins
Susan Sheridan
narrated =
opentheme =
endtheme =
country = UK
network = BBC1
first_aired = 1985
last_aired = 1986
num_episodes = 25
related =
*"Penny Crayon"
*"The Family-Ness"
website =
imdb_id = 0472955
tv_com_id =

"Jimbo and the Jet Set" (often shortened to simply "Jimbo") was a British animated cartoon series in the 1980s, featuring the adventures of the eponymous Jimbo, a talking aeroplane. Created by Maddocks Cartoon Productions, it originally ran for 25 episodes between 1985 and 1986.

The proviso to the cartoon is that Jimbo was originally intended to be a Jumbo Jet, but his designer couldn't tell the difference between inches and centimetres, resulting in his diminutive size.

The television series featured various talking airport-type ground vehicles (Tommy Tow-Truck, Claude Catering, Amanda Baggage, Phil the Fuel Truck, Sammy Steps, etc), and Harry Helicopter. Other plane characters appear from time to time, such as Old Timer, a Vickers Wellington bomber who gets into the story while flying to or from an airshow. The story is based at a fictional "London Airport", under the command of an irate controller who frequently ends episodes screaming "I want words with you, Jimbo!".

Some printed material and toy merchandise featured Gloria Gatwick, a female counterpart to Jimbo, but she did not appear in a speaking role within the TV episodes (save for one brief appearance in one episode, where she can be clearly seen from a top-viewed angle).

Credits

; Created, Written and Produced by: Peter Maddocks; Music: Roger Greenaway, Gavin Greenaway; Series Animation by: Clive Dawson, Julian Gibbs, Neil Salmon, William Mobberley; Backgrounds: Kevin Smith; Camera: Chris Williams; Editing: Keith Learner; Trace & Paint: Guy Maddocks, Vivienne Dempsey, Simon Maddocks; Directed by: Keith Learner; Jimbo Voice Over: "Chris P Chicken" Chris Pollock

Episode Listing


External links

* [http://www.toonhound.com/jimbojetset.htm Toonhound - Jimbo and the Jet Set]
* [http://80scartoons.co.uk/jimbo.php 80s Cartoons - Jimbo and the Jet Set]
* [http://www.80snostalgia.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Reviews&file=index&req=showcontent&id=93&POSTNUKESID=ef4dbe48bbff9ff3140dc86b4a7037fb 80sNostalgia.com - Jimbo and the Jet Set]
* " [http://www.classickidstv.co.uk/wiki/Jimbo_and_the_Jet_Set Jimbo and the Jet Set] " at [http://www.classickidstv.co.uk/ ClassicKidsTV.co.uk]


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