The New Adventures of Blinky Bill

"The New Adventures of Blinky Bill" was a puppet series that ran on ABC TV for 4 seasons from 1984. After production ended, it remained on the air in repeats until 1991.

The show was a follow on from the original books by Dorothy Wall (hence the title). The only characters to appear from the books were Blinky Bill himself, Mrs. Magpie, Angelina Wallaby and Walter Wombat. New characters were introduced such as Charlie Goanna, Eric the Anteater, Sybilla the snake and Kerry Koala, with whom Blinky had a love/hate relationship.

The series was set in Bollygum National Park. For the first two seasons the wildlife ranger was known as Ranger Barry (played by Robert Hughes). When he left to get married he was replaced by Ranger Ken, and later Ranger Bob.

Episode list

eason 1 (1984)

#Hello Stranger, Goodbye Ranger
#Ho-Ha at Bollygum
#(title not available)
#Spaceship Shuttlecock
#(title not available)

eason 2 (1985)

#Frills and Feathers
#High Water
#Computer Capers
#Mine Too!
#Bikies from Outer Space*

eason 3 (1986)

#Rock 'n' Roll Blues
#Legend in his Own Lunchtime
#Times Flies When You're Feeling Young
#Blinky Hits The Jackpot
#(title not available)
#Twice Bitten
#The Visitor
#Food For Thought

eason 4 (1987)

#Say Snake*
#Hot Wheels
#A Time For Testing
#(title not available)
#Media Wars
#April Fools
#School's In
#(title not available)
#Horseplay
#Diplomatic Relations

*The episodes marked * were penned by Morris Gleitzman who is now a well known author of young people's books.

Later series

In 1994, the character Blinky Bill returned to ABC television, this time in the almost identically titled animated series, "The Adventures of Blinky Bill".

External links

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AscwWZO3_D0 Clip from the first episode]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZv9dEgkHqo Another clip]