Professor Poopsnagle's Steam Zeppelin

Infobox Television
show_name = Professor Poopsnagle's Steam Zeppelin


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format = Children's
Adventure
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runtime = 30 mins
creator =
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executive_producer = Roger Mirams
starring = Gerry Duggan
José María Caffarel
Bill Conn
Ric Hutton
Justine Clarke
narrated =
opentheme = The Poop Poop Song, composed by Bob Young, lyrics by Roger Mirams
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country = AUS
network =
first_aired = 1986
last_aired =
num_episodes = 39
website =
imdb_id = 0167695
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"Professor Poopsnagle's Steam Zeppelin" (aka "Professor Poopsnaggle and His Flying Zeppelin") was an Australian children's television series and a spin-off from Secret Valley. It was first aired 1986 in Australia and also later in Finland (1987), Spain (1989), Netherlands (1989, KRO) and France (1993, FR3). In the United Kingdom it was first broadcast in 1987, then repeated in both 1990 and 1998.

Story

Doctor Garcia had made an invention that would stop the air pollution. After he disappeared, the children of the Secret Valley have to find six golden salamanders which each contain the name of a mineral for that secret recipe. Professor Poopsnagle, the grandfather of Peter, planned a steam zeppelin, a reconstruction of a red bus with technology of a hot air balloon so it can fly. The children now build it and search the salamanders with the aid of an encoded document.

Count Sator is also interested in this formula. He kidnapped the professor, turned one of the children into a spy and observes the children with his computer "Brutus". Later they rescued Professor Poopsnagle and helped Sator with his invention called Megavapor.

Characters

*Professor Poopsnagle (Gerry Duggan)
*Carmen (Justine Clark)
*Matt (Kelan Angel)
*Peter (Philip Henville)
*Mike (Marc Gray)
*Jamie (Rory Bromhead)
*Sparks (Mark Kazuhiro Pearce)
*Robyn (Melissa Kounnas)
*Doctor García (José María Caffarel)
*Willie Dingle (Bill Conn)
*Count Sator (Ric Hutton)
*Murk (Ron Blanchard)
*Shorty (Ken Talbot)
*Joanne (Tanya Wright)

External links

* [http://www.kindertv.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2132&Itemid=356 KinderTV Screenshots and English lyrics] (Dutch)
* [http://www.somarda.com/archivo_chuminadas.php?ano=2007&mes=6&semana=1&franja=12 Website with video (Spanish)]
* [http://www.coucoucircus.org/series/generique.php?id=731 Theme and lyrics (French version)]
* [http://es.geocities.com/sergio_saez2004/profesorpoopsnagle.html Episode list] (Spanish)