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Pipkins - Vol. 1 [DVD]
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top return to childhood
Review date: 2010-01-20 Rating: 10 out of 10
well - if your birth was in the 70s you probably had exposure to this tv show whether you remember it or not ...
re-live the experience - and see what mad stuff created our personalities with a moral message in most episodes.
excellent fun fun fun
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Reviews
Balancing tentatively between Chaos and Control
Review date: 2008-12-11 Rating: 10 out of 10
I used to watch Pipkins as a kid during the seventies and I used to thank my lucky stars that I was not mixed up with a gang of misfit animal puppets. As the characters developed with the passing of each episode and the levels of hysteria reached giddying and unsustainable heights, it became apparent that a cheap tatty animal puppet in the company of other cheap tatty animal puppets would have to keep its wits razor-sharp to stay alive. In Pipkins, where freaks like Pig and Topov held 'top dog' positions in what was essentially an anarchic syndicate of perception-altered sociopaths, there was never any knowing where the mood might take them. In one episode, it was conceivable that Pig might end up in a mildly disgruntled confrontation with a parochial shopkeeper; but in the next, your heart would beat with rising trepidation as you suspected that Topov was about to lash out on the tortoise or pull a knife on the ostrich, the mood veering nastily and unpredictably into Manson-esque browbeating and terror. All I can say is 'Thank God for Hartley Hare', because if it wasn't for his nimble-footed japeries and light-hearted shenanigans, Pipkins would undoubtedly have nosedived into gothic horror of the most disturbed and psychological kind. It was this unbearable tension, combined with Hartley Hare's relentless ingenuity that made it the most watchable show on kids' TV. (At least, this is the impression that has formed in my memory...)
Vote Hartley
Review date: 2008-12-10 Rating: 10 out of 10
What a welcome blast from the past. My memories of this series were hazy to say the least, but when I recieved volumes one and two I was pleased to see that I was right and that children's tv really was better when I was very young.
How lovely to have Hartley, Topov, Pig and Tortoise on our screens again. The animated menu and the extras are great too.
pipkins
Review date: 2008-11-04 Rating: 8 out of 10
i love hartly hare etc but my kids werent impressed.classic but buy for yourself to reminisce.
Pip Tastic
Review date: 2008-05-17 Rating: 10 out of 10
I used to watch this in the 70's and got my in-laws to buy it for my birthday last year. My two and four year olds absolutely love it. My two year old is especially fond of naughty Hartley. The ones I remembered had a bloke with lots of hair and a beard.... Then again, that was a long time ago! Absolutely brilliant, much better than the standardised PC stuff on telly these days. In the Night Garden.... nuff said.
Product Details/Specifications
Artist(s):
Pipkins
Recording label: Network
Manufacturer: Network
EAN: 5027626225742
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 2
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2005-04-25
Aspect ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
Audience rating: Universal, suitable for all
Region code: 2
Running time: 150 minutes
Language: English (Original Language)