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Pipkins - Vol. 1
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Editorial
Synopsis
Comprises ten episodes of the series which featured Pipkins, Topov, Pig, Tortoise and Hartley Hare helping people out.
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.
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Reviews
Be careful with the dates
Review date: 2008-05-15 Rating: 6 out of 10
It was nice to see this again, but if you are looking for what you remembered as a kid then you need to be careful with the dates here. I used to watch this when it first started in 1972/3? so I remember the old man who ran the shop and the guy who took over from him. I ordered Vol.1 thinking that this would be the first series (and the shows would run chronologically) - however, straight away I noticed the dates on the cover 1976-1981. These appear to be a compilation of episodes from this period - unfortunately this is 'after my time'. The opening titles are not the same (they must have changed later) - the song is not there..'Pipkins the workers - going where help is needed' etc.. Hartley hare has changed (not the original). There is a badger in this one - where did he come from? Topov the monkey changes too. So if you are looking to 'relive' your childhood memories - be careful. This compilation seems to be 1976 onwards not early 70's. Slightly disappointed really. How sad am I?
Super duper!
Review date: 2008-01-02 Rating: 10 out of 10
As good as you remembered it if not better! No need for bells or whistles in those days, just beautifully told stories and great characters. Hartley Hare is just out of this world and just side splittingly funny. Hope some more volumes will be produced, its almost too good for kids!
Nice DVD, big boy!
Review date: 2007-11-12 Rating: 10 out of 10
I loved this so much as a kid in the 70s that I used to play truant to watch it. So what, Hartley probably would have as well.
Thirty years later and I often throw a sickie just to stay home and watch it again.
Okay, that last bit was a lie.
I didn't think the kids of today would 'get it', but the earlier reviews suggest they most certainly do.
Anyway, this DVD is a tremendous piece of nostalgia.
Whether you have kids or not, buy it.
Excellent!
Glorious!
Review date: 2007-01-04 Rating: 10 out of 10
I bought Pipkins 1 and 2, for my five year old son, as a Christmas present having only a vague (yet persistent) memory of watching it when I was a child. I was slightly worried that his 'palate' may have been tainted by the usual soul-less, merchandise linked guff he consumes. Not only was he utterly rapt by Pipkins, I noticed something odd. He was laughing quite a lot. I put it on at a party with the result that there were four kids (of different ages) grouped around the telly laughing. They postponed house wrecking and watched of their own volition.
So much of children's media entertainment quickly becomes background but I suspect Pipkins will have lasting power, unlike me, to get children to sit still and pay attention!
The adorably camp and irascible Hartly is still my favourite. There are things there to make adults reminisce like going to the shops and seeing that a tin of pet food is 6p and Hartly's song about sweeties extolling the virtues of the Sherbet Fountain.
Everything about these dvds is a joy.
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: 1.33:1
Audience rating: Universal, suitable for all
Region code: 2
Running time: 150 minutes
Language: English (Original Language)