Bump (British TV series)


Bump the Elephant is a British animated children's television series which was created by Charles Mills and Terry Brain, produced by Bump Enterprises Ltd. and originally shown on BBC One from 14 September 1990 to 26 December 1994.
The series' two main protagonists are the eponymous Bump and his friend Birdie. The two series ran a total of twenty-six episodes, each 5 minutes long. The twenty-seventh and final episode was a Christmas special that was 10 minutes long. The programme is narrated by Simon Cadell of Hi-de-Hi! fame.
Bump and Birdie regularly encounter animals that have a problem and help them to find a solution. Most of these animals are recurring characters, and all of the characters' Stoppit and Tidyup-like sounds were generated by analogue synthesizers.

Episodes

Series 1 (1990)

All thirteen of the first series' episodes were initially shown on BBC One as part of the Children's BBC strand on Fridays at 3:50pm.

Series 2 (1994)

All thirteen of the second series' episodes were initially screened on BBC One, again as part of the Children's BBC strand, on Mondays at 3:45pm, and although they were produced in 1993, they were not broadcast until 10 January 1994. The sixteenth episode was also renamed to just "Aunty Doreen's Surprise" when shown in the United States, while the twenty-fifth one was renamed to "Bump and the Builder".

Christmas special (1994)

The twenty-seventh episode was initially shown on BBC One, once again as part of the Children's BBC strand, on Boxing Day 1994 at 7:55am.

UK VHS releases

Two VHS tapes, which contain all thirteen episodes of the first series between them, were released by Abbey Home Media in the UK in 1991. The first one was later reissued on DVD under the title Bump: My First DVD in 2004.
VHS titleRelease dateEpisodes
Bump: My First Video11 February 1991
The Adventures of Bump4 March 1991
Bump's Christmas Story2001
The Very Best of Bump2004