TV Appearances

Pelham Puppets appear on TV quite often but most are replays. Here we list all the one we are aware of.

If you have more details please post in the forum

Antiques Roadshow

BBC 1 and Repeated on other digital channels

Pelham Puppets have featured on several Antique Roadshow episodes during its many years run. One showed an early Donald Duck which they valued at £100

Bargin Hunt

BBC 1 and Repeated on other digital channels

Pelham Puppets have appeared a number of times

One was sold in a Bargin Hunt programme with the money going to "Children in Need"

Blue Peter

BBC 1 Childrens TV

1st June 1964 Pelham Puppets were featured on BBC Televisions award winning childrens program. Viewers saw 5 SL Pop Singers perform Dave Clark's "Glad all over"

(No copy has been tracked down. It is not in the BBC archive's)

Pelham Puppets appeared again on the 6th October 1997 this time with the help of David Leech.

(Copy found)

Car Booty

BBC and various digital channels

Pelham Puppets have appeared several times

Cash in the Attic

Various digital channels

Pelham Puppets have appeared a number of times including one episode where a number of professional Stringed Puppets went under the hammer but did not reach their reserve.

In one program the presenters were amazed when a few puppets including and early Frog Footman from the Alice in Wonderland range made £680

Collectors Lot

UK Collector Peter Beaven appeared with his collection in 1998.

(Copy found)

Flog It

BBC 1 and Repeated on other digital channels Pelham Puppets have appeared a number of times

Panarama

(No 21) 27th February 1956, Bob Pelham appeared on the BBC TV news programme "Panorama" taking part in a roving eye insert from the British Industries Fair. The section lasted 4:40 and was introduced by Richard Dimbleby.

No copy has been tracked down but we do have a transcript.

(There is not a copy in the BBC archive's)

Sir Graves Gastly

WJBK-TV 2 Detroit, Michigan 1967 to September 1983

Rising out of his coffin, Sir Graves presented classic films such as Dracula and Frankenstein on WJBK in Detroit. He was orginally on late Friday nights but moved to Saturday afternoons. His closing line was "Happy haunting" combined with an evil laugh. Sir Graves' alter ego, Lawson Deming, is happily retired and living in Ohio.

During the early 70's one episode of this movie host's show has the Pelham skeleton dancing

(copy found).

Information supplied by Lee Harris Burbank CA

Sooty Show

16th March 1962 the BBC Television recorded the Sooty Show featuring Sooty and Sweep operating a Pelham Pinky and Perky. The program was broadcast on 25th March 1962

(No copy has been tracked down. It is not in the BBC archive's)

The Avengers

Pelham puppets appear in 4 episodes of this cult TV show

This information from David K Smith for even more information on the Avengers Click here

Death At Bargin Prices

Produced: 25 January to 17 February 1965
UK Transmission: 21 October 1965
US Transmission: 11 April 1966

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An ordinary department store receipt found on a dead agent is a clue in the case of a missing scientist. With Emma Peel (Diana Rig) posing as a store clerk and Steed as an efficiency expert, they uncover an extraordinary plot to erase London from the map with an atom bomb hidden in the toy store. This episode is a winner in all departments, especially that of diabolical mastermind.

The fight sequence gets off to a classically goofy start in the toy department with a pop gun, mutates briefly into a cricket match played with knives, and concludes with the premiere of Emma's trademark ballet-like "feinting." The race to stop the elevator from tripping the bomb is a real nail-biter. And Steed has one of the very best lines of all time.

The episode was directed by Charles Crichton.

Something Nasty in the Nursery

Production completed: 2 April 1967
UK Transmission: 21 April 1967
US Transmission: 5 May 1967

Missile sites and other secrets are leaking from high sources. When one of these sources mentions the name of his nanny, Steed pays her a visit at a nanny training school. He instead finds an imposter who uses a drug with a curious delivery mechanism, a "baby bouncer",to extract information. Like all Avengers episodes, this onedoes have its rewarding moments. Where else would you get to see a nanny in a motorized wheelchair wielding a machine gun? Or a jack-in-the-box with a pistol? The fight seen above is in a toy store with several yellow pelham boxes on the shelves.

Requiem

Production completed: 13 Feb. 1969
UK transmission: 16 April 1969
US transmission: 31 March 1969

When a key witness is nearly murdered, Steed is called upon to provide protection. But the ones who want her dead devise an incredibly elaborate and devious means to extract Steed's whereabouts from Tara King (Linda Thorson) which involves bombing Steed's flat and killing Mother.

The £50,000 Breakfast

Steed Dabbles in Tycoonery
Emma in Chicanery

Production completed: 20 July 1967
UK Premiere (London, Season 6): 12 October 1967
US Premiere (New York, Season 3): 28 February 1968

An auto crash victim turns up in the hospital with £50,000 worth of diamonds in his stomach. He was an employee of the Litoff Organization, one of the world's great financial empires, which is mysteriously in the process of converting all of its assets into cash. While Steed is busy making himself a pest at the Litoff Organization, Emma is snooping around a pet cemetery. "Shop!"

(We do not have a copy and have not seen this episide so cannot say what puppets appear but are told they do - Any information would be helpful)

The Invisable Man

Produced by Incorporated Television Programme Co. Ltd

Series 1 Episode 8 "The Mink Coat"
First shown on CBS on 11/9/1958
First shown on ATV (UK) 1/8/1959
Produced by Ralph Smart
Telestory by Ian Stuart Black
Origional story by Leonore Coffee
Direction by Pennington Richards
Tim Turner (uncredited) as the voice of Dr. Peter Brady
Deborah Watling as Sally Brady
Lisa Daniely as Diane Brady
Ernest Clark as Sir Charles Anderson

Guest Cast:
Hazel Court (Penny Page)
Derek Godfrey (Walker)
Harold Berens (Bunny)
Murray Kash (Marcel)
Keith Rawlings (Customs officer)
Joan Hickson (Madame Dupont)
John Ruddock (Photographer).

The story is of a Microfilm taken at an atomic research station in England is smuggled to Paris in the lining of a fur coat worn by unknowing girl puppeteer, Penny Page. Brady (The Invisible Man) is holidaying in France with his sister. A man called Walker tries to regain the film.

The puppets in the film were most likely performed by Rene Strange who was famous for having her stocking legs in view during her shows. The picture below is from 1955/6 showing Rene with one of her Pelham Professional puppets

This Morning

ITV 10th February 2005

As the 2005 animated feature film of the Magic Roundabout went on general UK release ITV's award winning program featured the Pelham Puppets Range of Magic Roundabout puppets in a Memorabilia feature. The assistant producer of the program had made contact with Pelham Puppets Online a few days earlier and we put forward a collector in the London area who took along their puppets.

Westward Ho

11th December 1953 Bob Pelham appeared demonstrating and talking about his puppets.

The Pelham Puppet section of the program opened to fairground music and Cliff Michelmore "The man who works and makes puppets" (Bob Pelham)

The sequences showed the materials used including wooden blocks, painting of head, dressing and manipulation.

(No copy has been tracked down and it is not in the BBC archive's)

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