Bleep and Booster
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Bleep and Booster is a children's cartoon
series by William Timym
originally shown on the BBC
's Blue Peter
. 313 five minute episodes were released between 1963 and 1977.
Bleep is an alien from the planet Miron/Myron with a spaceship, whilst Booster is a young human who travels with Bleep performing galactic missions for Bleep's moustached father.
The planet Miron/Myron is portrayed as being built almost entirely out of chrome, with its capital at Miron/Myron City. The inhabitants are portrayed as robot-like creatures with flexible arms and legs like rubber hoses. Their feet are cupped and they have antennae
and a third eye in the centre of their foreheads.
Two episodes of the series, The Giant Brain and Solaron were released in 1993 on VHS
exclusively in Great Britain
. Thus far (January 2009), there have been no other episodes released.
The cartoons were animatic animation, still pictures which were slowly panned, with narration. The voices were by Peter Hawkins
.
Cartoon
A cartoon is a form of two-dimensional illustrated visual art. While the specific definition has changed over time, modern usage refers to a typically non-realistic or semi-realistic drawing or painting intended for satire, caricature, or humor, or to the artistic style of such works...
series by William Timym
William Timym
William Timym, MBE, was an artist whose best known work is probably the Bleep and Booster cartoons for the BBC's Blue Peter.Timym was Austrian, grew up in Vienna and studied at the Vienna Academy of Art...
originally shown on the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
's Blue Peter
Blue Peter
Blue Peter is the world's longest-running children's television show, having first aired in 1958. It is shown on CBBC, both in its BBC One programming block and on the CBBC channel. During its history there have been many presenters, often consisting of two women and two men at a time...
. 313 five minute episodes were released between 1963 and 1977.
Bleep is an alien from the planet Miron/Myron with a spaceship, whilst Booster is a young human who travels with Bleep performing galactic missions for Bleep's moustached father.
The planet Miron/Myron is portrayed as being built almost entirely out of chrome, with its capital at Miron/Myron City. The inhabitants are portrayed as robot-like creatures with flexible arms and legs like rubber hoses. Their feet are cupped and they have antennae
Antenna (radio)
An antenna is an electrical device which converts electric currents into radio waves, and vice versa. It is usually used with a radio transmitter or radio receiver...
and a third eye in the centre of their foreheads.
Two episodes of the series, The Giant Brain and Solaron were released in 1993 on VHS
VHS
The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....
exclusively in Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
. Thus far (January 2009), there have been no other episodes released.
The cartoons were animatic animation, still pictures which were slowly panned, with narration. The voices were by Peter Hawkins
Peter Hawkins
Peter John Hawkins was an English actor and voice artist.- Career :Born in London and a native of Brixton, Hawkins' long association with British children's television began in 1952 when he voiced both Bill and Ben, the Flower Pot Men. In 1955–1956, He voiced Big Ears & Mr. Plod from The...
.