Pickwick Video Group Ltd was a home video division based in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 and United States

United States

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. It was first established in 1982. The company was divided into six video labels:-

• Pickwick Video - published children's, sports and drama videos
• Screen Legends - published classic films and sometimes children's videos
• Ladybird Video - published children's videos
• Longman Video - published documentary and sometimes sports videos
• Fairtrade Video - published children's, sports, documentary, drama and classic films videos
• Mr Pickwick - published children's videos
• Hallmark - published children's videos

In the 1980s, before the formation of Video Collection International, ITV

ITV

ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...

 regional company Central released videos under the group, usually in a collaboration with either the Screen Legends or Longman labels.

The division was dissolved in 1993 and was merged into just the Pickwick name. In 1998, it was bought by Carlton Communications

Carlton Communications

Carlton Communications was a British media company. It was led by Michael Green and listed on the London Stock Exchange from 1983 until 2 February 2004, when it taken over by Granada plc to form ITV plc with Carlton gaining 32% of the new company....

 and renamed as Carlton Video.

In Australia it associated children's videos from Tempo Video and Thames Video

Thames Television

Thames Television was a licensee of the British ITV television network, covering London and parts of the surrounding counties on weekdays from 30 July 1968 until 31 December 1992....

, but when Pickwick closed down, Tempo Video for under fives was sold to ABC Video

ABC Video

ABC Video was the VHS and Betamax distribution arm of Australian Broadcasting Corporation from the mid-1980s until early-2005 when it was shut down in favor of ABC DVD, which was founded a few years before....

.

The videos published with Pickwick Video Group

• 70 Golden Nursery Rhymes
• Nursery Rhymes 2
• Nursery Rhymes and Songs: The House Full of Fun
• Popskool
• The Water Babies
• All Colours Shapes and Sizes
• The Animals Go in Two by two
• Rob Roy
• The Black Arrow
• Classic Fairy Tales
• Fun With Numbers
• Fun With Colours
• Othello
• Fireman Sam
  Fireman Sam
  Fireman Sam is a Welsh animated children's television series about a fireman called Sam, his fellow firefighters, and other townspeople in the Welsh town of Pontypandy . The original idea for the show came from two ex-firemen from Kent...
  
  
• The Gingerbread Man
• First songs
• Fun with ABC
• Ferry Boat Fred
  Ferry Boat Fred
  Ferry Boat Fred is an Australian children's programme which was first broadcast in 1992. The main character is a ferry on Sydney Harbour named Fred, along with his older sister Kate, two other ferries, Lou and Bill, as well as Jean, a really jolly and colourful submarine. There is also the...
  
  
• Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends
• Button Moon
• Astro Farm
  Astro Farm
  Astro Farm was an English children's television series animated in stop motion. It featured the adventures of the Foxwoods, a small family who work on an asteroid, which is covered in farmland...
  
  
• The Owl Service
• Henry's Cat
  Henry's Cat
  Henry's Cat is an animated children's television programme, written by Stan Hayward and produced by Bob Godfrey, who was also the producer of Roobarb, a similar cartoon series from the 1970s...
  
  
• Famous Five
• Battle of the Planets
  Battle of the Planets
  Battle of the Planets is an American animated television adaptation of the Japanese anime series Science Ninja Team Gatchaman . Of the 105 original Gatchaman episodes, 85 were used in the Battle of the Planets adaptation, produced by Sandy Frank Entertainment...
  
  
• The Smurfs
  The Smurfs (1981 TV series)
  The Smurfs is an American animated television series that aired on NBC from September 12, 1981 to August 25, 1990...
  
  
• Paddington Bear
  Paddington Bear
  Paddington Bear is a fictional character in children's literature. He appeared on 13 October 1958 and was subsequently featured in several books, most recently in 2008, written by Michael Bond and first illustrated by Peggy Fortnum....
  
  
• Old Bear Stories
  Old Bear Stories
  Old Bear Stories was a BAFTA award winning stop frame animation television series for children based on the Old Bear and Friends books by Jane Hissey. Jane Hissey also created the television series, starting it in 1996, and creating 3 seasons, which ended in 1998 with a double-length Christmas...
  
  
• Peter Rabbit
  Peter Rabbit
  Peter Rabbit is a fictional anthropomorphic character in various children's stories by Beatrix Potter. He first appeared in The Tale of Peter Rabbit in 1902, and subsequently in five more books between 1904 and 1912. Spinoff merchandise includes dishes, wallpaper, and dolls...
  
  
• Alphabet Castle
  Alphabet Castle
  Alphabet Castle was an educational children's television program produced in the UK. It began in September 1993 with a series of 27 episodes aired on ITV Carlton, and ran until December 1995 and later shown on CBeebies and the CITV Channel in 2006 and 2007. It had three main characters: King...
  
  
• Edward and Friends
  Edward and Friends
  Edward and Friends was a children's TV series in puppet animation from FilmFair that aired on British and Canadian television in 1987.The series was 5-minute stop-motion shorts based on the LEGO's "Fabuland" line of toys that lasted 10 years from 1979 to 1989.Edward was the main character in the...
  
  
• Jack and the Beanstalk
  Jack and the Beanstalk
  Jack and the Beanstalk is a folktale said by English historian Francis Palgrave to be an oral legend that arrived in England with the Vikings. The tale is closely associated with the tale of Jack the Giant-killer. It is known under a number of versions...
  
  
• Tom Thumb and The Little Mermaid
• Westward Ho!
• Adventures of Pinocchio
• Peter Pan
  Peter Pan
  Peter Pan is a character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie . A mischievous boy who can fly and magically refuses to grow up, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood adventuring on the small island of Neverland as the leader of his gang the Lost Boys, interacting with...
  
  
• Story Playtime
• The Raggy Dolls
  The Raggy Dolls
  The Raggy Dolls is a 1980s British cartoon series for children, following the adventures of a motley collection of rejects from a toy factory, who live in a reject bin in a toy factory.-Plot:...
  
  
• Incredible Creatures
• Little Women
• The Famous Compere's Police Dog
• The Prisoner of Zenda
• Juniper Jungle
  Juniper Jungle
  Juniper Jungle was a short lived cartoon series created by the British comedian Matt Sudworth....
  
  
• Budgie the Little Helicopter
  Budgie the Little Helicopter
  Budgie the Little Helicopter is a series of children's books and animated television series relating to a fictional character 'Budgie' and his friends. The characters were based on the books by Sarah, Duchess of York , who was influenced by her flight training in the Royal Navy...
  
  
• Prince Cinders
• The Adventures of Ric
• The Legends of Treasure Island
  The Legends of Treasure Island
  The Legends Of Treasure Island is an animated cartoon from the UK that ran from 1993-1995. It had two series of 13 episodes each and each episode runs for 22–25 minutes....
  
  
• Bangers and Mash
• Around the World in 80 Days
• Tresure Island
• Alice in Wonderland
• Worzel Gummidge
  Worzel Gummidge (TV series)
  Worzel Gummidge is a children's television series, produced by Southern Television for ITV, based on the books by Barbara Euphan Todd. Starting in 1979, the programme starred Jon Pertwee in the title role and ran for four series in the UK until 1981...
  
  
• The Wind in the Willows

Tempo Video titles associated with Pickwick Video Group

• Postman Pat
  Postman Pat
  Postman Pat is a British stop-motion animated children's television series first produced by Woodland Animations. It is aimed at pre-school children, and concerns the adventures of Pat Clifton, a postman in the fictional village of Greendale .Postman Pat's first 13-episode season was screened on...
  
  (123 story/ABC story)
• Bump
  Bump (TV series)
  Bump was a television programme aimed at young children, created by Charlie Mills and Terry Brain, produced by Gueensgate Productions. It was a cartoon that featured an elephant named Bump and a bluebird named Birdie. The first series was broadcast in 1990 and the second in 1994. The two series ran...
  
  
• The Care Bears
  The Care Bears (TV series)
  The Care Bears is an animated television series based on the Care Bears franchise, which aired between 1985 and 1988 in syndication; on the ABC network in the United States; and on Global in Canada. The 1985 episodes were produced by DIC Entertainment; the ABC/Global episodes were made by...
  
  (Nelvana version)
• Heathcliff
  Heathcliff (1984 TV series)
  Heathcliff is an animated television series that debuted on September 5, 1984. It was the second series based on the Heathcliff comic strip and was produced by DIC Entertainment. It ran in syndication until 1988 with a total of 86 episodes...
  
  (DiC version)
• The Raggy Dolls
  The Raggy Dolls
  The Raggy Dolls is a 1980s British cartoon series for children, following the adventures of a motley collection of rejects from a toy factory, who live in a reject bin in a toy factory.-Plot:...
  
  (Alphabet/Counting/Colours/Shapes)
• Inspector Gadget
  Inspector Gadget
  Inspector Gadget is an animated television series that revolves around the adventures of a clumsy, simple-witted cyborg detective named Inspector Gadget – a human being with various bionic gadgets built into his body. Gadget's arch-nemesis is Dr...
  
  (2nd season)
• The New Archies
  The New Archies
  The New Archies was a children's television cartoon, based upon the long-running Archie comic books and characters. The series, produced by DiC Entertainment and originally airing on NBC, reimagined Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Jughead Jones, Reggie Mantle, and the other teenage...
  
  
• Maxie's World
  Maxie's World
  Maxie's World is an animated cartoon series about a teenage girl named Maxie in Surfside High School in California. Maxie was a straight A student who produced and hosted her own TV show part time...
  
  
• Zak Tales
  Zak Tales
  Zak Tales is a children's television program created in 1990 by DiC Entertainment and Children's Television Workshop. Episodes of consisted of group of children meeting with "Zak" in clubhouse setting to hear stories with subtle moral messages.-Episodes:...
  
  
• The Herbs
  The Herbs
  The Herbs is a television series for young children made for the BBC by Graham Clutterbuck's FilmFair company. It was written by Michael Bond , directed by Ivor Wood using 3D stop motion model animation and first transmitted from 12 February 1968 in the BBC1 Watch with Mother timeslot...
  
  
• Beverly Hills Teens
  Beverly Hills Teens
  Beverly Hills Teens is an animated children's television program which debuted in 1987, animated by DiC Entertainment. The namesake teenagers have exaggerated wealth, and face stereotypical teenage concerns. They represent a variety of European backgrounds. There are sixty-five episodes all in one...
  
  
• Spot
  Spot the Dog
  Spot the Dog is a series of children's books by Eric Hill, which were later made into a popular children's animation series, known as Spot, for BBC television by David McKee's King Rollo Films....
  
  (Alphabet/Counting/Busy Year/Spot Tells the Time)
• Rupert
  Rupert (TV series)
  Rupert is an animated television series based on the Mary Tourtel character Rupert Bear, produced by Nelvana, Ellipse Programmé and TVS for the first season, with Scottish Television taken over control when TVS closed. Aired from 1991 to 1997 with 65 half-hour episodes produced. It was broadcast...
  
  
• Captain N: The Game Master
  Captain N: The Game Master
  Captain N: The Game Master was an American animated television series that aired on television from 1989 to 1991 as part of the Saturday morning cartoon lineup on NBC. The show incorporated elements from many of the most popular Nintendo games of the time...
  
  (1st season)
• The Legend of Zelda
  The Legend of Zelda (TV series)
  The Legend of Zelda is an American animated series based on the The Legend of Zelda video game series for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The plot follows the adventures of Link and Princess Zelda as they defend the kingdom of Hyrule from an evil wizard named Ganon...
  
  
• The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
  The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
  The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! is an American television series based upon Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros. 2 video games. It was originally broadcast via first-run syndication to mostly independent or Fox television stations from September 4, 1989, to December 1, 1989, with...
  
  
• Dennis
  Dennis the Menace (1986 TV series)
  Dennis the Menace is an American animated series produced by DIC Entertainment , based on the comic strip by Hank Ketcham....
  
  (2nd season)
• Junglies
  Junglies
  The Junglies was a short-lived British animated series by Terry Ward, lasting from 1992 to 1993 on ITV on TV-am, but was repeated on Tiny Living between 2005 and 2006.-Overview:...
  
  
• Revolting Rhymes
  Revolting Rhymes
  Revolting Rhymes is a collection of Roald Dahl poems published in 1982. A parody of traditional folk tales in verse, Dahl gives a re-interpretation of six well-known fairy tales, featuring surprise endings in place of the traditional happily-ever-after...
  
  
• Dirty Beasts
  Dirty Beasts
  Dirty Beasts is a 1983 collection of Roald Dahl poems about unsuspecting animals. Intended as a follow-up to Revolting Rhymes, it was originally illustrated by Rosemary Fawcett. However, a revised edition was published with illustrations by Quentin Blake. An audio book version was also released in...
  
  
• The Enormous Crocodile
  The Enormous Crocodile
  -Synopsis:One day an enormous crocodile goes tramping through the forest telling all the animals he's going to eat children. The animals tell him that it's a horrible thing to do but he tries to use his tricks to eat the tasty children nonetheless. However, every time he tries, the animals of the...
  
  
• The Magic Finger
  The Magic Finger
  The Magic Finger is a children's story published by Roald Dahl in 1966. Although the original edition had illustrations by William Pene du Bois, there have been later editions of the book with illustrations by Pat Mariott, Tony Ross, and Quentin Blake....
  
  
• Babar
  Babar (TV series)
  Babar is an animated television series produced in Canada by Nelvana Limited and The Clifford Ross Company. It premiered in 1989 on CBC and HBO, subsequently was rerun on HBO Family and Qubo. The series is based on Jean de Brunhoff's original Babar books, and was Nelvana's first international...
  
  
• Tales of Aesop
• C.O.P.S.
• Grandna Bricks Of The Shallow Street
• SuperTed
  SuperTed
  SuperTed is a Welsh teddy bear who has magical super powers. He along with his friend Spotty try to do good. SuperTed was a series of stories created by Mike Young who eventually created a television series based on those stories.-Creation:...
  
  
• Will Quack Quack
• Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles
• My Little Pony
  My Little Pony (TV series)
  My Little Pony is an American animated television series based on the My Little Pony toys released by Hasbro. The series featured as the first segment of a program called My Little Pony 'n Friends. The second segment would be an unrelated cartoon based on another Hasbro franchise - either Glo...
  
  
• Huxley Pig
  Huxley Pig
  Huxley Pig was a stop-motion animated children's television series from 1989 and 1990.Based on the picture books by Rodney Peppe, the series was produced by FilmFair for Central TV .-General Theme:...
  
  
• Paddington Bear
  Paddington Bear
  Paddington Bear is a fictional character in children's literature. He appeared on 13 October 1958 and was subsequently featured in several books, most recently in 2008, written by Michael Bond and first illustrated by Peggy Fortnum....
  
  
• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
  Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special)
  Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a Christmas television special produced in stop motion animation by Rankin/Bass. It first aired Sunday, December 6, 1964, on the NBC television network in the USA, and was sponsored by General Electric under the umbrella title of The General Electric Fantasy Hour...
  
  
• Wimpole Village
• Mr. Men and Little Miss
  Mr. Men and Little Miss
  Mr Men and Little Miss aired in both the United Kingdom and the United States. In the United Kingdom, the program was fully animated, and the characters were voiced by British voice actors Geoffrey Palmer, Gordon Peters, Arnold Stang, and Jill Shilling. The show was narrated by Geoffrey Palmer...
  
  
• Fantastic Max
  Fantastic Max
  Fantastic Max is an animated cartoon series created by Kalisto Ltd. and Hanna-Barbera Productions and in association with S4C. It centres on a diaper-wearing toddler with a mohawk named Max , who has adventures in outer space with two of his toys: FX, a pull string alien doll from a planet called...
  
  
• The Wind in the Willows
  The Wind in the Willows (1987 film)
  The Wind in the Willows is a 1987 American animated film directed by Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass. It is an adaptation of The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame. Set in a pastoral version of England, the film focuses on four anthropomorphised animal characters and contains themes of...
  
  
• Biker Mice From Mars
  Biker Mice from Mars
  Biker Mice from Mars is a science fiction animated series created by Rick Ungar that began airing in 1993 in the United States and lasted for three seasons before it was cancelled...
  
  
• Sally And Jake
• Sylvanian Families
  Sylvanian Families
  is the name of a line of video games and anthropomorphic collectible toy flocked plastic figures, created by the Japanese company Epoch in 1985 and distributed worldwide by a number of companies...
  
  
• Anytime Tales
• Tell Me a Story
  Tell Me a Story
  Tell Me a Story may refer to:In music:* "Tell Me a Story ", a song by Hilary Duff* "Tell Me a Story" , a 1953 hit song, written by Terry Gilkyson and recorded by Jimmy Boyd & Frankie Laine...
  
  
• Favourite Nursery Rhymes

Pickwick Video Group is a division of BBC Video / Video Collection International.