Professor Bubble
This entry has been removed as it describes a fictional series with no verifiable records.
This entry describes a fictional series. No verifiable records exist of a GMTV preschool program called 'Professor Bubble' with the described details (65 episodes, HIT Entertainment involvement, characters like Beamer/Mouse/Quill/Chromety, or a 'bubblescope'). The claims about episodes from 1996 being uploaded to YouTube by 'VideotapeFTW' are also unsubstantiated. Therefore, this entry has been removed as it does not correspond to any known, widely-recognised British breakfast television programme.
Quick Facts
- Runtime
- 20 minutes
- Writer
- Martin Beaumont / Jeremy Bennett / Brian Jordan / Avril Rowlands / Laura Beaumont
- Director
- David Crozier
- Creator
- Martin Beaumont / John Bullivant
- Starring
- Gary Parker / Vicki Hopps / Phillip Eason / Joe Greco / Rebecca Clow / Sheila Clark / Brian Herring
- Open Theme
- Bob Heatlie
- Producer
- David Crozier / Mark Wilson / Peter Orton / John Bullivant
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Company
- HIT Entertainment / GMTV
- Network
- ITV
- First Aired
- 1996-09-07
Facts from the source article.
Reader's Guide
Professor Bubble represents a niche but notable entry in British pre-school television programming from the mid-1990s. Produced in-house by GMTV with HIT Entertainment, the series ran for 65 episodes, each twenty minutes long, and was part of GMTV's weekend children's block. Its premise—a professor living on Cloud 9 using a 'bubblescope' to gather information for an encyclopedia—combined whimsical fantasy with educational segments. The use of live-action, puppetry-like helpers (Beamer, Mouse, Quill), and the recurring character Chromety, who appeared and vanished by holding her nose, gave the show a distinctive style. Although it aired only on weekends and later re-ran on Tiny Living in 2000, its full episode run of 65 installments suggests a sustained production effort. The series is remembered primarily through fan uploads on YouTube, such as those by VideotapeFTW, which preserve episodes like 'Treasure', 'Astronauts', 'Water', 'Bed', and 'Body Language', all from 1996. Its significance lies in its attempt to blend live-action storytelling with educational content for very young children, and in its association with HIT Entertainment, a major children's media producer.
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