TV Based on UK Comics Characters

[Jeremy Briggs]

Since we seem to have come to an end with the movies based on UK comics characters how about the TV series? I suspect that a lot of this will depend on peoples ages as most of the ones I can think of are cartoons from children's television.


Captain Pugwash (1957)
Cartoon based on Captain Pugwash from Eagle
Originally broadcast on BBC1
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0199193/


Fred Basset (1976)
Cartoon based on Fred Basset from The Daily Mail
Originally broadcast on BBC1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Basset#Fred_Basset_television_car...
series

The Perishers (1978)
Cartoon based on The Perishers from the Daily Mirror
Originally broadcast on BBC1 www.theauthenticperishers.co.uk
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0766189/


Modesty Blaise (1982)
Live action based on Modesty Blaise from the London Evening Standard
Originally broadcast on US TV
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217658/


Jane (1982)
Live action based on Jane from the Daily Mirror
Originally broadcast on BBC1
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083432/


Bananaman (1983)
Cartoon based on Bananaman from Nutty
Originally broadcast on BBC1
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084980/


Andy Capp (1988)
Live action based on Andy Capp from the Daily Mirror
Originally broadcast on ITV
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094417/


Denis The Menace (1996)
Cartoon based on Dennis The Menace from the Beano
Originally broadcast on BBC1
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0470645/

[Steve Flanagan]

There's also the 2001 CGI-animated version of Dan Dare.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0303881/ and
http://www.dandare.co.uk/characters.html

[Paul Eldridge]

Not really a TV show, but does anyone remember the ads for Mobil featuring Dan Dare?

One of them is available for download here.

http://www.dandare.org.uk/DanDareMobilAds.htm

[Jeremy Briggs]

I think that comics related TV ads are another list for the future, as fun as the three Dan Dare Mobil ads are, to go with the ad for 2000AD in our videos section, and possible ads for Cracker and TV21.

How could I have forgotten about CGI Dan? Maybe because I never got the DVD of the series. The third Comics Britannia reminded me about the Viz characters, so here are the latest additions.

Jeremy

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Billy The Fish (1990)
Cartoon based on Billy The Fish from Viz
Cartoon originally broadcast on Channel 4
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_The_Fish


Roger Mellie: The Man On The Telly (1991)
Cartoon based on Roger Mellie The Man On The Telly from Viz
Originally broadcast on Channel 4
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390760/


Sid The Sexist (1992)
Cartoon based on Sid The Sexist from Viz
Originally broadcast on Channel 4
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0304708/


Dan Dare: Pilot Of The Future (2001)
CGI cartoon based on Dan Dare from Eagle
Originally broadcast on Channel 5
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0303881/