Happy Families
Happy Families is a children's television series made in the late 1980s based on the Happy Families series of books by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. Each tale is about a family of characters which in turn is based on the Happy Families card game. The cast played several different characters throughout the series with many recurring roles for the main cast including Milton Johns, Annette Badland and Elizabeth Estensen. Happy Families ran for two series, 24 episodes in all, and was shown on Children's BBC in 1989 and 1990.
Seasons & Episodes
- 1.01Mrs Wobble the Waitress: Part 1Rate
- 1.02Mrs Wobble the Waitress: Part 2Rate
- 1.03Mr. Tick the Teacher: Part 1Rate
- 1.04Mr. Tick the Teacher: Part 2Rate
- 1.05Mr. Creep the Crook: Part 1Rate
- 1.06Mr. Creep the Crook: Part 2Rate
- 1.07Master Bun the Baker's Boy: Part 1Rate
- 1.08Master Bun the Baker's Boy: Part 2Rate
- 1.09Mrs Plug the Plumber: Part 1Rate
- 1.10Mrs Plug the Plumber: Part 2Rate
- 1.11Mr and Mrs Hay the Horse: Part 1Rate
- 1.12Mr and Mrs Hay the Horse: Part 2Rate
- 2.01Mrs Lather's Laundry: Part 1Rate
- 2.02Mrs Lather's Laundry: Part 2Rate
- 2.03Master Salt the Sailors' Son: Part 1Rate
- 2.04Master Salt the Sailors' Son: Part 2Rate
- 2.05Miss Brick the Builders' Baby: Part 1Rate
- 2.06Miss Brick the Builders' Baby: Part 2Rate
- 2.07Master Money the Millionaire: Part 1Rate
- 2.08Master Money the Millionaire: Part 2Rate
- 2.09Mr. Biff the Boxer: Part 1Rate
- 2.10Mr. Biff the Boxer: Part 2Rate
- 2.11Miss Jump the Jockey: Part 1Rate
- 2.12Miss Jump the Jockey: Part 2Rate
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