Bananaman (TV series)

Bananaman is a British animated comedy series which ran from 1983 to 1986. It was based on the comic strip character Bananaman and each of the show's roughly five-minute episodes featured the voices of The Goodies (Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie).

Parts of the character were changed for the series: he was now called Eric Twinge (rather than Eric Wimp), had a distinctive banana-shaped hairstyle rather than punk stubble, and had a love interest (only when transformed) in the form of Fiona, a newsreader.

When Danger Mouse first aired on Nickelodeon in America Bananaman was shown after it to round out the show to a half hour.

Cast
Written by Bernie Kay. Produced by Trevor Bond. Directed by Terry Ward.
 * Tim Brooke-Taylor as Eric
 * Graeme Garden as Bananaman
 * Bill Oddie as Crow
 * Jill Shilling as Fiona

Series guide

 * Series 1: 3 October – 11 November 1983 - 12 episodes
 * Series 2: 4 October – 19 December 1984 - 13 episodes
 * Series 3: 7 January – 15 April 1986 - 15 episodes

"Memory Lane" episode from series 2 was not broadcast until June 1988 but was made alongside series 2.

Reception
Bananaman was a popular cartoon and is one of the most well-known British superheroes. Taken from the DC Thomson comic entitled Nutty, it was made into a TV animated series of 40 five-minute episodes by Terry Ward of Flicks Films Ltd.