Talk:Tales of the Riverbank

"Hammy Hamster" is the name of the central character; it has never been the name of the series that he starred in. Bearcat 06:20, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Canadian?
Canadians, myself included, think of this as a Canadian show. However, the article strongly indicates it is more British than Canadian.

Perhaps I didn't read it closely enough, but does the article indicate how the Canadian version came about? The CBC dubbed the BBC production? And which variety then got exported everywhere?

Varlaam (talk) 04:51, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

Water rat
What species was the rat? Was this a rat, or a water vole (commonly termed the water rat)? Wind in the Willows has a vole water rat, but as I remember the riverbank, the actor was a land rat. Andy Dingley (talk) 09:53, 28 June 2011 (UTC)

Canadian production 2
But as far as I knew growing up this was a Canadian...or possibly American show (too low tec to really be American I'm guessing). In the early 80's it showed every morning before school, probably on global in Toronto. There was most likely a Canadian production, after it went well in the U.K. There were no UK accent in the voices or narration, as far as I can remember. They possibly could of taken the old episodes and dubbed them with a Canadian/Americanġ voice. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.165.153.200 (talk) 04:06, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

News blooper
Like many people I remember seeing the news blooper where they ran an image of a hamster instead of a murder suspect. What I didn't realize was that the image was of Hammy Hamster until I saw it in the True North book. The clapperboard is what gives it away. So without making light of the subject of the girl's death (probably for good reason editors have refused to include a reference to the incident in the article) I thought it pertinent to note this as an unexpected reference to the character and to the show. 68.146.52.234 (talk) 21:53, 16 August 2015 (UTC)

First episode of the Canadian series remembered for playing on Global in the 1980s uploaded to Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4SAk2icNs8 In colour. Paul Sutherland narrates. Astral-Delroy Productions (Astral Communications?) and 1972 are in the end credits. It's Matthew Mouse but his friends call him Matty. GP sounds like WC Fields. The incidental music is completely different from the UK version. Technopop (talk) 19:30, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

Intellectual Property
So I noticed that Steve Wilkinson Films LLP "owns the intellectual property" of the series, but this is not from a registered user with no other information available. Can we verify the accuracy of this? If not, should we remove it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Twenty2midnight (talk • contribs) 02:02, 18 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I've removed it. Regardless of whether it's true or false, IP ownership doesn't come under "creator". --  Dr Greg   talk  19:10, 18 January 2018 (UTC) Steven Wilkinson bought the first two series from David Ellison and thinks the legal agreement gives him interlectual rights but a second legal opinion says the agreement is worded so badly it does not give the rights,anyway Wilkinson is now a bankrupt owing over 5M for fraud,lasting till at least 2027, so he should have no assets.Tales of the Riverbank is passed from one company to the next to fool police.

Edit as of August 26
On August 26th there is an edit that says the animals found homes with children on the Isle of Wright. This is correcting a previous version that said the animals were released into the wild but shortly died after. The old version was cited, the new one is not. Is there a source for the new claim? Yes there is a source,myself.I was told that all the animals were given good homes with local children by David Ellison himself,it is also said by David in an interview on www.furthertalesoftheriverbank.com. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Twenty2midnight (talk • contribs) 22:53, 17 November 2018 (UTC)
 * An edit today changed the text again from — At the end of filming in 1973, the animals were released into the wild at this site. The rats, hamsters and cavies died not long after release, but the Mongolian Gerbils survived for at least three years, the colony reaching around 100 individuals by this time. to — At the end of filming in 1973. The rats, hamsters and cavies were found homes with children on the Isle of Wight by David Ellison and the RSPCA who were present at the filming. The eberbil website reference is blocked by a login, so neither version can be verified. I have deleted the section pending some other source — GhostInTheMachine talk to me 20:35, 16 April 2021 (UTC)