Geordie Racer

HOME

TheInfoList

Click Here for Items Related To - Geordie Racer

OR:

Geordie Racer on: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Amazon]

''Geordie Racer'' is an educational

BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC Here i going to introduce about the best teacher of my life b BALAJI sir. He is the precious gift that I got befor 2yrs . How has helped and thought all the concept and made my success in the 10th board exam. ...

...

Look and Read ''Look and Read'' is a BBC Television programme for primary schools, aimed at improving children's literacy skills. The programme presents fictional stories in a serial format, the first of which was broadcast in 1967 and the most recent in 20 ...

'' production, which was first aired on

BBC2 BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It covers a wide range of subject matter, with a remit "to broadcast programmes of depth and substance" in contrast to the more mainstream an ...

from 12 January to 22 March 1988. The story was set in

Newcastle-upon-Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne ( RP: , ), or simply Newcastle, is a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. The city is located on the River Tyne's northern bank and forms the largest part of the Tyneside built-up area. Newcastle is als ...

and the surrounding area, and featured pigeon racers and runners competing in the

Great North Run The Great North Run (branded the Simplyhealth Great North Run for sponsorship purposes) is the largest half marathon in the world, taking place annually in North East England each September. Participants run between Newcastle upon Tyne and South ...

. The main character is Richard "Spuggy" Hilton (Spuggy being a nickname – the

Geordie Geordie () is a nickname for a person from the Tyneside area of North East England, and the dialect used by its inhabitants, also known in linguistics as Tyneside English or Newcastle English. There are different definitions of what constitut ...

word for sparrow), who isn't a runner like the rest of his family, but is a keen pigeon fancier and owns 'Blue Flash' – one of the best birds in Newcastle. He and his friend Janie observe some suspicious activity, and link a spate of local art robberies with obscure messages they find on some of the pigeons, but find they have even more problems when they go to spy on the crooks. ''Geordie Racer'' was praised for attempting to bring a grittier edge to educational programmes shown in

primary schools A primary school (in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and South Africa), junior school (in Australia), elementary school or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary ed ...

. The series also featured

actor

Kevin Whately Kevin Whately (born 6 February 1951) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as Neville "Nev" Hope in the British comedy drama ''Auf Wiedersehen, Pet'', Robert "Robbie" Lewis in the crime dramas ''Inspector Morse'' 1987–2000 and ...

as Spuggy's father. Whately, who went on to star in ''

Inspector Morse Detective Chief Inspector Endeavour Morse, GM, is the eponymous fictional character in the series of detective novels by British author Colin Dexter. On television, he appears in the 33-episode drama series '' Inspector Morse'' (1987–2000), ...

'', was joined on screen by his real-life wife,

Madelaine Newton Madelaine Newton is a British actress best known for her portrayal of Dolly in 1970s BBC television drama ''When the Boat Comes In''. Since 1984 she has been married to actor Kevin Whately, known for his role as Robert "Robbie" Lewis in both ''In ...

, who played his on-screen wife. This was not an intentional decision, but merely an accidental coincidence.

Cast

* Leon Armstrong as Spuggy Hilton * Lien Lu as Janie Chung * Lesley Casey as Cath Hilton *

Brian Hogg Brian (sometimes spelled Bryan in English) is a male given name of Irish and Breton origin, as well as a surname of Occitan origin. It is common in the English-speaking world. It is possible that the name is derived from an Old Celtic word mea ...

as Victor *

as Bev Hilton * Fred Pearson as Baz Bailey *

Peter Rowell Peter Rowell (born 17 June 1958) is an English former radio and television presenter. Rowell spent much of his career working in the West of England. In March 2012, he was jailed for six years after admitting 12 charges of indecent sexual ass ...

as Mickey Stone *

as Ray Hilton * Bungo as Plod * Charles Collingwood as Wordy *

Katie Hebb Katie is an English feminine name. It is a form Katherine, Kate, Caitlin, Kathleen, Katey and their related forms. It is frequently used on its own. People Sports *Katie Boulter (born 1996), British tennis player *Katie Clark (born 1994), Briti ...

as Wordy puppeteer *

Rachel Mackay Rachel () was a Biblical figure, the favorite of Jacob's two wives, and the mother of Joseph and Benjamin, two of the twelve progenitors of the tribes of Israel. Rachel's father was Laban. Her older sister was Leah, Jacob's first wife. Her aun ...

as Bug-Bopper * Mary Edwards as Bug-Bopper puppeteer

Episodes

1. Runners and Fliers 2. Down in the Cellars 3. Pigeon Post 4. This Is Radio Newcastle 5. Race Day 6. Light of St Mary 7. Lost Bird 8. Have You Gone Daft, Man? 9. If Only We Knew When... 10. Run!

Theme tune

The theme tune was sung by

Derek Griffiths Derek Griffiths (born 15 July 1946) is a British actor, singer, and voice artist who appeared in numerous British children's television series in the 1960s to present and has more recently played parts in television drama. Career Griffiths was ...

. The lyrics are:

References

External links

* {{Look and Read 1988 British television series debuts 1988 British television series endings 1980s British children's television series BBC children's television shows British children's education television series British television shows for schools Look and Read Reading and literacy television series Television shows set in Tyne and Wear Television shows set in Newcastle upon Tyne