Sailing Away

Angela has organized a cruise on the harbor for herself, Old Tom and Lavinia. However, when Lavinia discovers that the boat is an old rustbucket, she refuses to join them, but she goes for a cruise on a sleek new yacht instead. On the old boat, Angela and Old Tom aren't having much fun when suddenly, Old Tom catches, with his fishing line, a giant sea monster which pulls him overboard. Angela is terrified, but Old Tom is having the time of his life as the creatures pulls him along, water-skiing, and then gently puts him back on deck. It turns out that the sea creature is very friendly, so, thanks to Old Tom, the old boat's captain starts up a new enterprise- sea monster rides!

Old Tom, Billy Winterberry, Angela Throgmorten, Lavinia Winterberry, Lucy, Lady Winifred "Winnie" Pineapple deGroot

"Oh, don't you think that might possibly be a little bit too much Old Tom?" says Angela when she sees the terrible mess her beloved Old Tom has made. Based on the books by Leigh Hobbs, this series brings the most intolerable, disastrous and most amusing of animated cats to the screen. Orange, one-eyed Old Tom and his adoptive "mother," the delightful and rather eccentric Angela, make one of the most surprising couples in the history of love stories.

This TV series premiered in France on November 21, 2001. Air dates are as shown on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.