Bertha

1985 13 episodes

A Stop-Motion Animation series that aired on BBC Television.

Episode guide

  1. The Great Painting Job

    April 1, 1985 No. 1.01 TV Episode Woodland Animations, Ltd.

    Everyone in the factory is pleased when Bertha produces T.O.M., a talk-operated machine.

  2. The Windmills

    April 15, 1985 No. 1.02 TV Episode Woodland Animations, Ltd.

    Bertha is making money boxes, and when Roy and Nell test one, they get a surprise.

  3. A Mouse In The Works

    April 22, 1985 No. 1.03 TV Episode Woodland Animations, Ltd.

    Panjid discovers that all the cardboard packages have been nibbled and Bertha is programmed to capture the intruder.

  4. The Best Machine Competition

    April 29, 1985 No. 1.04 TV Episode Woodland Animations, Ltd.

    Bertha proves she is still the best machine for any job.

  5. Tom Gets Lost

    May 13, 1985 No. 1.05 TV Episode Woodland Animations, Ltd.

    Tom the robot causes confusion when a magnet upsets his circuitry.

  6. The Flying Bear

    May 20, 1985 No. 1.06 TV Episode Woodland Animations, Ltd.

    Why are the plastic bears made by Bertha getting bigger and bigger?

  7. The Tea Nurse

    June 3, 1985 No. 1.07 TV Episode Woodland Animations, Ltd.

    Bertha has a faulty lever, but Mrs. Tupp comes to the rescue.

  8. More Speed, Less Work

    November 5, 1985 No. 1.08 TV Episode Woodland Animations, Ltd.

    Mr. Duncan does a time and motion study whilst Bertha makes garden gnomes and a special gnome for Panjid.

  9. The Big Order

    November 12, 1985 No. 1.09 TV Episode Woodland Animations, Ltd.

    Bertha has to make 365 new springs, but Tom and Roy have trouble with the twanging steel.

  10. The Burglars

    November 19, 1985 No. 1.10 TV Episode Woodland Animations, Ltd.

    Two burglars try to steal the factory wages but Bertha and Tom make sure that they are caught.

  11. Bertha's Birthday Party

    November 26, 1985 No. 1.11 TV Episode Woodland Animations, Ltd.

    Bertha is busy making cuckoo clocks when Miss McClackerty discovers that it's time for a birthday celebration.

  12. The Big Sneeze

    April 16, 1986 No. 1.12 TV Episode Woodland Animations, Ltd.

    Bertha gets so cold that the beach balls she makes look like snowballs.

  13. Tom's New Friend

    June 18, 1986 No. 1.13 TV Episode Woodland Animations, Ltd.

    Mrs. Tupp is cross about a new machine that is delivered, but Tom thinks that it is a friend.