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).
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| Created by | Steve Bright |
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| Theme music composer | Dave Cooke |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 40 |
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| Producer | Trevor Bond |
| Running time | 5 minutes |
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| Release | 3 October 1983 – 4 March 1986 (reruns 1986–1999) |
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.
"This is 29 Acacia Road. And this is Eric, the schoolboy who leads an amazing double life. For when Eric eats a banana, an amazing transformation occurs. Eric is Bananaman, ever alert for the call to action!"
- opening narration
When Danger Mouse first aired on Nickelodeon in America Bananaman was shown after it to round out the show to a half hour.