
Bertha is a British stop motion-animated children's television series about a factory machine of that name, comprising 13 episodes that aired from 1985 to 1986. Other major characters in the series were Mr Willmake, Mr Sprott and Tracy. All the characters were designed by Ivor Wood, and the series was produced by his company, Woodland Animations. It was broadcast on BBC Television. A series of six storybooks based on Bertha was published by André Deutsch at the same time as the series was broadcast. They were adapted by Eric Charles and illustrated by Steve Augarde, who was also responsible for the artwork and music in the children's series Bump.
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Air Date: 1985-04-01
Bertha is making jixsaw puzzles, only to leave pieces back and making a picture of her own, so the workers have to re...
Air Date: 1985-04-15
Bertha is making Musical Windmill Money Boxes which plays music whenever money is put in. However, Roy discovers that...
Air Date: 1985-04-22
Bertha is making Jack-in-the-boxes that fail to stay inside the box! When Panjit loads the remaining toys to the disp...
Air Date: 1985-04-29
Bertha is making Spinning Tops that won't stop spinning! Meanwhile, Mr. Sprot is asked to make 'The Most Unusual Toy'...
Air Date: 1985-05-13
Tom the robot causes confusion when a magnet upsets his circuitry.
Air Date: 1985-05-20
Why are the plastic bears made by Bertha getting bigger and bigger?
Air Date: 1985-06-03
Bertha has a faulty lever, but Mrs Tupp comes to the rescue.
Air Date: 1985-11-05
Mr Duncan does a time and motion study whilst Bertha makes garden gnomes and a special gnome for Panjid.
Air Date: 1985-11-12
Bertha has to make 365 new springs, but Tom and Roy have trouble with the twanging steel.
Air Date: 1985-11-19
Bertha is making Jumping Kangaroos. When Ted accidently sets one off, the others in the boxes jump around the factory...
Air Date: 1985-11-26
Bertha is busy making cuckoo clocks when Miss McClackerty discovers that it's time for a birthday celebration.
Air Date: 1986-04-16
Bertha gets so cold that the beach balls she makes look like snowballs.
Air Date: 1986-06-18
Mrs Tupp is cross about a new machine that is delivered, but Tom thinks that it is a new friend.