24min | Animation, Family, Short | TV Series (1992–1995)
An animated series, telling the story of many beloved Beatrix Potter characters.
Stars: Niamh Cusack, Enn Reitel, Sheila Steafel
An animated series, telling the story of many beloved Beatrix Potter characters.
Stars: Niamh Cusack, Enn Reitel, Sheila Steafel
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02:57Yes, hunk-a-munker, I must send Winifred my news stories.
03:03I'm sure she'll be curious to know who frightened the cook so.
03:07And what you naughty mice were doing upstairs in the nursery.
03:11♪
03:20Once upon a time, there was a very beautiful doll's house.
03:25It belonged to two dolls, called Lucinda and Jane.
03:30♪
03:33One morning, they went out for a drive in a doll's perambulator.
03:38There was no one left in the nursery, and all was very quiet.
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03:50Be careful, hunk-a-munker.
03:51Oh, come on, Tom Thumb, there's no one about.
03:53Let's go and see what we can find.
03:57There's no one at home.
03:59Let's have a look inside.
04:07Oh, look, Tom.
04:09What a beautiful dinner.
04:11Yes, it's all ready.
04:13And for us.
04:15Oh, yum, yum, yum.
04:17What shall we try first?
04:19Oh, it looks so delicious.
04:23Ow!
04:25It's not boiled enough.
04:27Look, it's hard.
04:29You have a try, hunk-a-munker.
04:33It's harder than the hams at the cheese mongers.
04:38Leave it alone, it's no use.
04:40You try some of the fish.
04:45Oh, it's so good.
04:47Leave it alone, it's no use.
04:49You try some of the fish.
04:56I'll deal with you, you, you, you ham.
05:06It's no good, you can't eat it.
05:08No, it's not for eating.
05:10Let's smash it all up.
05:12Oh, yes, let's.
05:15What a trick.
05:27It won't break.
05:29Let's burn it on the fire.
05:39It won't burn.
05:42There's no sugar here.
05:46While Tom Thumb was up the chimney,
05:48hunk-a-munker had another disappointment.
06:12Then those naughty mice
06:14set to work to do all the mischief they could.
06:20That, and that, and that.
06:23Out, out, out.
06:25Tom, I have an idea.
06:28This would be a nice bed for us.
06:32Let's take this bolster back to our place.
06:35What? The bolster?
06:37I've always wanted a feather bed.
06:39Oh, yes.
06:41Come along, Tom.
06:50Aha.
06:52I hope this will be worth all this work.
06:56Hunk-a-munker.
06:58Oh, you'll see.
07:01Oh, it's no good, hunk-a-munker.
07:03It just won't go in.
07:05Oh, yes, it will.
07:07We'll pull it through.
07:14Come on.
07:19There.
07:21Oh, that's lovely.
07:23Now we just have to pull it through.
07:27There. Oh, that's lovely.
07:30Now let's go back and see what else will be useful.
07:47This will be fine for my babies.
07:57Oh...
07:59Oh...
08:01I can't get it in.
08:03Oh, father.
08:05Oh, well, leave it.
08:12Ooh, what's that?
08:14A bit, a bit.
08:16Ooh, ooh, ooh.
08:18And that, that, that.
08:20And let's defeat this ogre!
08:22Wee!
08:23And let's attack him!
08:24Ha ha ha, he's brimming!
08:25Da da da, like a rocket!
08:26Yes!
08:27We'll hammer him with this chair!
08:28Wee!
08:29Cha cha cha cha cha!
08:30Wee!
08:51Oh no!
08:53What's happened here?
08:55What a sight met the eyes of Jane and Lucinda!
08:59Nurse, what has happened?
09:01Oh!
09:02It must be mice!
09:04I shall get a doll dressed as a policeman!
09:07I will set a mousetrap!
09:09And that should keep them out of the doll's house!
09:11The birdcage was rescued from behind the coal box.
09:15But Hunkamunka had got the cradle and some of Lucinda's clothes.
09:20And those two bad mice were not the only ones causing trouble.
09:24Ah!
09:25Oh dear!
09:26Quick!
09:27Hunkamunka!
09:28The kitchen!
09:29What is it?
09:30Ah!
09:31Oh!
09:32Ah!
09:33Ah!
09:34There's the poppysailor!
09:35Ah!
09:36Who's that?
09:37Call the guards!
09:43But...
09:44Who in the world is this?
09:46Who in the world is this?
09:49I'm Timmy Willie.
09:52You're Tim...
09:53Well, you're very welcome, I'm sure.
09:56I'm Johnny Townmouse.
09:57How do you do?
09:58Let me introduce you to my friends.
10:00Oh, thank you.
10:01How do you do?
10:02Pleased to meet you there.
10:04Do take a seat.
10:09Lovely to see you.
10:10Thank you very much.
10:11Yes.
10:13I suppose in your travels you haven't been in a trap?
10:16No.
10:17What is a trap?
10:19Oh, obviously not.
10:21Never mind.
10:22Splendid piece of stilton!
10:24What?
10:25Mmm!
10:26Mmm!
10:27Fine little cheek.
10:28Nice hair and big...
10:39I'm so sorry.
10:42Never mind, never mind.
10:45The plates don't belong to us.
10:47They come from the doll's house upstairs.
10:49You're not from around these parts, are you?
10:53Well, no.
10:55You see, I was born in the country in a beautiful garden.
10:59I came here by mistake.
11:02It was the hamper, the vegetable hamper.
11:05I saw it by the gate and I climbed in.
11:09It was full of lovely vegetables.
11:14And then I fell fast asleep.
11:39Thank you, my man.
11:41And here are sixpence for you.
11:43Thank you, ma'am.
11:46So much to do.
11:48Oh, so much to do.
11:54Then there was all that awful screaming
11:57and I fell in here.
11:59Ahem.
12:00I'm sorry.
12:01I'm sorry.
12:02I'm sorry.
12:03I'm sorry.
12:04I'm sorry.
12:05I'm sorry.
12:06I'm sorry.
12:08And you're most welcome.
12:10Now, why don't those youngsters come back with our desserts?
12:16Ha-ha! Jelly! Just the thing.
12:18What's the joke, you two?
12:20Oh, it's that silly cat chasing us.
12:22That's all.
12:25Cat? A cat?
12:27Oh, I don't feel very well.
12:29Do try some jelly, Timothy William.
12:33No?
12:34Well, then, um...
12:36Would you rather go to bed?
12:39Yes, I would.
12:40I will show you a most comfortable sofa pillow. Come along.
12:44Goodnight, Timothy William.
12:45Goodnight, Timothy William.
12:46Goodnight.
12:47Goodnight.
12:52It is the best bed and I keep it exclusively for visitors.
12:56Have a good night's sleep
12:58and I hope you feel better in the morning.
13:01Goodnight, Timmy.
13:06Ah!
13:24SHE GASPS
13:25SHE SCREAMS
13:29What are you doing?!
13:31It's these mice!
13:33What are we going to do?
13:35This is a good boy.
13:36Oh, what a boy!
13:43MEOWS
13:44MEOWS
13:45MEOWS
13:48MEOWS
13:49MEOWS
13:50MEOWS
13:51MEOWS
13:56MEOWS
13:57MEOWS
13:58SNORES
14:01SNORES
14:03MEOWS
14:05Oh, dear. Oh, dear.
14:08I wish I was home.
14:10Johnny Townmouse and his friends are all very kind,
14:13but... but...
14:15Oh, dear.
14:17Oh, dear, oh, dear.
14:20It was the same the following nights until one morning.
14:24What is the matter, Timothy William?
14:26Are you ill?
14:28Every day you seem to be getting a little thinner.
14:30Aren't we feeding you well enough?
14:32Oh, no.
14:33No, it...
14:35It's just that I'm not feeling so well.
14:38And I do so miss my home in the peaceful sunny bank.
14:42All this excitement isn't good for me.
14:45Oh.
14:46Where is your home, Timmy?
14:48In my garden with the most beautiful flowers,
14:51where I sit and listen to my friends the birds.
14:54Is that all?
14:56It sounds like...
14:57Well, it sounds rather a dull place.
15:00Oh, no, not at all.
15:02Even when it rains,
15:04I sit in my little soundy burrow
15:06peeping out of the throttles on the lawn
15:08and talk to my friend Cock Robin.
15:10And when the sun comes out,
15:12oh, you should see my garden.
15:14Oh, there's no noise except for the birds and the bees.
15:17Oh, no. Here comes that cat again.
15:19Oh, dear. Oh, dear.
15:21MEOWS
15:23HE GASPS
15:25HE LAUGHS
15:27HE COUGHS
15:29Yes.
15:30Well, I must confess, I am a little disappointed.
15:33We have endeavoured to entertain you, Timothy William.
15:37Oh, yes, yes.
15:39You've been most kind, but, oh, I do feel so ill.
15:43Well, it may be that your teeth and digestion
15:46are unaccustomed to our food.
15:48Perhaps it might be wiser for you to return the way you came.
15:51In the hamper.
15:52Oh?
15:53Yeah, to your own home.
15:55In the, uh, country.
15:57Oh!
15:58Why, of course.
15:59For that matter, we could have sent you back last week.
16:02Did you not know the hamper goes back empty on Saturdays?
16:13Oh, thank you.
16:15Goodbye, Tom Thumb and all of you.
16:18Goodbye, Timothy William.
16:20Goodbye.
16:21Goodbye.
16:22Goodbye.
16:23Goodbye, Timothy William.
16:25Goodbye, Johnny Townmouse.
16:27Do try and visit me in the country one day, won't you?
16:30I'm coming!
16:33Oh, dearie me.
16:35Oh, dearie me.
16:37Mice.
16:39Come on, lovely.
16:42Oh, it's so good to be back.
16:50Oh, dearie me.
16:53Oh, dearie me.
16:55Oh, dearie me.
16:57Oh, dearie me.
16:59Oh, dearie me.
17:01Oh, dearie me.
17:03Oh, dearie me.
17:06It's so good to be back.
17:08It's so good to be back.
17:10It's so good to be back.
17:12It's so good to be back.
17:14It's so good to be back.
17:24Ha-ha!
17:25Hello, Timmy Willie.
17:26Oh, Cock Robin.
17:27Back from your travels?
17:28Yes.
17:29Oh, yes.
17:30I'm so happy to be back here.
17:32Here in my own home.
17:34Oh!
17:40Timmy Willie settled happily again to his life in the garden.
17:44Sometimes, on Saturdays, he went and looked at the hamper lying by the gate.
17:50But he knew better than to get into it again.
17:58Winter passed, and the sun came out again.
18:02Timmy had nearly forgotten his visit to town.
18:05When who should appear?
18:07Ah!
18:08Ha-ha-ha!
18:09Hello, Timothy William.
18:10Oh, Johnny!
18:12Ha-ha!
18:13What a surprise!
18:14I thought I would pay you a return visit.
18:16Yes, yes.
18:17And you've come at the best of times.
18:19Oh, we can sit in the sun and have herb pudding.
18:23Hmm.
18:24It is a little damp.
18:26There you are, Johnny.
18:27Try some of this.
18:28How's Tom Thumb and all our friends, eh?
18:31The reason I've come to visit is because the family have gone to the seaside for Easter.
18:36And Cook is spring cleaning with special instructions to clear us all out.
18:40There are now four kittens.
18:42Oh, no!
18:43And the cat has killed the canary.
18:45Oh, my goodness!
18:47They say we did it.
18:48Oh!
18:49But I know better.
18:50As for Tom Thumb, well, he told the small mice all about a trap...
18:54Goodness!
18:55...that the nurse had set for them.
18:57And Hunkamunka has become quite good friends with the policeman doll.
19:01Hmm.
19:02Although he never says anything and always looks quite stern.
19:05Well, it all sounds very exciting.
19:10What?
19:11What is that fearful noise?
19:13Oh, that?
19:14It's only a cow.
19:16They're quite harmless.
19:18Unless they happen to lie down on you.
19:20Come along.
19:21Let's get some milk.
19:22Milk?
19:24It does seem such a long time ago that I went to town.
19:28That seems ages, really.
19:30It really is a most fearful journey.
19:32Oh, it's terrible.
19:34Won't the hamper comfortable?
19:36Ah!
19:37Hide!
19:38What's wrong with your friend, Timmy, will he?
19:40Well, he's not used to the country yet.
19:43How's that?
19:44Where's he from, then?
19:45He's from the town.
19:47I see.
19:48Oh, well.
19:49Must be off.
19:50Goodbye.
19:51Goodbye.
19:52Come along, Johnny.
19:53We haven't got all day.
19:54What manner of creature has come sneaking up on our dinner, dear?
20:00Barely got myself a cup of tea.
20:02Ah!
20:03Whatever is that fearful racket?
20:05What?
20:06Oh, that?
20:07Oh, it's only a lawnmower.
20:14Now, if you just wait here, I will go and get the milk.
20:19Ah!
20:20What's that?
20:21Oh!
20:22Crikey.
20:23Oh!
20:24Who's that?
20:25Oh, thank goodness you're back.
20:28Oh!
20:29That seemed to take forever.
20:31Now, let's get some grass clippings.
20:34Um...
20:35For your bed.
20:36This way, Johnny.
20:43Hold the milk.
20:46Hold the milk.
20:48I'll be back shortly.
20:52Oh, I hope you won't be long.
21:02Oh, dear me, my tail is getting all wet.
21:07Just look at my jacket.
21:12What could he be up to?
21:15Oh, I wish he would hurry up.
21:18Oh, it's only a spring shower, Johnny.
21:20The milk's getting wet.
21:22Here, take this leaf.
21:24Hold it over your head.
21:25There.
21:26Like this.
21:27Oh, the rain will brighten up the flowers.
21:29Come along, Johnny.
21:42There you are now, lovely.
21:45Now, Johnny, I'm sure you'd better settle in the country, eh?
21:48Don't you think?
21:52We'll see.
21:54I can't go back anyway.
21:56The hamper has stopped while the family is at the seaside.
22:04I'm sure you will never want to live in town again.
22:09But he did.
22:11He went back in the very next hamper of vegetables.
22:14He said it was too quiet.
22:26Johnny got back safely to his townhouse and his old friends.
22:30And Tom Thumb paid for everything he broke.
22:33He found a crooked sixpence under the hearth rug.
22:36And on Christmas Eve,
22:38he and Hunkamunka stuffed it into one of the stockings of Lucinda and Jane.
22:44And very early every morning, before anybody is awake,
22:47Hunkamunka comes with her broom and dustpan to sweep the dolly's house.
22:54As for Timmy Willie, well, he stayed in the country.
22:57And he never went to town again.
22:59One place suits one person.
23:01Another place suits another person.
23:03For my part, I prefer to live in the country.
23:06Like Timmy Willie.
23:37The rain has moved on
23:42And left a new day
23:47Nothing seems to move, everything is still
23:53It's just a perfect day
24:02The shadows and light that move with the wind
24:11Hidden violets grow, splashed with summer spray
24:17Just another perfect day
24:32On the wild and misty inside
24:36Fear is nature's warning
24:40Hunger here is never far away
24:49And all of this world
24:52Is for children who play
24:57Days that never end, always should remain
25:04Another perfect day