The Flumps

The Flumps
Genre	Stop motion
Created by	Julie Holder
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Running time	15 mins
Release
Original network	BBC One
Original release	14 February – 9 May 1977

The Flumps is a children's programme, created and written by Julie Holder, and produced for the BBC by David Yates. It was broadcast by the BBC many times from 1977 to 1992.

The plot revolved around the various adventures of a family of furry characters called The Flumps. It was created and written by Julie Holder and narrated by Gay Soper. The theme tune was played by George Chisholm on the trombone.

In 1978, the BBC released a record, The Flumps (REC 309), that had 4 stories from the TV series narrated and sung by Gay Soper: "Keep Fit", "Balloons", "Moon Shot" and "Something Different".

In 2000, The Flumps was released on DVD. During early 2008, the theme tune was used in a series of adverts for Auto Trader magazine in the UK. These adverts were run again in Q3 2009.

The various flumps were:

The Flumps was shown 25 times between 1977 and 1992, usually around 1.45pm. The transmission runs were as follows:

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