Michael Bentine's Potty Time
- TV sketch show
- ITV1
- 1973 - 1980
- 78 episodes (7 series)
Madcap sketch-based history series - told with puppets, by ex-Goon Michael Bentine.
Michael Bentine's Potty Time - The Complete First Series
Potty Time was a popular and beloved UK television puppet show that began in the 1970s and was the wacky creation of the multi-talented writer/director Michael Bentine. Universally vertically challenged, the Potty hand puppets were characterised by their prominent noses and costumes that obscured their other physical characteristics. Bentine's beloved show, which was geared for children but boasted an adult audience as well, offered a challenge to accepted notions of many aspects of life and was regarded as harmlessly rebellious. The highlight of Potty Time usually involved a mini-explosion of some kind, as Bentine knew this would delight the kids at home.
First released: Monday 26th January 2004
Extra features
- Two episodes of The Bumblies, featuring the debut of the Potty's
- Drawings and storyboards gallery with commentary by Richard Bentine
- Michael Bentine's handwritten script and camera script comparison PDFs
- Distributor: Network
- Discs: 1
- Minutes: 286
- Catalogue: 7952194
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