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    Kids TV TV Shows - 1970s 2 Mins Read

    Jumbo Spencer

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    1 9 7 6 (UK)
    5 x 25 minute episodes

    The summer holidays are here and, for six glorious weeks, Jumbo Spencer (Mark Weavers) is free from the confines of Shoredale Primary School.

    But Jumbo is not interested in rest and relaxation – He needs a project to keep himself occupied. His inspiration comes while listening to a story on the radio about a great social reformer who put things right for millions of people.

    So Jumbo decides to reform the village of Shoredale – to “sweep it clean of vice and poverty” and make things better for people while righting wrongs. And he’s going to achieve this with the help of his friends; Mike (Huw Higginson), Maggots (Natalie Boyce) and Freckles (John Weavers) – aka The Jumbo Spencer Reform Club.

    The kids paint a zebra crossing for Miss Mogg (Betty Woolfe) outside her house and provide historic tours around the village for 10p a pop, but Jumbo decides what Shoredale really needs a village hall. Local philanthropist Mr Bennett (Geoffrey Russell) tells Jumbo that if he can raise £100 towards it, he will contribute the rest.

    The character of Jumbo Spencer first appeared in 1963 in a sequence of novels by Helen Cresswell. But it wasn’t until 1976 that television decided to bring the very first of these novels to life.

    Filming for the series took place in Luccombe, Somerset.

    Jumbo Spencer
    Mark Weavers
    Maggots (Maggie)
    Natalie Boyce
    Freckles
    John Weavers
    Mike
    Huw Higginson
    Mrs Spencer
    Helen Fraser
    Mr Spencer
    James Smillie
    Bill
    Christopher Watts
    Steve
    Jeffrey Chapman
    Dick
    John O’Farrell
    Vicar
    John Quayle
    Mr Jefferson
    Lionel Taylor
    Mrs Perkins
    Judy Wilson
    Miss Magg
    Betty Woolfe
    Julie
    Kate Elphick
    Mr Bennett
    Geoffrey Russell
    Mr Jefferson
    Lionel Jeffries
    Foxy Fred
    Darren Skinner
    Foxy Fred’s mother
    Martha Ross
    Foxy Fred’s father
    David Strong

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