Jimbo and the Jet Set (often shortened to simply Jimbo) is a British animated cartoon series broadcast in the 1980s, featuring the adventures of the eponymous Jimbo, a talking aeroplane. The premise of the cartoon is that Jimbo was originally intended to be a Jumbo Jet, but his designer could not tell the difference between inches and centimetres, resulting in his diminutive size. The television series features various talking airport-type ground vehicles: Tommy Tow-Truck, Claude Catering, Amanda Baggage, Phil the Fuel Truck, Sammy Steps and Harry Helicopter. Other plane characters appear from time to time, such as Old Timer, a Vickers Wellington bomber who gets into the story while flying to or from an airshow. The story is based at a fictional "London Airport", under the command of an irate controller who frequently ends episodes screaming "I want words with you, Jimbo!".
Show Info
Network: BBC One
(1986 -
1987)
Default Runtime: 5 minutes
Status: Ended
Show Type:
Animation
Genres:
AdventureChildren
Episodes ordered: 25 episodes
Created by:
Peter Maddocks
6.8 (5 votes)
Previous Episode
The Computer Clanger
Episode 1x25; Feb 6, 1987
Previous Episodes
Episode Name | Airdate | Trailer |
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1x25: The Computer Clanger | Feb 6, 1987 | |
1x24: The Little Red Devil | Jan 23, 1987 | |
1x23: The Great Air Race | Jan 17, 1987 |