Jamie and the Magic Torch! at the Cartoon Archive

Follow Jamie To Cloud Cuckoo Land!

Jamie and the Magic Torch was still showing on UK tv in the early 80's when I was a kid and it reminds

me a lot of the later cartoon, Potsworth and Company. The story is very simple, everynight Jamie's mum tucks him in bed saying 'Sleep Well, Jamie!'. No sooner has she closed the door than Jamie's dog Wordsworth jumps out from under the bed with a torch in his mouth. Jamie shines the torch on the floor and being a magic torch it creates a portal into another dimension, a place called Cloud Cuckoo Land, a 70s inspired dreamworld of acid colours, flares and music!

Jamie and Wordsworth slide down a huge helter-skelter and emerge in a range of different locations across Cloud-Cuckoo land. There are lots of colourful inhabitants that involve Jamie in their zany adventures, which are generally all wrapped up in about 10 minutes! After which they would go back up the helter-skelter to Jamie's bedroom and his mum would say ' Settle Down in there Jamie! Come on Wordsworth - Out of There!'

Cosgrove Hall also created such cartoon greats as DangerMouse and Count Duckula!

Jamie and Wordsworth The two heroes of the tale! Wordsworth was responsible for looking after the torch in real live to stop Jamie's mum from finding it on Jamie.	Mr Boo He loves counting almost as much as the vampire from Sesame Street
BullyBundy Bully is a rabbit that appears out of his own magic top-hat, with crazily oversized feet.	JoJo He's a handy-man who is quite often grumpy.
Nutmeg She's a ragdoll who lives in Cuckoo Land.	Officer Gotcha He's the law of Cuckoo Land! He spends a lot of time chasing the Yoo-Hoo bird.
Strumpers Plunkett He loves ot play Jazy music, sometimes on instruments and sometimes out of his nose - seriously!	Wellybob Wellybob did everything backwards - as though he was on some sort of drunken dare!
Jamie and the Magic Torch: Facts Originally Aired: Sept - 1976-1979 Episodes: 39 (13 x 3 series) Length: 10 mins Narrator: Brian Trueman Writer: Brian Trueman Created By: Cosgrove Hall Theme Song: Joe Griffiths Producer: John Hambley	Jamie and the Magic Torch: Resources The official Cosgrove-Hall Site Episode Guide at TV.Com
Jamie and the Magic Torch: Lyrics Jamie, Jamie, Jamie and the Magic Torch. Down the helter skelter, faster and faster towards Cuckoo Land. Wordsworth, Wordsworth following hard behind. Ready for adventure, always there to lend a paw .....or hand. Mr. Boo and all the others too, the strangest people you've ever seen. And the torch with its magical beam if I hadn't really been there I'd think that I was dreaming! Jamie, Jamie! No two nights are the same. And life is one long glorious game with Jamie, Jamie and the Magic Torch!	Jamie and the Magic Torch: Episode Guide Series 1 (1976) 1. Mr Boo Loses a Mountain 2. Nutmeg's House 3. Let There Be Music 4. Nutmeg's Box 5. The Runaway Trombonium 6. The Hair Stack 7. Sym-phoney 8. The Flying Rabbit 9. The Magician's Hat 10. The Wicked Wand 11. The House of Wellibob 12. National Wellibob Day 13. Spade-Work Series 2 (1978) 1. Hidden Persuasion 2. The Dirty Submachine 3. Yoo-Hoo Yeti 4. A Marrow Escape 5. A Policeman's Lot 6. The Flossed World 7. Help, Help 8. One Cloudy Day 9. The Downside Upper 10. Jeepers Creepers 11. The Unexpected Visitor 12. Big Magic 13. Jamie's Birthday Party Series 3 (1979) 1. Buried Treasure 2.Beside the Seaside 3. All Tied Up 4. Mr Boo's Holiday 5. Wishes 6. Hello, Goodbye 7. The Big Noise 8. The Baby Show 9. The Great Race 10. Going Down 11. The Ghost of Spiny Mountain 12. Arthur's Detour 13. Unidentified Flying Elephant