The Spooks of Bottle Bay (partially found British children's TV series; 1993-1995)

Cover art for one of the VHS's.

Status: Partially Found

The Spooks of Bottle Bay was a British children's TV series which ran from 1993 till 1995 on ITV's CITV block. The series was created by Ian Allen, and directed by Paul Cole. The series ran for 3 series, composed of 39 episodes.

Plot Synopsis

The series follows the adventures of a young man named Sidney Sludge, living in the town of Bottle Bay, who, every episode, thwarts the evil plans of his siblings, Sybil and Cedric, each time being unknowingly aided in his effort by the local ghosts, who haunt a nearby mansion, the House on the Hill.

Availability

The Spooks of Bottle Bay was released on VHS three times during its original run, but there has never been any DVD release of it, and the show has never been re-run since its original release. A YouTube channel by the name of Spooks of Bottle Bay has been uploading episodes from the VHS to the internet. The channel has recovered six episodes from season one and eight episodes from season two.

Gallery

The first episode of The Spooks of Bottle Bay.

The episode known as "Picking Up the Pieces".

See Also

Milkshake! (Channel 5)

• Audrey and Friends (partially found Milkshake! animated series; 2002)
• Jelly Jamm (partially found pitch pilot of British Spanish children's animated TV series; 2009)
• Peppa Pig (partially found American dub of British children's animated TV series; 2005)
• Peppa Pig (found pitch pilot of British children's animated TV series; 2002)
• Pip Ahoy! (partially found unaired pilot of animated series; 2013)
• Roary the Racing Car (lost pitch pilot of British children's stop-motion animated TV series; 2005)
• Roary the Racing Car (partially found American English dub of British children's stop-motion animated TV series; 2008-2012)

CITV (ITV)

• Astro Farm (partially found CiTV claymation series; 1990s)
• Billy (partially found CITV animated series; 1998-1999)
• The Diamond Brothers: South by South East (partially found ITV adaptation of children's detective book; 1991)
• Dream Street (found British children's TV series; 1999-2002)
• The Fugitives (partially found British children's sci-fi TV series; 2005)
• Pocoyo (partially lost pilots of Spanish-British children's animated comedy TV series; 2002-2004)
• Ripley and Scuff (partially found British children's television series; 2002-2003)
• Sooty's Amazing Adventures (partially lost animated spin-off of Sooty; 1996-1997)
• StarStreet (partially lost British children's television series; 2001-2002)
• The Twins (partially found animated series; 2000)

External Links

• The Wikipedia page on The Spooks of Bottle Bay.
• The IMDb page for The Spooks of Bottle Bay.

Source

• The Chestnut article on The Spooks of Bottle Bay. Retrieved 07 Jan '19