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The Voice From Above said:
Vixy

Hartley the Hare = Paul Hartley (Hearts)
Tortoise = James Scowcroft

Hope this helps....
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Yeah sorry I've put in the proper football names now:

The series was Inigo Pipkin. Named after the chief character, who was played by George Woodbridge. He was a large jolly grandfather who unfortunately died during the recording of the second series. So Wayne Laryea (who played Johnny, his assistant) took over and the programme was renamed Pipkins.

The plot was very simple - there was a group of animals and one human who lived together and ran an organisation called "The Help People". They performed useful tasks, that were seldom advertised in Yellow Pages, such as rescuing model aeroplanes from trees!

Every member of the household had a job:


Tortoise (played by Tim Davies) lived on a cash register and acted as treasurer, but as he was the ultimate cautious pessimist he wouldn't allow anyone to spend any money, as they might never have any more...


Pig (played by Alan Rodgers) was the inventor who created amazing machines - mostly connected with food (how to inject chocolate into a cheese sandwich, for example)...


Topov (played by Steve Walsh) was the monkey because he was always on top of something...

Octavia (played by Robbie Savage) was an ostrich who just had to look beautiful and sing opera...


Mooney the Badger (played by Keith Gillespie) was an occasional character who visited Pipkins. Introduced around 1976 he was an Irish storyteller and carried all his worldly possessions in a red hanky on the end of a stick.


Hartley Hare (played by Paul Hartley of Celtic) was the Managing Director - or at least he had an office with a portrait of himself and a telephone. He was convinced that he was in charge although funnily the others never realised this...
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Yorkshire Vixen said:
thanks ox and voice from above its as clear as mud now im glad i asked :D
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Thats ok Vixy

Just to clear up the confusion about Tortoise. Scowcroft did play the role initially before the finance thing came into the plot. Then Tim Davies took over.

I think thats right Ox?
 
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