January 4, 1994 – March 25, 1996
Budgie the Little Helicopter is a British animated television series, relating to a fictional helicopter and his friends, based on a series of children's books. The characters were based on the books by Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York. The show was coproduced by Fred Wolf Films Dublin, The Sleepy Kids Company and Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York for HTV West and Scottish Television, and originally aired on British television in 1994 on CITV, where it ran for 39 episodes. A range of videos, books, and toys were released under the Budgie label.
The show aired in the United States on FOX as part of the Fox Cubhouse programming block from 1995 to 1996, and moved to the Fox Family Channel in 1998 as part of It's Itsy Bitsy Time. The series was redubbed with North American voices for It’s Itsy Bitsy Time. In Canada, it also aired on Family Channel from 1994-97 and on Treehouse TV from 1999-2003.
On release of the very first book, Sarah was accused by the media of copying the idea for the series from an out-of-print 1960 book Hector the Helicopter, by A.W. Baldwin, which she denied.
The series is legally available on Ferguson's official YouTubechannel.
Storyline[]
TV Show Intro[]
Sound Effects Used[]
- Budgie Idle (debut)
- Hollywoodedge, Baby Crying Slowly PE144001
- Hollywoodedge, Cats Fighting Loud Sc PE917007/Hollywoodedge, Cats Two Angry YowlsD PE022601/Two Cats Screeching And Moaning (Fergus does this any time he yowls and screeches.)
- Hollywoodedge, Cow Moos Three TimesC PE022901
- Hollywoodedge, Lincoln Town Car In Sk PE073501
- Hollywoodedge, Medium Crowd AdultsY PE142901
- Hollywoodedge, Medium Exterior Crow PE140501
- Pippa Fly By
- Roger Rabbit Ahooga Sound (Used for all Bulldozers.)
- Sound Ideas, TRAIN, STEAM - ENGLISH STEAM LOCOMOTIVE WHISTLE: SEVERAL TOOTS (Used as Jake's whistle.)
- Sound Ideas, WHISTLE, STEAM - FACTORY WHISTLE, LARGE FACTORY (Used as all Bulldozers' whistles.)