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Bananaman used to be distributed by HIT Entertainment in the 90s and the early 2000s

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{{Short description|British cartoon series}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox television
| image = BananaMan Introduction Shot.JPG
| caption = Title card
| genre = [[superhero fiction|Superhero]]<br />[[television comedy|Comedy]]
| creator = Steve Bright
| developer =
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [[Tim Brooke-Taylor]]
* [[Graeme Garden]]
* [[Bill Oddie]]
* Jill Shilling
}}
| theme_music_composer = [[Dave Cooke (musician)|Dave Cooke]]
| opentheme =
| endtheme =
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| num_episodes = 40<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/live-action-bananaman-planned/5068726.article|title='Live action' Bananaman planned|first1=Michael|last1=Rosser|first2=reas|last2=Wiseman2014-03-18T19:13:00+00:00|website=Screen}}</ref>
| executive_producer =
| producer = Trevor Bond
| runtime = 5 minutes
| network = {{Plainlist|
* [[BBC]]
}}
| first_aired = {{Start date|df=y|1983|10|3}}
| last_aired = {{End date|df=y|1986|15|4}} (reruns 1989–1999)
| related =
| num_series = 3
| italic_title = no
}}
"'''Bananaman'''" is a British [[animation|animated]] [[comedy]] series which ran from 1983 to 1986. It was based on the [[comic strip]] character [[Bananaman]] and each of the show's roughly five-minute episodes featured the voices of [[The Goodies]] ([[Tim Brooke-Taylor]], [[Graeme Garden]] and [[Bill Oddie]]).<ref>{{cite web|last=Rosser |first=Michael |url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/live-action-bananaman-planned/5068726.article |title='Live action' Bananaman planned | News | Screen |publisher=Screendaily.com |date= |accessdate=2019-12-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Erickson |first1=Hal |title=Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 |date=2005 |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=978-1-4766-6599-3 |edition=2nd |pages=111–112}}</ref>

Parts of the character were changed for the series: he was now called Eric Twinge (rather than Eric Wimp), had a distinctive banana-shaped hairstyle rather than punk stubble, and had a love interest (only when transformed) in the form of Fiona, a newsreader.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/remember-bananaman-well-man-peel-11422072|title=Bananaman is back - the Man-of-Peel returns in live action debut|first=Jo-Anne|last=Rowney|date=27 October 2017|website=mirror|accessdate=12 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.co.uk/article/bananaman-the-musical-coming-to-theatres|title=Bananaman: The Musical heading to theatres. Yes, really|first=Matt|last=Kamen|magazine=Wired UK|date=13 January 2016|publisher=|accessdate=12 April 2019|via=www.wired.co.uk}}</ref>

{{Quote_box|width=45%|align=Centre|"This is 29 Acacia Road. And this is Eric, the schoolboy who leads an amazing double life. For when Eric eats a banana, an amazing transformation occurs. Eric is Bananaman, ever alert for the call to action!"| - opening narration.}}

==Cast==
*[[Tim Brooke-Taylor]] as Eric
*[[Graeme Garden]] as Bananaman
*[[Bill Oddie]] as Crow
*[[Jill Shilling]] as Fiona
Written by Bernie Kay.
Produced by Trevor Bond.
Directed by Terry Ward.

==Reception==
''Bananaman'' was a popular cartoon and is one of the most well known British Superheroes. Taken from the D.C.Thomson comic entitled, NUTTY. It was made into a TV animated series of 40 x 5 minute episodes by Terry Ward of Flicks Films Ltd.<ref>{{cite book |last=Murray |first=Chris |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pBWSDgAAQBAJ&q=steve+bright+bananaman&pg=PA190 |title=The British Superhero |date=15 March 2017 |publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi |isbn=978-1-4968-0740-3 |via=Google Books |accessdate=12 April 2019}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0084980|Bananaman}}
* {{bcdb |Other_Studios/N/Nickelodeon/Bananaman/|Bananaman}}
*[http://epguides.com/Bananaman Episode guide]

{{The Goodies}}
{{Dandy}}

[[Category:1983 British television series debuts]]
[[Category:1986 British television series endings]]
[[Category:1980s British children's television series]]
[[Category:1980s British animated television series]]
[[Category:1980s Nickelodeon original programming]]
[[Category:British children's animated adventure television series]]
[[Category:British children's animated comedy television series]]
[[Category:British children's animated superhero television series]]
[[Category:English-language television shows]]
[[Category:BBC children's television shows]]
[[Category:Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming]]
[[Category:Nickelodeon original programming]]
[[Category:HIT Entertainment]]

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