The Gingerbread Man (TV series) Pepper

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The Gingerbread Man is a stop motion animated children's television series about a gingerbread man and his friends, who come to life in their kitchen home when the Big Ones are asleep.

The series was written by David Wood, adapted from his two-act musical play The Gingerbread Man, which premiered in 1976 at the Towngate Theatre in Basildon, Essex, and went on to great international success. The play is inspired by "The Gingerbread Man", a 19th-century fairy tale.

The screen adaptation was co-produced by FilmFair and Central Independent Television in 1991, and broadcast on ITV in 1992. Andrew Sachs voiced the roles of the Gingerbread Man, Mr Salt the Sailor, and Herr Von Cuckoo. Jacqueline Clarke voiced Miss Pepper.

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Maps, Directions, and Place Reviews

Characters

• The Gingerbread Man [title character]
• Miss Pepper - A woman pepper grinder.
• Mr Salt - A sailer salt grinder.
• Herr Von Cuckoo - A German wooden Cuckoo from the kitchen's Cuckoo Clock.
• Sleek The Mouse - A hungry gangster mouse with a Brooklyn accent
• The Old Tea Bag - A bad tempered old tea bag
• The Big Ones - Never seen.

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Episodes

1. "The Arrival"
2. "Herr Von Cuckoo's Cuckoo"
3. "Sleek the Mouse"
4. "Hide and Squeak"
5. "Poison"
6. "Party"
7. "A Pinch of Salt"
8. "Locked Clock"
9. "Weekend Break"
10. "Old Tea Bag in Danger"
11. "While the Cat's Away"
12. "It's Not Fair"
13. "The Gingerbread Ghost"

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Video releases

In the United Kingdom, the entire TV series was first published on 2 VHS tapes on 7 September 1992, released by Polygram Video and distributed by Channel 5. Various animation compilations on VHS included single episodes. Polygram Video released the entire series on 1 VHS tape on 28 April 1995.

After including a portion of the series on its VHS animation compilation All Together Now (2001), Universal Studios Home Entertainment released the entire series on one Region 2 DVD titled The Gingerbread Man (12 April 2004), again recommended by Polygram Video and distributed by Channel 5. Abbey Home Media re-released the first 6 episodes on DVD on 27 March 2006, and the remaining seven episodes on a second DVD on 26 March 2007. Apparently, 3 DVD and VHS releases were (and still are) available in the UK.

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