Jimbo and the Jet Set
Jimbo and the Jet Set is a British animated cartoon series broadcast in the 1980s, featuring the adventures of the eponymous Jimbo, a talking aeroplane. Created by Maddocks Cartoon Productions, it originally ran for 25 episodes between 1985 and 1986. The premise of the cartoon is that Jimbo was originally intended to be a Jumbo Jet, but his designer could not tell the difference between inches and centimetres, resulting in his diminutive size. If Jimbo's designer switched the imperial measurements of the Boeing 747 for metric, the result would have been an aircraft with a fuselage length of 91 ft; this would make Jimbo roughly the length of an early-series Boeing 737. The television series features various talking airport-type ground vehicles: Tommy Tow-Truck, Claude Catering, Amanda Baggage, Phil the Fuel Truck, Sammy Steps and Harry Helicopter. Other plane characters appear from time to time, such as Old Timer, a Vickers Wellington bomber who gets into the story while flying to or from an airshow. The story is based at a fictional "London Airport", under the command of an irate controller who frequently ends episodes screaming "I want words with you, Jimbo!".
Top Cast
Susan Sheridan
Peter Hawkins
Episodes
The Little Big Problem
Jan 06, 1986
Trouble at Sea
Jan 07, 1986
First Time Flyers
Jan 08, 1986
The U.F.O.
Jan 13, 1986
April Fool's Day
Jan 14, 1986
The Old Timer
Jan 15, 1986
The Royal Visitors
Jan 20, 1986
Jet Lag
Jan 21, 1986
Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud
Jan 22, 1986
Holiday Weather
Jan 27, 1986
Winter Wonderland
Jan 28, 1986
Jimbo Down-Under
Jan 29, 1986
Jimbo and the Astronaut
Feb 03, 1986
Jungle Jimbo
Feb 04, 1986
Jimbo and the Whale
Feb 05, 1986
Bermuda Triangle
Feb 10, 1986
The Chief Gets a Rocket
Feb 11, 1986
The Controller's Apprentice
Feb 12, 1986
Chinese Pandamonium
Feb 17, 1986
The Penn and Inca Story
Feb 18, 1986
Quiet Please
Feb 24, 1986
Jinglebells Jimbo
Dec 23, 1986
The Great Air Race
Jan 17, 1987
The Little Red Devil
Jan 23, 1987
The Computer Clanger
Feb 06, 1987