Stoppit and Tidyup

Stoppit and Tidyup
Title screen showing the series' logo and two main characters - Stoppit (left) and Tidyup (right)
Created byCharles Mills
Terry Brain
Written byCharles Mills
Terry Brain
Steve Box
Directed byCharles Mills
Terry Brain
Steve Box
Narrated byTerry Wogan
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of series1
No. of episodes13
Production
ProducerJohn Howson
EditorRobert Copeland
Running time5 minutes
Production companiesCMTB Animation
The Tidy Britain Group
Queensgate Productions
Original release
NetworkBBC One
Release12 September (1988-09-12) –
5 December 1988 (1988-12-05)
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Stoppit and Tidyup is a British children's animated cartoon television series which was produced by CMTB Animation and Queensgate Productions in 1987 and screened on BBC One with repeats on BBC Two from 12 September to 5 December 1988. The episodes feature two protagonists, Stoppit and Tidyup, interacting with various other inhabitants of the mythical land of Do As You're Told. Each episode was five minutes in length, and narrated by Terry Wogan. The series was created by Charles Mills and Terry Brain (who had previously created the claymation series The Trap Door in 1986), and partly funded by The Tidy Britain Group. The third member of the team behind the show was animator Steve Box who later gained success after moving to Aardman Animations.

The introduction theme music to Stoppit and Tidyup's friends coming along the screen at the start of each episode was "Follow the Leader" by Bobby Heath, Eric Peters and Robert Hunter from the Spectrum mood library.