Bottersnikes And Gumbles

Bottersnikes & Gumbles is the award-winning CGI animated series based on the much-loved 1970s classic children’s books by Australian author S.A. Wakefield and illustrated by Desmond Digby.

In a far away forgotten valley of abandoned junk, a timeless battle rages between good and evil… between squashy and scaly, happy and grumpy, clever and wily… handsome and plain old ugly. This is the land of Bottersnikes and Gumbles.

Using stealth, trickery, daring rescues and narrow escapes, the heroic Gumbles try to outwit the evil Bottersnikes in every episode.

Full of comraderie and anarchy, Bottersnikes & Gumbles will delight and entertain kids with rough-and-tumble action and adventure, and includes Harry Potter stars Miriam Margolyes and Jeff Rawle in its cast.
Monday’s episode sees Tink desperate to get his name into the Gumbledex, a record of outstanding Gumble achievements, so he tries to break the record for the most Bottersnike nose hairs stolen in one go.

Tuesday’s episode stars Happi, who has built a horn and is planning a musical performance for the rest of the Gumbles. When Bounce accidentally breaks the spring that powers the horn, she enlists Tink and Willi to help her steal a new one from the Bottersnikes.

Wednesday’s episode sees Merri and Jolli walk out on The Gumbletree after overhearing Tink insulting their terrible singing, but when Weathersnike hears their unique brand of music he is dazzled, and captures the twins to entertain the King.

On Thursday, the Gumbles’ ball ends up in the hands of the evil Bottersnikes, so Tink, Bounce and Willi try to retrieve it, but Bounce ends up spanging herself when she overstretches, leaving her miserable and unable to gumble.

Friday’s episode features Tink, who finds a Bottersnike disguise in the junkyard and puts it on to scare his friends, but when he is mistaken for a real Snike by Snorg and Glob, he is taken to Snike Hill and initiated into the gang.

Pictured: Bounce, Tink, Snorg and Willi

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