Hatty Town Tales
Hatty Town was created by Keith Chatfield and the series
was animated at Filmfair by Ivor Wood.
It was first shown on television in the early 1970s and
Thirty-nine episodes were produced, each lasting 11
minutes.
Story
All the characters of Hatty Town lived in hat homes which
reflected their personalities. King
Ethelbert's palace was a
jewelled
crown,
Bobby's
police station
was a blue policeman's helmet and Mr Bun lived and
worked in a large, white baker's
The central characters, 'Sancho' and his best friend
'Carrots' the donkey, used a magic hat to journey
around Hatty Town, where the Mayor, Mr Wimple
attempted to control the goings-on.
Sancho
He is a boy who wears a large sombrero. He is a keen photographer, but
gets very upset when Carrots keeps getting in the way. Also he does like
to fish.
He feels guilty doing nothing and always wants to be on the move. The
trouble is he can be a bit too enthusiastic and suddenly he finds that he's
taken on a job that is bigger than he can handle. Every so often he helps
out Milko with his milk round. Once, he was surprised when Mr Wimple
asked him to make a statue of him, as he'd never made one before. So as you can guess, Sancho
made a mess of the Statue and just created a smaller block of stone. He came up with the excuse
that he didn't have enough stone.
He does come up with good ideas to help others, such as the time he filled Posty's old boots with
soil and planted flowers in them. Then he sold them all and gave the money back to Posty to buy
some new boots.
Also Sancho has the job of waking up Carrots each morning, who then wakes Milko, who then
wakes Bobby, who then wakes Mr Bun.
Carrots
He is Sanchos very special friend and is a donkey that wears a hat with
a carrot dangling from it. But every once in a while he loses the carrot
from his hat and when this happens he is bone idle and has no
enthusiasm to do anything.
He loves eating carrots (which is probably why he is called carrots) and
thinks that everyone must love/eat carrots, as they make you healthy (he
says they are good for colds too). He's not very good at fishing as he
uses carrots as bait. His favourite thinking position is spreading his front legs out, his bottom in the
air and putting his chin on the ground (maybe the blood rushes to his head?).
He can be a bit slow on the uptake and only sees the big picture at the end. Sometimes he doesn't
know what certain things are and feels shy in asking. This is because he doesn't want people to
think he is stupid.
Milko
He is the Milkman of Hatty Town. He seems to have issues with the
people of Hatty Town not paying their milk bill.He likes to fish too. Just
don't tell him a secret as he will tell everyone in the town! Such as the
time when Sancho told him in secret that there was buried treasure in
Bobby's vegetable garden. He told everyone and they all came to
Bobby's garden to dig for it in the night.
Shame that he was fooled by Sancho, who just wanted someone to dig
the vegetable patch for him. But Sancho did help take over his milk round when he wanted a day
off.
Bobby
He is the Policeman of Hatty Town. He spends all his free time gardening
and growing some fantastic looking flowers.
He likes to practice directing traffic, even if Hatty Town doesn't have
much traffic!
King Ethelbert
He is King of Hatty Land and lives in a Palace, which looks like a crown.
He wanted a statue to be created of himself, but didn't realise that the
Major wanted one of himself too. When Sancho messed up creating a
statue, the King thought it was a base for the statue that he had
commissioned.
He wished to be an ordinary person for just one day, so Sancho
suggested that he draped a cloak around him to disguise himself. He
thought it was a great idea and so disguised himself and went wandering around Hatty Town.
But when he couldn't pay for milk as he never carried money and when he was mistaken for a vagrant by Bobby, he became very upset and he
decided that being the King wasn't such a bad thing.
Mr Wimple
He is the Major of Hatty Town. He is conceited and can be rather mean. Mr Wimple is always looking to do things on the
cheap and even tries to get out of paying his milk bill. He even asked Sancho to make a statue of him, even though he'd
never attempted to make one.
He gets very upset if his breakfast rolls or milk is late.
Simon
He is a detective that is always looking for clues through his magnifying glass. He accepted the challenge to find Carrots
missing carrot.
But he got in trouble with Mr Bun as his investigations made him accidentally tip over a bag of flour and bag of currants.
Simon had no idea of the trouble he was
causing and he seems to be in a world of his own when investigating.
Once he lost his magnifying glass and was lost without it. He is a little short sighted and cannot see very well without it.
But it was Sancho that found out that Carrots had the magnifying glass, who was using it to make his carrots look big and juicy. Simon was so relieved
when he got it back.
Posty
He is Hatty Town's Postman and delivers the post between 7am and Midday. The trouble is he keeps catching colds
because his boots let in water, as he keeps wearing out a pair of boots every 2 months.
Mr Bun
He is the Baker of Hatty Town. He likes to fish with Sancho.
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Episodes
Series 1 (1969)
1. Mr. Wimple's Breakfast Rolls
2. Bobby's Flower Garden
3. Carrot's Carrot
4. King Ethelbert
5. Milko's Day Off
6. Simon's Magnifying Glass
7. Going Fishing
8. The Statue
9. Sancho's Camera
10. Posty's Old Boots
11. You Cannot Please
12. Wash Day
13. The King's Portrait
Series 2 (1970)
1. Saving Time
2. Up and Away
3. Creatures of Outer Space
4. Almost Magic
5. The Pillar Box
6. The Royal Hattytown Guards
7. Friendship
8. The Picnic
9. The Cannon
10. Carrots for Mayor
11. Too Much of a Good Thing
12. Hiccup Buns
13. Bookworms
Series 3 (1970)
1. Bobby's Security Patrol
2. Mr. Bun the Master Baker
3. The Walking Pillar Box
4. The Fete
5. A Note for the Milkman
6. Sneezy Cheese
7. Mrs. Bagwash and the King
8. The Secret Tunnel
9. It Pays to Advertise
10. The Auction
11. The Telephone Box
12. A Taxi for Hire
13. Mustafer the Hedgehog
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