Badger's Bend

Badger's Bend
StarringMalcolm Patton
Gay Emma
Kenneth Nash
Hugh Janes
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series3
No. of episodes38 (24 missing)
Production
Running time25 minutes
Production companyAssociated-Rediffusion
Original release
NetworkITV
Release4 January 1963 (1963-01-04) –
25 February 1964 (1964-02-25)

Badger's Bend is a British children's television series created by Associated-Rediffusion for ITV and aired from 1963 to 1964.

Overview

In series 1, Tim Cordon and his parents have moved to Badger's Bend from London, Tim makes friends with his next door neighbour Betsy Alder, the local veterinarian, Mr Francis and his assistant Sheila Dicken. Tim is given hamsters to look after and soon has an idea to set up an animal hotel in the back garden shed, looking after people's pets when they're away. In series 2, Betsy Alder became the lead after moving to Alemouth to live with her aunt and uncle while her parents are away and meets local boy Oliver Crossley, nicknamed 'Ocky'. In series 3, Betsy returned to Badger's bend and was joined by Dave Banks.

Cast

Episode

Series 1

No. Overall No. In Series Story Writer Director Original Broadcast Date Archive Status
1 1 John Rhodes Suzanne Gibbs Adrian Brown 4 January 1963 Exists
2 2 John Rhodes Suzanne Gibbs Adrian Brown 11 January 1963 Exists
3 3 John Rhodes Suzanne Gibbs Adrian Brown 18 January 1963 Missing
4 4 John Rhodes Suzanne Gibbs Adrian Brown 25 January 1963 Missing
5 5 John Rhodes Suzanne Gibbs Adrian Brown 1 February 1963 Missing
6 6 John Rhodes Suzanne Gibbs Adrian Brown 8 February 1963 Missing
7 7 John Rhodes Suzanne Gibbs Adrian Brown 15 February 1963 Exists
8 8 John Rhodes Suzanne Gibbs Adrian Brown 22 February 1963 Exists
9 9 John Rhodes Suzanne Gibbs Adrian Brown 1 March 1963 Missing
10 10 John Rhodes Suzanne Gibbs Adrian Brown 8 March 1963 Exists
11 11 John Rhodes Suzanne Gibbs Adrian Brown 15 March 1963 Exists
12 12 John Rhodes Suzanne Gibbs Adrian Brown 22 March 1963 Missing
13 13 John Rhodes Suzanne Gibbs Adrian Brown 29 March 1963 Missing
14 14 John Rhodes Suzanne Gibbs Adrian Brown 5 April 1963 Missing
15 15 John Rhodes Suzanne Gibbs Eric J. Croall 12 April 1963 Missing
16 16 John Rhodes Suzanne Gibbs Eric J. Croall 19 April 1963 Exists
17 17 John Rhodes Suzanne Gibbs Eric J. Croall 26 April 1963 Missing

Series 2

No. Overall No. In Series Story Writer Director Original Broadcast Date Archive Status
18 1 John Rhodes Jeremy Kingston Marc Miller 1 October 1963 Exists
19 2 John Rhodes Jeremy Kingston Marc Miller 8 October 1963 Missing
20 3 John Rhodes Jeremy Kingston Marc Miller 15 October 1963 Missing
21 4 John Rhodes Jeremy Kingston Marc Miller 22 October 1963 Missing
22 5 John Rhodes Jeremy Kingston Marc Miller 29 October 1963 Picture Exists (Sound Missing)
23 6 John Rhodes Jeremy Kingston Marc Miller 5 November 1963 Missing
24 7 John Rhodes Jeremy Kingston Marc Miller 12 November 1963 Exists
25 8 John Rhodes Jeremy Kingston Marc Miller 19 November 1963 Exists
26 9 John Rhodes Jeremy Kingston Marc Miller 26 November 1963 Missing
27 10 John Rhodes Jeremy Kingston Bob Gray 3 December 1963 Exists
28 11 John Rhodes Jeremy Kingston Marc Miller 10 December 1963 Exists
29 12 John Rhodes Jeremy Kingston Marc Miller 17 December 1963 Exists

Series 3

No. Overall No. In Series Writer Director Original Broadcast Date Archive Status
30 1 Suzanne Gibbs Bob Gray 31 December 1963 Missing
31 2 Suzanne Gibbs Bob Gray 7 January 1964 Missing
32 3 Suzanne Gibbs Bob Gray 14 January 1964 Missing
33 4 Suzanne Gibbs Bob Gray 21 January 1964 Missing
34 5 Suzanne Gibbs Bob Gray 28 January 1964 Missing
35 6 Suzanne Gibbs Bob Gray 4 February 1964 Missing
36 7 Suzanne Gibbs Bob Gray 11 February 1964 Missing
37 8 Suzanne Gibbs Bob Gray 18 February 1964 Missing
38 9 Suzanne Gibbs Bob Gray 25 February 1964 Missing

Archive status

Of the 38 episodes produced, 24 are missing, 13 survive and 1 has surviving picture but no sound.

References

  1. ↑ "Badger's Bend – Nostalgia Central". nostalgiacentral.com. Retrieved 22 October 2026.
  2. ↑ "TV Archive". www.tvbrain.info. Retrieved 22 October 2026.