Jimbo and the Jet Set: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Jimbo and the Jet Set (often shortened to simply Jimbo) is a British animated cartoon series broadcast in the 1980s, featuring the adventures of the eponymous Jimbo, a talking aeroplane. 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. 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!".

Series details

• Title: Jimbo and the Jet Set
• Format: Animation
• Language: English
• Genres: Adventure, Children
• Premiere date: 1986-01-06
• Final broadcast date listed: 1987-02-06
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC One
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 5 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.7/10
• TVMaze ID: 69636
• IMDb ID: tt0472955
• TVDB ID: 258370

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1986-01-06; final listed air date 1987-02-06; episode order: 25.

Source and licence

Adapted from Jimbo and the Jet Set on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.