SuperTed: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

SuperTed was a teddy bear found to be defective in the toy factory where he was made, and then disposed of into an old storeroom. A Spotty man found him there and brought him to life with his "cosmic dust". He was later taken to Mother Nature and given magical powers that enabled him to fight evil. This evil invariably takes the form of Texas Pete (an evil cowboy, the antagonist of the series) and his gang; Bulk (an overweight, bumbling fool) and Skeleton (an undead, outrageously camp, cowardly skeleton with pink slippers).

Series details

• Title: SuperTed
• Format: Animation
• Language: English
• Genres: Family, Fantasy
• Premiere date: 1983-10-04
• Final broadcast date listed: 1986-02-20
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC One
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 8 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.6/10
• TVMaze ID: 5676
• IMDb ID: tt0085096
• TVDB ID: 83703

Cast and credited roles

• Myfanwy Talog — Linda
• Jon Pertwee — Spottyman
• Victor Spinetti — Texas Pete
• Derek Griffiths — SuperTed
• Peter Hawkins — Narrator
• Melvyn Hayes — Skeleton
• Roy Kinnear — Bulk

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1983-10-04; final listed air date 1983-11-10; episode order: 12.
• Season 2: premiered 1984-10-03; final listed air date 1985-01-02; episode order: 13.
• Season 3: premiered 1985-11-12; final listed air date 1986-02-20; episode order: 11.

Source and licence

Adapted from SuperTed 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.