Tales of the River Bank

Tales of the Riverbank is a Canadian children's television series featuring Hammy Hamster and other animals in the lead roles. The television series was created by David Ellison and Paul Sutherland, CBC film editors, in 1959 .

In the program, human voices were synchronized with the actions of animals in such a way that the impression of purposeful, meaningful activity of animals was created . The voices were chosen according to the personality of each character, for example, the turtle was given a slow, sleepy voice. According to the plot, the animals lived in a place called the River Bank and had at their disposal various products, including toy cars , sailing boats and even a diving bell . (After all, in the British version the riverbank was placed in the forests of Galston , Scotland ).

Each episode ends with the words (and the look itself) of the narrator, who refers to some event in the life of the main characters, but refuses to continue, explaining that "... this is a completely different story."

The original black-and-white series of Tales of the River Bank came out in 1959. The second series, shot in color, was renamed to Hamster Hamster ( Eng. Hammy Hamster ) ^[1] (full name: Hammy Hamster's Adventures On the Riverbank ) and was released in 1972. The third the series entitled Once Upon a Hamster was shot in 1995-1998 for the YTV channel; within its framework, 65 episodes were filmed. Over the years, more than 110 episodes have been shot.