does anyone remember the childrens tv show Captain Pugwash?

Question

And if so did the characters Master Bates, Seaman Staines, Pirate Willy and Roger the Cabin Boy really exist or were they an urban myth?

Answer 1

I used to watch Captain Pugwash when I was a kid (shows how old I am). The characters involved were the good Captain himself, Master Mate, Barnabas, Willy and Tom the cabin boy, plus Pugwash's arch-enemy, Cut-Throat Jake.

Those other, let's say, 'cheeky' names are fabrications.

Answer 2

The names as other have said are an in joke - added later

UK- BBC 1 - 1957 - 1966 and 1974 - 1975 - ITV 1998



The maritime adventures of a blustery pirate and his crew.



Animated by John Ryan in the most basic fashion, with crudely drawn characters making the simplest of movements against a static background, Captain Pugwash was a remarkably cheap series to produce. All the same, it became a potential favourite and a great filler programme for the BBC. First appearing in 1957 and updated in colour in the 1970s, it relates tales of pirate Captain Horatio Pugwash, podgy skipper of the Black Pig. His hapless crew are work-shy and rather dense, and include able seamen Barnabas and Willy, and a loyal cabin boy named Tom. Most of the time they seek to avoid the clutches of the barbarous Cut Throat Jake, a black-bearded pirate of the worst order, and the five minute episodes run in serial form, each ending with a cliffhanger finish.

Answer 3

Just Urban Myth I am afraid. The program was cult watching for students, and the names became a sort of in joke.



btw the Cabin boy was called Tom

Answer 4

My daughters had the toys. They had bright pink and purple ones. with a key in the bottom to open and hide secrets in. I don't remember a TV programme though.

Answer 5

Ahhhh yes. ICH is corect, the whole name thing was nonsense.



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Answer 6

yes

Answer 7

no,but my mum remembers the tv show.