# The Blunders

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{{Use British English|date=October 2016}}
{{Infobox television
| image                = The Blunders title card.png
| caption              = Title card
| alt_name             = 
| genre                = [Children's television series](/source/Children's_television_series)
| creator              = Colin Voisey<br>Haydn Morgan
| writer               = Ian Sachs
| director             = Ian Sachs
| creative_director    = 
| voices               = [Frankie Howerd](/source/Frankie_Howerd)
| narrator             = Frankie Howerd
| theme_music_composer = 
| composer             = Chris Stuart
| country              = United Kingdom
| language             = English
| num_series           = 1
| num_episodes         = 30
| list_episodes        = 
| executive_producer   = Graham Clutterbuck
| producer             = Barrie Edwards
| editor               = Robert Dunbar
| camera               = Mark Taylor
| runtime              = 5 minutes
| company              = [FilmFair](/source/FilmFair)
| channel              = [ITV](/source/ITV_(TV_network)) ([CITV](/source/CITV))
| first_aired          = {{Start date|df=yes|1986|04|22}}
| last_aired           = {{End date|df=yes|1986|06|04}} 
}}
'''''The Blunders''''' is an animated children's television series co-produced by [FilmFair](/source/FilmFair) and [Central Independent Television](/source/Central_Independent_Television), and broadcast on [ITV](/source/ITV_(TV_network)) in 1986. It was written and directed by Ian Sachs.

Colin Voisey and Haydn Morgan created the show's characters: Ma Blunder, Pa Blunder, Bobby Blunder, Baby Blunder, a cat named Zebra, a dog named Trouble, and an eye-patched bird named Patch. The comedian [Frankie Howerd](/source/Frankie_Howerd) did all their voices. They all live together in the town of Villa Shambles, where they keep finding trouble because of their [clumsiness](/source/Accident-proneness). In the episode "The Blunder Family Tree", the Blunders find that their ancestors lived in the [Roman Empire](/source/Roman_Empire).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/487785 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090526201025/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/487785 |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 May 2009 |title=''The Blunders'': 'The Blunder Family Tree' |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |work=BFI Film & TV Database |publisher=[British Film Institute](/source/British_Film_Institute) |accessdate=5 January 2013}}</ref>

==Episodes==
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 1
| Title = At the Circus
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|4|22|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = A12F02
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 2
| Title = Looking After Doris
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|4|23|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = A12F02
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 3
| Title = Central Heating
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|4|24|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = A12F02
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 4
| Title = Dog Bath
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|4|25|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = A12F02
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 5
| Title = House of Horror
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|4|28|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = A12F02
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 6
| Title = Dogs Don't Migrate
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|4|29|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = A12F02
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 7
| Title = Ye Blunder and Ye Dragon
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|4|30|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = A12F02
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 8
| Title = U.F.O. Spotting
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|5|1|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = A12F02
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 9
| Title = The Trouble with Trouble
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|5|2|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = A12F02
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 10
| Title = At the Manor
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|5|6|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = A12F02
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 11
| Title = On the Run
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|5|7|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = A12F02
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 12
| Title = Lucky
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|5|8|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = A12F02
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 13
| Title = Beau Blunder
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|5|9|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = A12F02
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 14
| Title = The Invisible Blunder
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|5|12|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = 
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 15
| Title = Life of Spudnook
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|5|13|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = A12F02
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 16
| Title = School Report
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|5|14|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = A12F02
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 17
| Title = Bobby and the Prune Stone
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|5|15|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = A12F02
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 18
| Title = An Aunt in Time
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|5|16|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = 
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 19
| Title = The Idle Idol
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|5|19|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = A12F02
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 20
| Title = Stage Struck
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|5|20|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = A12F02
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 21
| Title = Dog Diet
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|5|21|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = A12F02
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 22
| Title = The Burglar
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|5|22|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = A12F02
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 23
| Title = Never Kiss a Frog
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|5|23|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = A12F02
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 24
| Title = The Double Act
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|5|27|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = A12F02
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 25
| Title = The Blunder Family Tree
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|5|28|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = A12F02
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 26
| Title = The Genie
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|5|29|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = A12F02
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 27
| Title = The Bugs Meringue Gang
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|5|30|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = A12F02
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 28
| Title = Ma Goes Ape
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|6|2|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = A12F02
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 29
| Title = Invasion of the Burglar Snatchers
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|6|3|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = A12F02
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 30
| Title = On the Landscape
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|6|4|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = A12F02
}}
}}

==Home releases==
[Castle Vision](/source/Castle_Vision) distributed episodes of the series on [VHS](/source/VHS) [videotape](/source/videotape). Each tape features 10 episodes.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}

==See also==
* [The Stupids](/source/The_Stupids)

==Notes==
{{Reflist}}

==References==
* {{cite web |url=http://www.toonhound.com/blunders.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040312200221/http://www.toonhound.com/blunders.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 March 2004 |title=''The Blunders'' |last=Diamond |first=Frazer |work=Toonhound |publisher=Frazer Diamond |accessdate=5 January 2013}}
*[https://archive.today/20130423185642/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/5823 ''The Blunders''] at the [BFI Film & TV Database](/source/BFI_Film_%26_TV_Database). Retrieved 6 January 2013.
. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
*{{IMDb title|0396290|The Blunders}}. Retrieved 6 January 2013.

==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.dhxmedia.com/shows/animation/blundersthe.html}}

{{FilmFair}}

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Category:1986 British television series debuts
Category:1986 British television series endings
Category:1980s British children's television series
Category:1980s British animated television series
Category:Animated television series about families
Category:British children's animated television shows
Category:ITV children's television shows
Category:English-language British television shows
Category:Television series by WildBrain
Category:Television series by FilmFair
Category:Television series by ITV Studios
Category:Television shows produced by Central Independent Television
Category:ITV animated television series

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