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'''''Toonatics''''' is a children's television program that was first broadcast on Children's BBC between the summers of 1997 and 1999. The show was created, directed and presented by Paul Burnham (as Thomas 'Tommy' Toon). The show broadcast cartoons, which included ''Tom and Jerry'' and ''Looney Tunes'', and played games in between each cartoon.
== Plot == Every day Tommy Toon's mum went out to the shop and told her son "Thomas, Thomas, I'm going to the shop. So you'd better not start watching those crazy cartoons!" But regardless of his Mum's orders, Tommy doesn't care and invites four Toonatics to join him to find the greatest cartoon of all time, plus play a few mini-games in-between, before Tommy's mum comes back from the shop.
===Series 2 changes === From Series 2 onwards Tommy toon is still present but he no longer acts like an immature kid.
== Episodes ==
* Series 1: 29 June<ref>{{cite web | url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/service_bbc_two_england/1997-06-29#at-8.30 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125235810/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/service_bbc_two_england/1997-06-29#at-8.30 | url-status=dead | archive-date=25 January 2023 | title=Schedule – BBC Programme Index }}</ref> – 28 September<ref>{{cite web | url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/service_bbc_two_england/1997-09-28#at-8.30 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617131248/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/service_bbc_two_england/1997-09-28#at-8.30 | url-status=dead | archive-date=17 June 2022 | title=Schedule – BBC Programme Index }}</ref> 1997: 14 episodes * Series 2: 1 February<ref>{{cite web | url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/service_bbc_two_england/1998-02-01#at-8.30 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220105054012/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/service_bbc_two_england/1998-02-01#at-8.30 | url-status=dead | archive-date=5 January 2022 | title=Schedule – BBC Programme Index }}</ref> – 29 March 1998:<ref>{{cite web | url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/service_bbc_two_england/1998-03-29#at-8.35 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617131247/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/service_bbc_two_england/1998-03-29#at-8.35 | url-status=dead | archive-date=17 June 2022 | title=Schedule – BBC Programme Index }}</ref> 7 episodes * Series 3: 24 July<ref>{{cite web | url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/service_bbc_two_england/1998-07-24#at-10.40 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617131253/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/service_bbc_two_england/1998-07-24#at-10.40 | url-status=dead | archive-date=17 June 2022 | title=Schedule – BBC Programme Index }}</ref> – 4 September:<ref>{{cite web | url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/service_bbc_two_england/1998-09-04#at-11.10 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250915222757/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/service_bbc_two_england/1998-09-04#at-11.10 | url-status=dead | archive-date=15 September 2025 | title=Schedule – BBC Programme Index }}</ref> 25 episodes Last Episode on 2 January 1999
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == *[http://www.paulburnham.com/page6/index.html Toonatics on Paul Burnham's website]
Category:BBC children's television shows Category:1990s British children's television series Category:1997 British television series debuts Category:1999 British television series endings {{UK-kids-tv-prog-stub}}