Dizzy Heights (TV series)
Dizzy Heights is a BBC television series about a disastrous partnership of two managers trying to run a seaside hotel. The show was about Mr Heap (played by Alan Heap) and Mr Wall's (played by Mick Wall) many adventures and regularly featured a Spitting Image style family of puppets called the Gristles who lived, and caused chaos, in the hotel.[1] The show ran for three years, from 1990 to 1993 and was shown on BBC1 as part of Children's BBC.
| Dizzy Heights | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Children's television |
| Directed by | Claire Winyard |
| Starring | Alan Heap Mick Wall |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 27 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Martin Fisher Martin Hughes |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC |
| Original release | 15 February 1990 – 23 September 1993 |
The Gristle family appeared in a series of their own called The House of Gristle in 1994.
Characters
- Mr Heap (played by Alan Heap)
- Mr Wall (played by Mick Wall)
- Rebecca Front
- Madam Visniskaye (played by Kate Robbins)
- Ivy (played by Hilary Mason)
- Rose (played by Aimée Delamain)
References
- "BBC – Comedy Guide – Dizzy Heights". Archived from the original on 27 October 2004. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
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