The shows featured the everyday adventures of a group of characters living on Pigeon Street, an area of flats and terraced housing in a British city, also home to several pigeons which appeared in each show but only occasionally featured in the plot. Characters included Clara the long distance lorry driver, her husband Hugo the chef, Mr Baskerville the detective, Mr Jupiter the astronomer, Mr Macadoo the petshop owner, and twins Molly and Polly, who were only distinguishable by the letter M and P on their jumpers.
13 episodes total
Status
Ended
First Aired
1981
Rating
7.0/10
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People
Episodes
Episode 1 • Feb 10, 1981
William the Window Cleaner has a busy day when the lift of Skyrise Court breaks down, but Reg, Clara, Hugo, Mr Jupiter and everybody else in Pigeon Street lend a helping hand.
Episode 2 • Feb 17, 1981
Gerald spotted a weird light in the sky, and nobody could work out what it was. Mr Jupiter lived at the top of a block of flats, and everyone went up there to look at the light. As the light would appear to one side of the building, everyone would rush that way, but then it disappeared and then came back on the other side everyone dashed that way.
Episode 3 • Feb 24, 1981
Reg and Gerald finds a pigeon that must be rescued from drowning after trying to swim with the ducks. They take it to Macadoo, who suggests that Mr. Baskerville might be able to talk sense to it. Mr Baskerville succeeds partly - the pigeon no longer thinks it is a duck, it decides to be a seagull instead. Bob, however, gets Clara to take the pigeon to the ocean. After attempting to catch fish in the rough sea, the bird is finally content to be a pigeon.
Episode 4 • Mar 03, 1981
Gerald gets a football for his birthday. Reg, Mr Jupiter, Mr Baskerville and Watson join him for a game on the green, but a long kick by Gerald leads to trouble.
Episode 5 • Mar 10, 1981
The noise Daisy makes gets on the nerves of her neighbour Rose. Rose's noise annoys Daisy too, but then they find out how to use the thin wall between them.
Episode 6 • Mar 17, 1981
Bob has trained his pigeons to fly back to him no matter how far they go. Clara, the lorry driver, finds that they are the only way of sending a very important message.
Episode 1 • Nov 19, 1981
Jim, Gerald and the twins discover that Mr Clark of the council has plans to build a garage on their playground. The only answer is to protest, but it proves very expensive.
Episode 2 • Nov 26, 1981
Pigeon Street gets entirely flooded. All the characters have to take refuge in Skyrise Court and Watson gets very scared of the water continualy rising.
Episode 3 • Dec 03, 1981
Everybody in Pigeon Street seems to be taking up a hobby, but when Gerald decides to play the saxophone, he has to find somewhere to practise where there's nobody to disturb.
Episode 4 • Dec 10, 1981
Hugo has to lose weight and Dr Glossop advises him to go jogging with him. But jogging is not the right sort of exercise for Hugo. What is? Clara comes up with the answer.
Episode 5 • Dec 17, 1981
Everybody in Pigeon Street is going on holiday. Mr Macadoo wants to go too, and Gerald and Mr Baskerville look after his pet shop while he's away.
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