Hector's House

Hector's House (originally La Maison de Toutou) is a gentle children's television series using glove puppets, first broadcast in 1968.[1] Like The Magic Roundabout it was a French production revoiced for a British audience.[2] Its French title was La Maison de Toutou and the French version was written by Georges Croses. La Maison de Toutou translates as "The House of the Doggie". The dog Toutou was renamed Hector in the English version, and ZouZou became Zsazsa. In the United Kingdom, it was first shown on 9 September 1968, and the series of 78 five-minute episodes continued on a repeat cycle of screenings on BBC1 at 5:40pm, just before the News. The last repeated episode was broadcast on 12 September 1975. Translated by Frank Hilton, dubbed into English via World Wide Pictures (Peter Gilpin).

Hector's House
GenrePuppets
Created byGeorge Croses
StarringPaul Bacon
(1968–1970)
Denise Bryer
(1968–1970)
Lucie Dolène
(1968–1970)
Country of originFrance
Original language(s)French, English
No. of series1
No. of episodes78
Production
Running time5 minutes
Production company(s)Europe Images SA and Tellytales Enterprises
Release
Original networkBBC One
Original release9 September 1968 –
10 February 1970

Characters

The main characters, affable Hector the Dog and cute Zsazsa the Cat, live in a house and beautiful garden. Kiki the Frog, dressed in a pink smock, is a constant and at times an intrusive visitor, through her hole in the wall. Despite Hector's willingness to endlessly help them out, Kiki and Zsazsa often play tricks on him to teach him a lesson, leading him to say his catchphrase at the end of the episode: "I'm a Great Big [whatever he was] Old Hector."

Voices

Hector was voiced by Paul Bacon, who died in 1995. The voice of Kiki was by Denise Bryer, who also had roles in Noddy, Terrahawks and Labyrinth. The voice of Zsazsa was supplied by Lucie Dolène.

References
  1. Will Gompertz (21 March 2020). "Five Hidden Gems: Will Gompertz reviews culture online ★★★★★". BBC News.
  2. Sheridan, Simon (2004). The A-Z of Classic Children's Television: From Alberto Frog to Zebedee. Reynolds & Hearn Ltd. pp. 123–126. ISBN 1903111277.
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