• 1985
  • 15m
Bertha

Summary Bertha is the best machine at Spottiswood and Co. When programmed right, she can produce just about anything. All the employees at the factory love her and almost treat her like a real person. View more details

  • 1985
  • 15m

Bertha

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Roy Kinnear Sheila Walker Guy Fletcher

All cast & crew

7.4

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Genres : Comedy Sci-Fi Animation Family

Release date : Mar 31, 1985

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : Woodland Animations Joseph Kennedy Foundation

Summary Bertha is the best machine at Spottiswood and Co. When programmed right, she can produce just about anything. All the employees at the factory love her and almost treat her like a real person. View more details

Details

Genres : Comedy Sci-Fi Animation Family

Release date : Mar 31, 1985

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : Woodland Animations Joseph Kennedy Foundation

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Mar 31, 1985
The Great Painting Job
The Spottiswood Factory is making jigsaw puzzles. But Bertha the big machine is keeping some of the pieces to herself to make one of her own. Tracy designs a robot to help around the factory, a 'Talk Operated Machine', or T.O.M. for short.
Episode 2 • Apr 14, 1985
The Windmills
Bertha is making musical money boxes shaped like windmills. During lunch, Roy and Nell decide to test one of them, but can't find a way to get their coins out again. Meanwhile, Flo has lost her purse with all her money in it.
Episode 3 • Apr 21, 1985
A Mouse in the Works
A mouse causes chaos at Spottiswood and Company and jacks are refusing to stay in their boxes.
Episode 4 • Apr 28, 1985
The Best Machine Competition
Bertha is busy making humming tops. Mr. Willmake tasks Mr. Sprott to design an unusual toy for a competition. Mr. Duncan insists this toy is produced by the new Super Bumper & Presser machine instead of Bertha. But Ted decides to let Bertha have a go at it as well.
Episode 5 • May 12, 1985
Tom Gets Lost
Tom is sent on an errant with a note for Panjid, but a magnet upsets his circuits, making him lose his way in the factory. Along the way he presents the note to a lot of people it wasn't meant for. Bertha refuses to work until Tom is found.
Episode 6 • May 19, 1985
The Flying Bear
It is a very warm day in the factory and Bertha is producing inflatable bears. But because of the heat, the plastic bears keep expanding in size.
Episode 7 • Jun 02, 1985
The Tea Nurse
The C-246 lever that turns Bertha on and off is broken and keeps turning her off automatically. Nell hurts her finger, so Mrs. Tupp the tea lady gets out her nurses uniform and first aid kit. Maybe she can do something for broken Bertha as well?
Episode 8 • Nov 04, 1985
More Speed Less Work
Mr. Duncan performs a time and motion study and, as a result, declares that Bertha is too slow and shuts her down for good.
Episode 9 • Nov 11, 1985
The Big Order
Mr. Willmake receives an order to make 365 springs. Roy and T.O.M. have great difficulty transferring the whippy, springy steel that is to be used to make the springs from the dispatch dept. to Bertha.
Episode 10 • Nov 18, 1985
The Burglars
By day, Bertha is producing jumping toy kangaroos, that are difficult to catch once turned on. By night, two burglars, Bill and Chas, break into the Spottiswood factory. Luckilly, T.O.M. never sleeps.
Episode 11 • Nov 25, 1985
Bertha's Birthday Party
Bertha is making cuckoo clocks. Roy wonders why a clock has got 'hands' instead of 'arms'. Miss McClackerty discovers that tomorrow is the 50th anniversary of Bertha's installment at Spottiswood & Co.
Episode 12 • Apr 15, 1986
The Big Sneeze
It's wintertime and the heating system has broken down, so everyone, including Bertha, is freezing. Ironically they are making beach balls for the summer season.
Episode 13 • Jun 17, 1986
Tom's New Friend
Bertha doesn't seem to enjoy making plastic sponges very much. Mr. Duncan proudly reveals a new automatic vending machine. This means Mrs. Tupp's services will only be needed in the offices from now on.
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