The Winjin Pom (1991)

Name: The Winjin Pom
Released: 1991-03-16
Rating: 8
Cast: Mark Arden, Stephen Frost, Alison Jiear

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The Winjin' Pom is a television puppet series about a talking British caravan, renowned for his moaning, and five Australians who live and travel in him. The travellers who include Adelaide, Sydney, Bruce, Frazer, and Darwin, are members of the Gullagaloona backpackers club and are on a mission to travel the world. Discovering the caravan near London when lost, the travellers soon find the Winjin' Pom to be one of their biggest allies. A mafia-like team headed by evil Hammond organ playing vulture J.G. Chicago soon discover the caravan's rare ability to speak and decide to hijack it in a sinister plot to make themselves rich. Part of this mafia gang includes two villainous brothers. Ronnie and Reggie relentlessly chase the caravan and follow the backpackers on their travels in an attempt to steal it always of course failing miserably. The Winjin' Pom caravan is famous not only for talking but also for flying, something which occurs several episodes in after a hijack by The Crows. This talking-flying caravan was not seen by many people and the series did not air for long.

Episodes

Mark Arden

Stephen Frost

Alison Jiear

Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

E1 - Episode 1

Mar 16, 1991 - 30m

The Gullagaloona Backpackers arrive in London to collect their inheritance from their founder. They fortuitously stumble across the Winjin' Pom and get him working. However, two gangsters, Ronnie and Reggie Crow are themselves after the van, having left something in it.

E2 - Episode 2

Mar 23, 1991 - 30m

The loot left by the Crows inside the Pom turns out to be an old, scratched record of a famous Australian opera singer. After being wrongly put in jail, the Gullagaloona backpackers set off to return the stolen item to its rightful owner.

E3 - Episode 3

Mar 30, 1991 - 30m

The travellers decide to sell the Pom after he puts them in trouble with a duo of vicious bull bikers, thus replacing him with a similar-looking campervan.

E4 - Episode 4

Apr 6, 1991 - 30m

The backpackers arrive at a spooky mansion. However, Ronnie and Reggie have followed them, trying to get their hands once more on the campervan.

E5 - Episode 5

Apr 13, 1991 - 30m

While being chased by the Crows, the Pom hides in a scrapyard. However, the vehicle is accidentally placed in an incinerator.

E6 - Episode 6

Apr 20, 1991 - 30m

The Crows kidnap Adelaide as part of a plan by J.G. Chicago to lure the backpackers and Pom into a trap. Afterwards, the vulture cajoles the campervan into working for him. Will he realise where his true loyalties lie?