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Grandpa in My Pocket
Created by
Mellie Buse and Jan Page
Developed by
Mellie Buse and Jan Page
Written by
Mellie Buse and Jan Page
Directed by
Richard Bradley, Martin Franks and Iain McLean
Starring
James Bolam Jay Ruckley Josie Cable Zara Ramm Sam Ellis Harvey Thorn Sezen Djouma
Narrated by
Jay Ruckley Harvey Thorn Sezen Djouma
Theme music composer
Kate Edgar
Composer
Matt Dilley
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Original language
English
No. of series
4
No. of episodes
118 (list of episodes)
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Production
Executive producers
Sarah Colclough (BBC) Angus Fletcher (Adastra) Michael Towner (CBeebies)
Producers
Mellie Buse Jan Page
Running time
12 minutes
Production company
Adastra Creative Ltd.[1]
Original release
Network
CBeebies[1]
Release
10 February 2009 (2009-02-10) – 21 October 2014 (2014-10-21)
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Grandpa in My Pocket is a 2009-2014 British children's comedy-drama television series created by Mellie Buse and Jan Page and commissioned by Michael Carrington for CBeebies, the BBC's dedicated pre-school and nursery channel targeting children aged 2–7 years.
Based on the 1970s The Dandy comic adventure strip Peter's Pocket Grandpa by Ron Spencer (which itself was based on an earlier prose text story called Jimmie's Pocket Grandpa which had appeared in The Dandy in the 1940s), the programme stars James Bolam as a grandfather who owns a magical "shrinking cap", which only his 10-year-old grandson Jason Mason (played by Jay Ruckley) knows about. This cap enables him to shrink to about 4 inches tall, become a CGI-animated character, run very fast, and bring toys and objects to life. This allows him to experience many adventures which are narrated by Jason, including finding a prisoner under the floorboards, bringing a home-made robot to life, and driving Jason's toy car and biplane. The programme also stars Josie Cable, Zara Ramm and Sam Ellis, as Jason's sister, mother and father, respectively. According to the BBC press office, "Grandpa in My Pocket explores the hugely important relationship between grandchildren and grandparents by turning it on its head".[2]
Following the success of the first series in April 2009, a second was commissioned in March 2010, with a third filmed in 2011. After the third season, the series was assumed to have ended, but two years later, a fourth season went into production, and began broadcast in 2014.
The fourth season introduces some changes to the plot. Jason, who is now a teenager, has moved with his family into a windmill which they have opened as a hotel. Jason and Jemima's younger cousins Josh and Elsie (played by Harvey Thorn and Sezen Djouma) have come to stay for the summer, and the two become the series narrators as Grandpa decides to let them in on the secret of the shrinking cap.[3]
Aldeburgh house used in the show
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