Seaside Rupert and the Enchanted Princess Rupert and Edward at the Circus Rupert and Bill and the Pirates Rupert and the Magician's Umbrella Rupert in the Wood of Mystery Rupert and Prince Humpty Dumpty Rupert and the Magic Whistle Rupert and Dapple Rupert and the Greedy Princess Rupert and the Wonderful Boots Rupert and Willy Wispe Rupert and Bill Keep Shop Rupert and the Magic Hat Rupert's Holiday Adventure Rupert Goes Hiking Rupert, the Manikin and the Dark Knight Brainwaves Limited Brainwaves Limited of Basingstoke, Hampshire, produced a series of Rupert storybooks in 1991 (no author or artist credited): Rupert and the Golden Acorn Rupert and the Elfin Bell Rupert and the Popweed Rupert and the Iceberg In addition, they published other Rupert series: Rupert Mini Board Books Rupert Hookbooks Rupert Storytime Books Rupert Shaped Board Books Rupert Flap Books Television series The Adventures of Rupert Bear (1970–1977) Rupert first appeared on television in an ITC series produced for the ITV network that ran for 156 ten-minute episodes. The characters were all puppets, although the opening sequence featured a toy Rupert bear sitting in a live-action child's bedroom. Rupert's friends and flying chariot appeared straight from the Daily Express pages, although he was joined by some new friends including Willy Wisp, Drizzle, Della, Jimmy, Mr Grimnasty, Gypsy Granny, Chun-Mao, The Wise Old Wizard, and Mr Koskora The theme song, written by Len Beadle (also known as Frank Weston) and Ron Roker, sung by Jackie Lee, reached number 14 in the UK charts in 1971. Rupert (1985–1988) Rupert returned to television in 1985 to the BBC, in the form of 36 five-minute-stories. In this series, each episode consisted of a series of still illustrations and narration. The sole narrator was Ray Brooks. The short title music is credited to Brave New World. In the US, these shorts aired on the Disney Channel as part of its "Lunch Box" program. Rupert (1991–1997) In 1991, Rupert Bear featured in an animated television series with 65 episodes and five seasons (13 per season) produced by Nelvana (Canada), Ellipse (France) and Television South (TVS) for the first season (13 episodes), with Scottish TV taking over control from season 2 when Television South lost its ITV franchise. The show followed the style and tone Bestall established in the Rupert newspaper series, with many of the stories being almost direct adaptations of his or others' panel stories