Michael Bentine's Potty Time
Michael Bentine's Potty Time was a long-running British children's show, starring Michael Bentine, directed and produced by Leon Thau for Thames Television on ITV. It ran from 1973 to 1980. The episodes consisted largely of distinctive, bearded puppets (called "Potties"), comically re-enacting famous historical situations.
Tropes used in Michael Bentine's Potty Time include:
- Monumental Theft
- Stolen Good, Returned Better
- Train Job: One episode retold the story of a train robbery during the American Civil War.