⚙️🎨 Bertha Season 1 Episode 1 – “The Great Painting Job” is now streaming in Full HD English exclusively on CartoonLTV!
Produced by Woodland Animations (creators of Postman Pat), Bertha is a charming British stop-motion animated series that first aired in 1985 on the BBC. The show follows Bertha, a friendly factory machine who can produce almost anything — from toys to gadgets — all while her human coworkers get into amusing situations.
In this first episode, “The Great Painting Job,” the factory receives an urgent order to paint a large batch of toys, but the paint machine breaks down! It’s up to Bertha and her team to find a creative solution before the deadline. This fun and wholesome story introduces viewers to the Spottiswood Factory and its quirky workers.
🧰 Series Information:
Series Title: Bertha
Season: 1
Episode: 1
Episode Title: The Great Painting Job
Year: 1985
Production Company: Woodland Animations / BBC Television
Genre: Stop Motion Animation, Family, Comedy, Educational
Language: English
Country: United Kingdom
Runtime: ~13 minutes
Format: Stop-motion animation with handmade models
👩🏭 Main Characters:
Bertha – The kind and capable machine that can make anything.
Mr. Willmake – The factory manager, always chasing deadlines.
Tewky – The maintenance engineer who helps keep Bertha running.
Nell – The secretary and problem solver of the team.
Panjit and Tracy – Factory workers who keep things lively and fun.
🎞️ Episode Summary:
In The Great Painting Job, Bertha faces her first big challenge when the factory’s paint sprayer malfunctions. Through teamwork, innovation, and a little magic, the factory staff complete the job — showing kids the value of creativity, teamwork, and problem-solving.
📺 About the Show:
Bertha aired from 1985 to 1986, featuring 13 episodes full of humor, music, and practical lessons. Known for its delightful storytelling and inventive stop-motion style, the series continues to entertain children and nostalgic adults alike.
🧡 Perfect for fans of Postman Pat, Trumpton, and Bagpuss, Bertha brings back the charm of classic handcrafted animation.
🎨 Educational Value:
The show teaches teamwork, cooperation, mechanical understanding, and responsibility in a lighthearted, imaginative way.
📺 Watch more classic British cartoons and stop-motion shows only on CartoonLTV
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Produced by Woodland Animations (creators of Postman Pat), Bertha is a charming British stop-motion animated series that first aired in 1985 on the BBC. The show follows Bertha, a friendly factory machine who can produce almost anything — from toys to gadgets — all while her human coworkers get into amusing situations.
In this first episode, “The Great Painting Job,” the factory receives an urgent order to paint a large batch of toys, but the paint machine breaks down! It’s up to Bertha and her team to find a creative solution before the deadline. This fun and wholesome story introduces viewers to the Spottiswood Factory and its quirky workers.
🧰 Series Information:
Series Title: Bertha
Season: 1
Episode: 1
Episode Title: The Great Painting Job
Year: 1985
Production Company: Woodland Animations / BBC Television
Genre: Stop Motion Animation, Family, Comedy, Educational
Language: English
Country: United Kingdom
Runtime: ~13 minutes
Format: Stop-motion animation with handmade models
👩🏭 Main Characters:
Bertha – The kind and capable machine that can make anything.
Mr. Willmake – The factory manager, always chasing deadlines.
Tewky – The maintenance engineer who helps keep Bertha running.
Nell – The secretary and problem solver of the team.
Panjit and Tracy – Factory workers who keep things lively and fun.
🎞️ Episode Summary:
In The Great Painting Job, Bertha faces her first big challenge when the factory’s paint sprayer malfunctions. Through teamwork, innovation, and a little magic, the factory staff complete the job — showing kids the value of creativity, teamwork, and problem-solving.
📺 About the Show:
Bertha aired from 1985 to 1986, featuring 13 episodes full of humor, music, and practical lessons. Known for its delightful storytelling and inventive stop-motion style, the series continues to entertain children and nostalgic adults alike.
🧡 Perfect for fans of Postman Pat, Trumpton, and Bagpuss, Bertha brings back the charm of classic handcrafted animation.
🎨 Educational Value:
The show teaches teamwork, cooperation, mechanical understanding, and responsibility in a lighthearted, imaginative way.
📺 Watch more classic British cartoons and stop-motion shows only on CartoonLTV
👉 https://www.dailymotion.com/CartoonLTV
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00:00Bertha
00:30We can depend upon you
00:32Clicking in the day
00:33Fleshing in the night
00:35Your computer is shining brightly
00:37Some people say
00:39You have a mind of your own
00:41And I think that's very likely
00:44Likely
00:46Bertha
00:48Lovely Bertha
00:49Sometimes I think you're a dream
00:52When we work out
00:54What you have to do
00:55You can always turn the goods out
00:57Always turn the goods out
00:59We can depend upon you
01:01This week at Spotty's Wooden Company
01:10Bertha is making jigsaw puzzles
01:12Ted puts a picture in one end
01:29And Bertha cuts out the shapes
01:31That's Roy checking the puzzles
01:34Then Nell packs
01:37And Flo stacks
01:41It seems a shame to break up
01:45Such a lovely picture
01:46But the fun of jigsaw puzzles
01:49Is to put them back together again
01:51Isn't it?
01:52What do you do with it
01:53When you've put it back together?
01:55You break it up
01:55And begin all over again
01:57That seems daft to me
02:00Hey
02:02There's a hole in this one
02:04That means that there's a piece missing
02:06You're right
02:08Hey Ted
02:09Stop
02:14Bertha
02:14There
02:16See?
02:26There is a piece missing
02:27Right in the middle there
02:29Sorry
02:32Now we'll never find the missing piece
02:35And why not?
02:37Because we don't know what it looks like
02:39It was a piece missing from the tree
02:41I remember
02:42Ah but what piece?
02:44It was a very large tree
02:46A piece with leaves and branches on it
02:48Look here
02:51If there's a piece of the puzzle missing
02:53It must still be in Bertha
02:55Now come on Bertha
02:58Where's the missing piece of puzzle?
03:00Ooh
03:01I can't see it
03:02Ted
03:03Why don't you put another picture through?
03:05It might dislodge the missing piece
03:07And bring it out
03:08What a good idea Roy
03:10Now the piece we're looking for
03:18Comes from about there
03:19So watch out for it
03:27Now come on Bertha
03:29There's a piece missing from this one too
03:39What?
03:40A piece of the sky
03:41Where?
03:43Just there
03:44Sorry
03:45Hmm
03:47First a piece of the tree is missing
03:49And now a piece of the sky
03:51Oh wonder what Bertha's up to
03:53Very mysterious
03:55Very puzzling
03:57That's it Flo
03:59You've got the answer
04:00Oh I am glad
04:03Now how many jigsaw puzzles has Bertha made this morning Flo?
04:08Ten to a big box
04:10That's forty
04:11Four in this box
04:13That's forty-four
04:15And two here
04:16That's
04:17Forty-six
04:19Forty-six
04:20Roy
04:21Were there pieces missing from other puzzles?
04:23I'm not sure
04:24I didn't look at all of them
04:25It's your job too
04:29I'd like to bet there's a piece missing from most of those puzzles
04:33Now come on Bertha
04:36How many pieces have you got in there?
04:38That's amazing
04:48All odd bits making a different picture
04:50I didn't know Bertha liked doing jigsaw puzzles
04:54You know what we have to do now
04:55Don't you?
04:56What?
04:57We have to open all those boxes
04:59And make up all those jigsaw puzzles
05:01To find out which pieces are missing
05:03Oh no
05:05It'll take us ages
05:06We can't let them be sold in the shops with a piece missing
05:09Come along
05:11Let's get started
05:12It's better than packing
05:14It's better than stacking
05:16Bertha
05:19How could you?
05:24Upstairs in the offices
05:25Miss McClackety and Mr Willmake
05:28Are getting ready for the decorators
05:29They're covering all the furniture with a sheet
05:32So it won't get splashed with paint
05:34Well done
05:37That's everything covered
05:38Where have those decorators got to?
05:41They should be here by now
05:42That's the telephone ringing sir
05:49Yes I can hear it Miss McClackety
05:51Where is your telephone?
05:53Still on your desk?
05:55No it's on the floor somewhere
05:57But where on the floor Miss McClackety?
06:02I can't remember sir
06:03We must find the telephone and answer it
06:06The call may be important
06:08Oh dear I'm sorry
06:09It's under the sheet somewhere
06:11Right
06:12Don't panic Miss McClackety
06:14This is what we'll do
06:15I'll go under this end of the sheet
06:17You go under that end
06:18Whoever finds the telephone first
06:20Answers it
06:21Off you go
06:22I've got it Miss McClackety
06:32Hello
06:33Yes
06:35Yes this is the manager
06:37Oh I see
06:38Well that's too bad
06:40Well thank you for letting me know
06:42Goodbye
06:43Where are you Miss McClackety?
06:46Over here sir
06:47Who was it sir?
06:50The decorators
06:51What did they want Mr. Will make?
06:53They rang to say
06:54They're not coming today
06:56Oh dear
06:57Would anyone here like a nice cup of tea?
07:02Yes please Mrs. Trump
07:03But downstairs
07:05Everyone is too busy to stop for tea
07:08I think most of this puzzle must be missing
07:11Now I'm sure there's only one piece missing from each picture
07:15You're just not very good at doing jigsaw puzzles Flo
07:18Look I've nearly finished mine
07:21Have you found the missing piece Nell?
07:23How could I if it's not there?
07:25Mr. Duncan the foreman thinks they're just playing
07:28Well Will what's all this?
07:31Play time?
07:32Hello Mr. Duncan
07:33We're looking for missing pieces of jigsaw puzzles
07:36We have to check all those boxes
07:38And those there
07:40And those there as well
07:42It's going to take us ages
07:45Why are there pieces missing from the puzzles?
07:48Hmm?
07:49Well Bertha's been keeping one piece back from each box
07:52And making a picture of her own
07:54Oh I see
07:55Bertha has been misbehaving again has she?
07:58Been misbehaving haven't you?
08:01Hmm?
08:02I think she just likes doing jigsaw puzzles
08:03That's all
08:04This is no good
08:06It'll take you all week
08:07If Bertha's so fond of puzzles
08:10Why don't you let her do them?
08:12That's a jolly good idea Mr. Duncan
08:14Now why didn't I think of that?
08:18That's what foremen are for
08:20In another office
08:26Mr. Sprott and his assistant Tracy
08:29Have been asked by the manager to design a machine
08:31That can paint the factory in double quick time
08:34Will it work Mr. Sprott?
08:38Hmm
08:39Undoubtedly
08:40I will take it down to the roller and grinder machine
08:45And have it made
08:46Do you mind if I have a go at designing a different machine Mr. Sprott?
08:51No, no, no
08:52Of course not
08:53But this is the one that'll work
08:55What can we have
08:58That will do the job nicely?
09:02Easy to control
09:03And we'll do what we say precisely
09:07Talk operated machine is what we need here
09:17Something I can think of that will run for a year
09:19A talk operated machine is what we need here
09:23T-O-M
09:25Yeah
09:26T-O-M
09:28A talk operated machine is what I'll do then
09:32A super little robot that can be like a friend
09:35A talk operated machine
09:37I'll call it Tom then
09:39T-O-M
09:41Yeah
09:41T-O-M
09:44Then I can go and work with Bertha
09:46Set her programme through
09:48And I am sure that she can work out what I'm trying to do
09:51I'll have to work it out as quickly as I can to get it done
09:54I know that when I get it finished
09:56It can really be fun
09:58Talk operated machine is what I'll make them
10:03A super little robot that can be like a friend
10:06Talk operated machine
10:08I'll call it Tom then
10:10T-O-M
10:11Oh, it's gonna be lovely
10:13T-O-M
10:15I can't wait to get it finished
10:16T-O-M
10:18All I have to do is put a little bit in it
10:20I've got to give him some eyes
10:22Oh, it's gonna be a lovely little piece
10:24This is the last puzzle, Roy
10:31All right, Ted
10:35We're ready
10:36Is it all there, Roy?
10:40It's all there, Ted
10:41Do you want to do the last one, Flo?
10:44Oh, yes, please
10:46Right
10:48Put that into the box now
10:50And we're finished
10:52Well done, Bertha
10:53Hello, Ted
10:55Hello, Tracy
10:57What can I do for you?
10:58Do you think you could get Bertha to make this?
11:02Wow
11:02It's a robot
11:04What do you want a robot for, Tracy?
11:07Mr Sprott has designed a painting machine
11:09But I thought if we had a robot
11:11It could do all sorts of useful jobs around the factory
11:14Could it help me pack?
11:16Could it help me stack?
11:18Yes
11:19It could even help you sweep up, Roy
11:21Good
11:22I could do with some help
11:24Very well
11:27Let's see what Bertha makes of this
11:29Mr Sprott's machine
11:42Seems to be working well
11:44A splendid invention, Mr Sprott
11:49We could paint a whole factory in double-quick time
11:52That's what I thought, sir
11:59Stop the machine when it gets to the door painted, will you?
12:03There's a good fellow
12:04I am unhappy to say that I cannot do so, sir
12:07Oh, dear
12:10Something has gone wrong
12:12You'll have to have a green door, Miss McLaccarty
12:15But I don't want a green door
12:17I will quickly open the door, sir
12:19Then the machine will have nothing to paint
12:21Oh, dear
12:24Turn off the machine, Panty
12:27Turn it off
12:29I'm unhappy to say that I cannot do so, sir
12:32Push the lever down hard
12:34This I have been trying to do
12:36I will now push the lever up
12:38No, don't do that
12:41Does it work, Mr Sprott?
12:46Oh!
12:46Downstairs, Bertha has just finished making Tracy's robot
13:02Ah, there you are, Tracy
13:08You're just in time
13:09Is this what you wanted?
13:14Exactly how I designed it, Ted
13:16What will you call it, Tracy?
13:19Well, as you will be able to tell it what to do
13:22I'll call it Tom
13:23T-O-M
13:26T-O-M
13:26Torque Operated Machine
13:28Off you go, Tom
13:30Oh, wow
13:35Well done, Tracy
13:39Now, do you think Tom could do a spot of painting?
13:42I think so, Mr Wilmake
13:46Tom, will you please paint the walls in Miss McClackety's office?
13:51What a useful little chap
14:11Good old Bertha
14:13She's done it again
14:15Good old Bertha
14:22Lovely Bertha
14:23Sometimes I think you're a dream
14:26When we work out what you have to do
14:29You can always turn the goods up
14:31Always turn the goods up
14:33We can depend upon you
14:35You can always turn the goods up
14:37You can always turn the goods up
14:38You can always turn the goods up
14:39You can always turn the goods up
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14:41You can always turn the goods up
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14:45You can always turn the goods up
14:46You can always turn the goods up
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14:48You can always turn the goods up
14:49You can always turn the goods up
14:50You can always turn the goods up
14:51You can always turn the goods up
14:52You can always turn the goods up
14:53You can always turn the goods up
14:54You can always turn the goods up
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