Stoppit and Tidyup is a British
children's animated cartoon series that was originally broadcast by the
BBC in 1988. The series was created by Charles Mills and Terry Brain, the duo behind CMTB Animation, who had previously created a
claymation called
The Trap Door. Apart from the main characters
Stoppit, a red ball of fluff with arms and legs, and
Tidyup, a necktie-wearing purple bowling pin with blue hair, the supporting characters include
Comb Your Hair,
Wash Your Face,
Hurry Up,
Go and Play, poor little
Calm Down, nasty little
Not Now, the two bees,
BeeHave and
BeeQuiet, sleepy old
Go to Bed,
Don't Do That,
Take Care,
Eat Your Greens,
Clean Your Teeth, and the big, bad
I Said No; not to mention
Say Please And Say Thank You. There are also extra characters called
Naughties and
Sit Downs, and they all live in the mythical land of
Do As You're Told. Each episode was five minutes in length. The series was partly funded by
The Tidy Britain Group, a
Wigan-based organisation whose aim was to reduce the amount of unsolicited rubbish in and around the United Kingdom.