Bertha is an animated children's series made by Woodland Animations in 1986 that has been shown on Children's BBC numerous times since. The series, written by Eric Charles and directed by Ivor Wood, is set in Spottiswood Factory - a small engineering plant. The factory manafacturers everything from cukoo clocks to inflatiable bears! The star performer of the shop floor is "Bertha" - an old fashioned factory machine that came to life when she was finally computerised. Characters:
Bertha - machine
Mr Duncan - foreman
Flo - product stacker
Miss McClackerty - secretary
Nell - product packer
Panjit - forklift driver
Roy - general helper
Mr Sprott - product designer
Ted - Bertha's engineer
Tom - Talk Operated Machine
Tracy - Mr Sprott's assistant
Mrs Tupp - tea lady
Mr Willmake - manager