Hammy Hamster is a Canadian children's television show featuring various pet rodents and other animals. This program had human voices in sync to the actions of the live animals thereby giving the impression that the creatures were going about on purposeful, intelligent activities. The voices were selected to reflect personalities of the animals; for instance, the fidgety mouse was given an urgent sounding voice whereas the turtle had a slow, sleepy voice. They lived on a place called The Riverbank . The animals operated various artefacts including toy sailboats and even a diving bell.

Each episode ended with the narrator alluding to an event involving the characters, but refusing to elaborate, saying "But that is another story."

The original black and white Tales of the Riverbank series began in 1959 with colour episodes of the retitled series starting in 1972. It is ranked 79 in the top 100 children's television programs according to one 2001 poll.

See also

• anthropomorphism

External links

• Hammy Hamster website