Pond Life is a British animated television series that was written and directed by Candy Guard and follows the misadventures of its neurotic and self-obsessed protagonist, Dolly Pond. Two series were broadcast on Channel 4 in 1996 and 2000. A series of 13x15minute episodes was screened from 3 to 18 December 1996, mainly at 5.45pm, but two episodes exploring more adult themes were reserved for a double screening at 11.25pm. This series was repeated between March and June 1998. A second series of 7x30minute episodes followed between 19–30 September 2000 to tie-in with Channel 4's Animation Week of 23–29 September 2000. The series began life in 1992 with a pilot episode entitled I Want a Boyfriend ... Or Do I?, co-commissioned by Channel 4 and S4C. Pond Life was Guard's second breakthrough and was commissioned by Channel 4 in 1996. Scheduling problems marred the series' reception; it was originally intended for broadcast at 9.45pm, but was shown four hours earlier, which required edits to remove adult language. It was shown at the same time as Australian soap Neighbours, and was aimed at the same core audience as the soap. Despite these problems, Pond Life won several awards and received a Writer's Guild nomination for Best Sitcom. Guard was pleased because it was up against several live-action comedy series, including Only Fools and Horses. A second series was broadcast in 2000.
Episodes
Runtime: 30m
Dolly bites off more then she can chew in this episode. She begines to watch a show called ""pet savers"",and ends up buying a horrific vampire hampster! She finds the animal to be mean spirited and boring,so adopts one of her nieghbors/employer's pet dashand puppies. All seems to go well at first,but soon the dog growws to it's emense size,and chaos insues!
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Inthis episode,Dolly returnes from Austrailia,and has balloned to three times her skinney size!Soon,thogh,she falls under the roving eye of her best friend Bell's boyfriend.All seems to go well but soon Bell realizes that Dolly's friend actually runs a magazine-""Fatties Plus""! And he only wants her for her weight.
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In ""Falling Out,"" Dolly and Bell get in atizzy over both of their personal items.Dolly lends Bell her new sweater she just knited and Bell goes to get hired at designer cloths store. Dolly,later in the day later finds the article Bell was responding to. In the article,it specificly states that they must knit. Dolly, always the jealous type, goes to get the job for herself,and ends up getting hired. As if that weren't bad enough, Bell shrinks Dolly's sweater in the washing machine,and Dolly thinks she did it on on purpose to get back at her for taking her job.
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When Dolly realises the only way she'll be able to date the guy of her dreams from the health shop is by giving up her smoking habit she tries any method she can to kerb her addiction. However, it doesn't go to plan and she ends up compensating with coffee, joints and a stint in a rehab clinic, she even resorts to rummaging through her bin and drying out a cigarette in her oven! In the end Dolly decides she just can't live without her beloved cigarettes and chooses them over her American heart throb.
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In ""good Looking Boyfrien"",Dolly has become achingley lonley and increasingley jeleous of her friend Bell's boyfriend. Until she meets her ex-boyfriend,Nobby's french computer teacher, Didiay.She playes hard to get,and steakes out Didiay after he leaves his computer class.They soon hit it off,but little by little,Dolly realizes just how boring this man is.Also,a new girl is in town,Micheal,whom Didiay seems to know.....
Runtime: 30m
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When her ex-boyfriend Nobby becomes interested in a new girl, Kelly, a jealous Dolly engages all her sexual wiles and culinary skills to get him back.
