Italian dubbed in English children's TV mini-series Pepino

[NeilKG]

Hi there

Does anyone remember a children’s TV programme from the late 80s that I think was called Pepino? It was about a (I think Swiss) boy called Andy who had gone for a holiday in Sicily and initially was picked on by the local boys (e.g. laughed at him for using an umbrella).

This all changed however when he helped prevent a donkey getting trapped in a fire (I think that’s right). The gang of boys then accepted him and he was initiated using a secret handshake. The episode ends with all the boys getting wet and the final shot is frozen while ‘Imagine’ by John Lennon is played.
It was broadcast on BBC2 and was an S4 Cymru production? It definitely had Welsh connections as it was dubbed in English but with Welsh accents!

Well there’s a bit more I remember but I suspect if you haven’t got it by now there’s no point in my trying any further. But thanks for reading this and trying to help.

Neil

[NeilKG]

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[BlitzKid]

I remember this show but I'm pretty sure it was on ITV in about 1991. If it's the same show I remember the kid being picked on at school for being foreign and speaking a different language, and the teacher had to translate what he was saying so the kids would accept him. I definitely remember the fire scene and I seem to remember him having to save a girl as well, who might have had a romantic interest in him. If we're thinking of the same show I remember it airing around October to November 1991.

[NeilKG]

You are absolutely right BlitzKid! Thanks for your answer. Trouble is I'm finding it difficult to locate any footage anywhere on the internet. Can you or anyone help with a link?

[NeilKG]

I've found a bit more information online.

Usual good IMDB standard but not plot, full cast list or pics
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0353093/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm

Dutch website with helpful full cast list. No plot summary. Description translation - "Italian-Swiss youth series about a Sicilian boy who emigrated with his family to Switzerland."

Best photo gallery from a Czech website
http://www.fdb.cz/serial/peppino/fotogalerie/102143

A German website with a breakdown (assume episodes?) but no plot summary. Hover over actors names to reveal pics.
http://www.heiners-filmseiten.de/en/Serie/97080/

[NeilKG]

Link for Dutch website
http://www.waarkeekjijvroegernaar.nl/series-en-programma-s/incomplete-series/1830-peppino