The Gophers

The Gophers is a British animation series with puppets. It was created by Channel 4 in the late 1980s or early 1990s. It was also broadcast by the Dutch VPRO.

Characters:

• Arthur the rabbit
• Chuck Gopher
• talking vegetables
• Junior
• Dr Wince, the evil ferret
• Sly
• Mexican roaches

---

There are other meanings of gopher, though the core meaning is a rodent, strictly of the family Geomyidae though some ground squirrels of the family Sciuridae are often referred to as gophers