The Spooks of Bottle Bay is a children's drama series shown between the years of 1993 and 1995 on CITV.
The stories behind the show were created by Ian Allen of Button Moon fame, and the puppets and sets were designed by John Thirtle.
Sidney spent most of the time trying to avoid the problems caused by his brother and sister and was always helped, albeit unwittingly, by the Spooks of Bottle Bay.
A good-natured, friendly and honest, if sometimes slow-witted, young man, his adventures include looking for jobs around Bottle Bay, and even finding love on one occasion.
Sybil Melanie Sludge – Played by Francis Wright and Simon Buckley – The green skinned, flame haired sister of Sidney.
He is also manager/owner of the bottle bay pier Maxwell – Maxi is a blue bulldog and is Sidney's loyal companion.
Fred Spook – Played by John Thirtle – One of the leaders of the gang of ghosts that are out to foil the evil plots of Cybil and Cedric.
Iris – Lily's identical twin sister who visits Seaview Guest House in one episode.
Joe – Played by Phil Eason – Seaman who takes care of the Mermaid Molly galleon moored in the harbour.
Captain Patch, (Nigel Plaskitt) one of the many spooks who haunted the galleon moored in the harbour, was called upon by Sally and Fred in order to stop Sybil from stealing the Duchess of Dingledale's (Steve Nallon) diamonds.