Once Upon a GP

So seeing the Wonder Pets beanie baby reminded me of a show I used to watch as a child. Actually this show is probably why I refer to Guineas as GPs all the time. It stars Hammy the Hamster and pals including a Guinea.. called GP! GP was an inventor. All I really remember is that it is live action animals with human voices. Also I remember that it was AWESOME.

Upon researching this (because all I could remember about the show is that there was (A) a TALKING GUINEA and (B) a hamster named Hammy) I realized there were a number of versions of this show: "Hammy the Hamster", "Tales of the RiverBank" and "Once Upon a Hamster" and more recently, a movie -- which you can bet I will be watching soon.