Tales of the Riverbank

Tales of the Riverbank, sometimes called Hammy Hamster and Once Upon a Hamster for the Canadian version, is a British children's television series developed from a Canadian pilot.

First airing in 1959, it follows Hammy the hamster and friends such as Roderick the water rat in stories filmed with live animals and dubbed voices.

In Israel it was known as על שפת הנחל and remembered for its Hebrew opening theme.