Pan Tau (Czech for "Mr. Tau") is a character created for a children's television series. There were 33 episodes made by the Czechoslovak Television (ČST) in co-operation with Barrandov Studios and the West German TV network Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR). A pilot film was shot in 1966, 33 episodes were made from 1969 until 1978. The project ended with a feature film in 1988.