Trumpton

Here is the clock, the Trumpton clock. Telling the time steadily, sensibly. Never too quickly, never too slowly. Telling the time for Trumpton. Gordon Murray's 1966 series for the BBC, Camberwick Green, was an immediate success and an instant classic, and naturally he was asked to produce a second run of episodes. But, feeling that he had exhausted the possibilities for the village setting of that series, he instead came up with a sequel. Trumpton carried on the style of Camberwick Green, but this time the setting was a busy market town, complete with town hall and resident mayor. There was a whole new cast of characters, including Mrs Lovelace (and her yappy dogs), Chippy Minton the carpenter and, most famously of all, the town fire brigade, whose roll-call ("Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble, Grubb!") became the series' catchphrase. But the main theme remained: whether in a small village or a bustling market

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  • TheTVDB.com Series ID 74165
  • Status Ended
  • First Aired January 3, 1967
  • Recent May 3, 2005
  • Network United Kingdom BBC Four BBC One
  • Average Runtime 15 minutes
  • Genres Animation Children Family
  • Original Country Great Britain
  • Original Language English
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  • Created February 4, 2008 by
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  • Modified May 15, 2021 by
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Season 1 January 1967 March 1967 13
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Favourite Children's TV 70s UK

1 52 ColinCollins

A personal list of my favourite TV shown on BBC and ITV in the 1970s. Includes repeats from the 60s and 50s. I was eight years old in 1980.

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