The Treacle People

The Treacle People

"The Treacle People" was a children's television programme shown on CITV in the United Kingdom, in 1995. It only ever had two series, each with 13 episodes. The programme was short lived due to a lack of viewers. In a similar vein to other shows by the same writer, the humour worked on two levels for younger and older viewers. It was produced by The London Studios for London Weekend Television and Fire Mountain Productions in association with Link Entertainment.

Plot

The show was written by Brian (the writer of "Dangermouse") and Johnathon Trueman and was based in a fictionalized version of the Northern English village of "Sabden", in Pendle, where treacle is (allegedly) a natural resource extracted through mines. However, the mines have run dry from overextraction, and the village may face destruction from a lack of economy. The main characters, Wizzle and Rosie, use a Treacle finder, similar to a water dowser, to discover a vein of treacle in the abandoned mines, bringing hope to the village. The two series focus on reopening the mines, and problems faced (such as exportation). One of the recurring support characters was the Moobark, a cross between a Friesian cow and an Airedale Terrier

Availability

The show was repeated on Nick Jr in the UK, but was never shown elsewhere, but it will coming to Cartoon Network TOO soon during the Cartoonito block for preschoolersFact|date=February 2007. It featured on Channel 4 before the The Hoobs, and a microsite still exists.

There is an official website still maintained (but not updated) featuring the second episode of the first series, known as "The Great Escape".

Rights

The rights to "The Treacle People" is now owned by Shepperton Studios based production company, Fire Mountain Productions Limited. Fire Mountain Productions was set up by the show's producer, Iain Russell. Most recent credits include "London's Hollywood" which has just started showing on ITV1 in the London region. This documentary is based at Shepperton Studios and Pinewood Studios and takes viewers through the whole movie-making process from pre- to post-production.

Awards

"The Treacle People", followed up by a Christmas Special, was BAFTA nominated.

Credits

* Written by: Brian & Jonathan Trueman
* Developed for Television by: Iain Russel & Mike Furness
* From an Original Idea by: The Dewhurst Family
* Featuring the Voices of: Alec Bregonzi, Caroline Bernstein, Jim McManus, Glynn Mills, Jim Norton
* Title Song: Sticky
* Music by: Simon Webb
* Casting Director: Nikki Finch
* Director of Animation: Martin Pullen
* Animators: Timon Dowdeswell, Andy Joule, Mike Cottee
* Additional Animation: Mark Waring, Tobias Fouracre
* Lighting Cameraman: Colin Innes-Hopkins, Peter Ellmore, Tom Kinane
* Puppets Designed & Built by: Richard Blakey, Maggie Haden
* Original Art Director: Alan Murphy
* Sets Designed & Built by: Keith Grant, Colin Armitage, Barbara Cowdery, Toby Burrell
* Graphic Designer: Bill Wilson
* Editors: Alex Maddison, Andy Marangone
* Sound: Jon Matthews, Russell Smithson
* Production Associates: Sue Bennett-Urwin, Kathy Schulz
* Executive Producer: Penny Lent
* Director: Mike Furness
* Producer: Iain Russell

ee also

*Treacle mining

External links

* [http://www.treaclepeople.com// Official website]
* [http://www.channel4.com/learning/microsites/T/treacle/index.html "The Treacle People"] at Channel4.com
*imdb title|id=0862631|title=The Treacle People
* [http://www.firemountain.co.uk/ Fire Mountain Productions Limited]
* [http://www.firemountainfilms.co.uk/ Fire Mountain Films]
* [http://www.londonshollywood.com/ London's Hollywood]


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