The Gublins (TV series)
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The Gublins (1977) (also known as The Gublin Legends) is a stop-motion children's television show from the producers of Camberwick Green, Trumpton and Chigley. The Gublins were chimp-like creations that featured in a series of Tall Stories, narrated in rhyming couplets to a simple acoustic soundtrack provided by Freddie Phillips. They were first broadcast as part of Noel Edmond's Multicoloured Swap Shop on BBC One.
There were thirteen episodes filmed although only twelve are known by name, they are:
- The Prince Frog
- The Magic Tree
- Mr Dilley's Mermaid
- Bessie O'the Glen (or the Inversneekie Doonie)
- The Dancing Princess
- Charley's Feather
- The Prudent Prince
- The Emperor's Willow Warbler
- The Honey-Coloured Hat
- The Kendal Candle
- Obadiah and Flo
- The Barber of Cartina
Three of these stories appeared in the BBC Swap Shop Books (2,3 & 4) as photostories. There were also five photostory books published separately titled "Young Gublins Picture Storybooks". They were completely new stories called:
- The Lost Drum
- The Surprise Present
- The Wishing Well
- Grandpa's Mistake
External links
- Images of Gublins at sausagenet.com
- Gublins page at Toonhound.com
- Tim Worthington's Gublins article
- The Trumptonshire Web
- The Trumptonshire Trilogy
Categories:
- Articles with topics of unclear notability from August 2010
- Use dmy dates from December 2012
- BBC children's television shows
- British stop-motion animated television series
- 1977 British television series debuts
- 1970s British animated television series
- 1970s British children's television series
- United Kingdom television show stubs