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(February 2020)

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davidhorman
NorthTonight posted:

I remember reading that Julie Holder, who created The Flumps was appalled at how much the BBC offered her to write more stories / episodes ( she thought she would be getting too much money ).


Did anyone else find The Flumps terrifying? Especially that Pootle...
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NorthTonight
davidhorman posted:
NorthTonight posted:

I remember reading that Julie Holder, who created The Flumps was appalled at how much the BBC offered her to write more stories / episodes ( she thought she would be getting too much money ).


Did anyone else find The Flumps terrifying? Especially that Pootle...


I find the song in the Keep Fit episode one of the funniest things that’s been on television.

Eight minutes in...

https://youtu.be/q_NwGr-_AEg
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Neil Jones Founding member
NorthTonight posted:
davidhorman posted:
NorthTonight posted:

I remember reading that Julie Holder, who created The Flumps was appalled at how much the BBC offered her to write more stories / episodes ( she thought she would be getting too much money ).


Did anyone else find The Flumps terrifying? Especially that Pootle...


I find the song in the Keep Fit episode one of the funniest things that’s been on television.

Eight minutes in...

https://youtu.be/q_NwGr-_AEg


Um... What the hell have I just watched? Looks like what Wallace & Gromit would look like on a budget of about 13p.
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deejay
Don’t diss The Flumps! Classic television and no mistake. These shows may not have had a massive budget or a long run but are endearingly charming, very British, funny and gentle. They were routinely shown over and over again (which studies have shown that young children don’t mind and actually rather like). The Trumpton trilogy (Camberwick Green, Trumpton and Chigley) were similar in their style with simple storytelling, music and stop-motion animation.
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ToasterMan
deejay posted:
Don’t diss The Flumps! Classic television and no mistake. These shows may not have had a massive budget or a long run but are endearingly charming, very British, funny and gentle. They were routinely shown over and over again (which studies have shown that young children don’t mind and actually rather like). The Trumpton trilogy (Camberwick Green, Trumpton and Chigley) were similar in their style with simple storytelling, music and stop-motion animation.

Aye, though I will say the best way to watch them is on DVD and Blu-Ray, through glorious HD restoration, (especially the shows produced entirely on film), some of the later BBC broadcasts show some ugly colour hues and fading, which have thankfully been fixed for home media restoration.
Last edited by ToasterMan on 11 February 2020 11:14am
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Ne1L C
Surely the best of all:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaCzbqdFS24
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Richard
davidhorman posted:
NorthTonight posted:

I remember reading that Julie Holder, who created The Flumps was appalled at how much the BBC offered her to write more stories / episodes ( she thought she would be getting too much money ).


Did anyone else find The Flumps terrifying? Especially that Pootle...


As a child, I got mixed up between The Flumps and Compo from Last of the Summer Wine.

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