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Oh!
Mr Toad!
(1990)
producers: Cosgrove Hall for Thames TV
animation:
stop-motion animation
episodes: 13 x 22mins
"Poop-poop!"
Toad
of Toad Hall gets his very own 'Wind
In The Willows' spin-off series.
Well, sort of.
Though here may be a title change, all of the regular
faces and locations from
Cosgrove Hall's stop-motion films and series are present
and correct. Toad still
has adventures with Ratty, Mole and Badger and the Weasels,
and indeed, folks
would do well to ignore the title altogether and simply
call this 'Series Five' because
it follows on almost seamlessly from those four prior
series...
Kenneth Grahame's Toad was an unforgettable creation
in the book. And here in
stop-motion form he runs riot, stealing almost every
scene in which he appears.
Voiced flamboyantly by actor David Jason, the lovable
nincompoop injects a vibrancy
and energy to the otherwise quite languid proceedings
on the riverbank. If a day is
rolling by too gently you can always count on Toad to steamroller
through the
tranquility with some newfangled obsession or problem,
leaving chaos and
confusion in his wake.
Mr Toad wasn't the first brit-toon star to win a spin-off,
of course. Our droll friend
Parsley The Lion starred in his very own series with
Dill The Dog after 'The Herbs'.
On that occasion though, there was a more notable change
of format and
theme. Here, nothing's really changed. And that's just
as well, because, really
there was nothing here to change. Cosgrove
Hall's 'Wind In The Willows' adaptations
were flawless already, exquisitely modeled and fashioned
and animated, right down
to the last blinking eye and twitching whisker....
Awards
1990 Observer Children's Award
See
also
The Wind in
the Willows (feature)
The
Wind in the Willows (series)
A Tale of
Two Toads (feature)
The Chief's Return
Oarsman Toad
A Midsummer Night's Disaster
The Complete Bunglar
Mr Toad Of The Times
Toad In Motion
Piano-Roll Toad
Gypsy Toad
Hip-Hip Soiree!
Happy Birthday!
A Toad In Time
Toad In Love
Toad - Film Maker
based
upon characters created by Kenneth Grahame
producers: Brian
Cosgrove, Mark Hall
exec prod: John
Hambley
directors: Jackie
Cockle, Barry
Purves, Chris Taylor
writers: Rosemary
Anne Sisson, Brian Trueman
music: Keith
Hopwood, Malcolm Rowe
arranged
by Brian Ibbetson
'Wind In The Willows' sung by Ralph McTell
animators: Barry
Purves, Sue Pugh
model characs
design & sculpt: Brian
Cosgrove, Bridget Appleby, David Hayes
model characs
construction: Peter
Saunders, Neal Scanlan,
Rebecca Hunt, Bridget Smith
models, sets
and props:
Terry Brown, Chris Walker, Yvonne Fox,
John Squire, Francis Vose, Jo Pierpoint-White
costume des: Nigel
Cornford
illustration: Beverly
Bush
stills photo: Richard
Smiles
model cam: Joe
Dembinski, Jerry Andrews
rostrum: Frank
Hardie
dubbing mix: Ted
Spooner
film editors: John
McManus, Ellis Ward
asst editors:
Nibs Senior, Zygmunt Markiewicz,
Jane Hicks
voices:
Ian Carmichael (Narrator)
Richard
Pearson (Mole)
Peter
Sallis (Ratty)
Sir
Michael Hordern (Badger)
David
Jason (Toad)
Daphne
Oxenford (other voices)
On
the web
Wind
In The Willows Fansite
http://users.pipeline.com.au/rhoughto
Nicholas Houghton's
excellent fan site has a complete episode guide,
'making of' info, and more,
plus lots of screen grabs...
David's
Pages
http://members.aol.com/davidcdow/
The beginnings of an episode guide,
a WAV theme , video guide and a
page of screen grabs...
Cosgrove
Hall Films
http://www.chf.co.uk
The official Cosgrove Hall
site details all of the studio's films and series,
together with news and info on
their latest happenings and developments.
Pluto
Music
http://www.plutomusic.com
Info here on the sound studio owned
and operated by Keith Hopwood
and Malcolm Rowe, who wrote the
songs and music for the series...
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