Toonhound - Rocky Hollow (1983)

    Now here's a forgotten series. Acorn, Sycamore, Mr Oak, Miss Myrtle, Conker
     and Rosie Woodpigeon dwelled in the sunny woodland glade of Rocky Hollow.
     The models were designed to look like seed people and were constructed out
     of rough tan material - bar Rosie, of course, who was a bird...

       Miss Myrtle, Acorn and Mr Oak

     Acorn was Mr Oak's playful nephew, keen on skateboarding and generally
     gambolling about with his best mate, scarf-wearing Sycamore, who was a
     rather clumsy chap. Mr Oak himself was a rather stuck-up general-type, who
     had a soft spot for the salubrious Miss Myrtle. But she, in turn, seemed to
     have taken quite a fancy to Conker, who was the red-haired handyman of
     the hollow. Rosie, meanwhile, was the pigeon postmistress to them all,
     delivering mail around the wood. All dwelled in tree houses, built in to the
     trunks of the trees in Rocky Hollow...

    Obviously filmed on a shoestring, this was an early production from Ian
     Frampton and Bumper Films, who went on to bring us that all-Welsh hero
     Fireman Sam and Joshua Jones. All 26 episodes of Rocky Hollow were
     released on video during the 80s, and titles included:

    The Picnic           Spring Cleaning
    Keep Fit              Ghosts
    The Post Bag       Treasure
    The Operation      The Birthday Party

    Trivia Hounds will hear Peter Sallis narrating this before striking voice-over gold
     with Wallace & Gromit. And it's an interesting predecessor to Oakie Doke
     too. Did it have any influence on the Cosgrove Hall character? - I guess we'll
     never know...

         Rosie Woodpigeon

     produced by Bumper Films Ltd
      for S4C-Channel 4 Wales

     director:   John Walker
     puppets:    Ian Frampton
     stories:      Bill Clout, Nona Hooper
     music:       Ian Frampton, Nigel Hess
     sound:       John Cross
     editor:       Richard Bradley
     narrator:    Peter Sallis

      On the web

     No links right now...

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			Rocky Hollow (1983) producers: Bumper Films for S4C Wales animation: stop-motion animation episodes: 26 x 5min
		Now here's a forgotten series. Acorn, Sycamore, Mr Oak, Miss Myrtle, Conker and Rosie Woodpigeon dwelled in the sunny woodland glade of Rocky Hollow. The models were designed to look like seed people and were constructed out of rough tan material - bar Rosie, of course, who was a bird... Acorn was Mr Oak's playful nephew, keen on skateboarding and generally gambolling about with his best mate, scarf-wearing Sycamore, who was a rather clumsy chap. Mr Oak himself was a rather stuck-up general-type, who had a soft spot for the salubrious Miss Myrtle. But she, in turn, seemed to have taken quite a fancy to Conker, who was the red-haired handyman of the hollow. Rosie, meanwhile, was the pigeon postmistress to them all, delivering mail around the wood. All dwelled in tree houses, built in to the trunks of the trees in Rocky Hollow... Obviously filmed on a shoestring, this was an early production from Ian Frampton and Bumper Films, who went on to bring us that all-Welsh hero Fireman Sam and Joshua Jones. All 26 episodes of Rocky Hollow were released on video during the 80s, and titles included: The Picnic Spring Cleaning Keep Fit Ghosts The Post Bag Treasure The Operation The Birthday Party Trivia Hounds will hear Peter Sallis narrating this before striking voice-over gold with Wallace & Gromit. And it's an interesting predecessor to Oakie Doke too. Did it have any influence on the Cosgrove Hall character? - I guess we'll never know... produced by Bumper Films Ltd for S4C-Channel 4 Wales director: John Walker puppets: Ian Frampton stories: Bill Clout, Nona Hooper music: Ian Frampton, Nigel Hess sound: John Cross editor: Richard Bradley narrator: Peter Sallis On the web No links right now... index » previous » next »
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