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     "Every time you're skipping down the street,
      Think about the shoes upon your feet..."
 

    Shoe Town is a magic world hidden at the back of an old Shoe Repair Shop.
    It's where PC Boot, Margot, Wellington, Trampy, Baby Bootee, Sgt Major,
    Charlie, Flip Flop and others dwell - old shoes discarded by their owners but
    hoarded by the shoe mender who can't bear to part with them. Shoe Town is
    a bright busy place where each smiling shoe has his or her own home.
    Sgt Major lives at Drill Hall, Margot at Swan Lake Cottage, Charlie at Little
    Big Top, Trampy has Tumbledown House and PC Boot dwells at Shoe Street
    Police Station...

    Shoe Town adventures are usually gentle affairs concerning missing shoe
    folk, gathering up jumble for the Jumble Sale or preparing for fun at the fair.
    But all of the Shoe Town residents keep their eyes open for Sneaker, a thieving 
    training shoe with a burglar's mask, black beret and swag bag (Boo! - Hiss!).

    'The Shoe People' series was created by James Driscoll who went on to bring us
    'Digswell The Space Dog'. Assisting in the development of the characters was
    the multitalented Rob Lee. He was the co-creator of 'Fireman Sam', he originated
    'Joshua Jones' and he's worked on 'SuperTed'. He's also the creator of 'PC Pepper',
    a new series in production with Galleon Holdings, of which James Driscoll is the
    chairman.

    Trivia Hounds will also spy the name of Moody Blues legend Justin Hayward
    on the music credit and indeed, will hear him singing the theme tune he wrote
    for the series. Narrator Philip Whitchurch is a popular character actor with
    tv credits including 'Sharpe's Rifles', 'The Bill', 'Monarch Of The Glen' and most
    recognisably, the sitcom 'My Hero' in which he plays the ever-so-slightly-barking
    character of Tyler.

       

    A number of Shoe People tie-in books and annuals were published in the
    1980s including a quartet of Mini World picture books and a series of Rob Lee
    illustrated storybooks from Storm Publishing - these latter titles even featured
    details of a Shoe People Children's Club with a club certificate, badge and poster...     

 

     Shoe People episodes

    Can You Keep A Secret?        Sgt Major
    Trampy                               Where's Baby Bootee?
    Margot                               The Mystery Tour
    Charlie                               Tea At The Little Big Top
    Sneaker                              A Day At The Seaside
    Our Very Own Circus             The Windmill Has Stopped
    Trampy Mows The Lawn         PC Boot To The Rescue
    The Paper Chase                   Fun And Games In The Park
    The Great Sledge Race          The Fair Comes To Shoe Town
    Charlie's New Car                  The Missing Jumble
    Trampy's Dream                    Delay At Shoe Town Railway Station
    A Job For Wellington              Trampy's Birthday Surprise
    A Rainy Day Problem

 

     Shoe People on DVD

     The Shoe People: Complete series
     All 26 episodes / 150mins / R2 / Revelation Films / August 2004

 

     The Shoe People created by James Driscoll
     a Fairwater Films production for The Shoe People Ltd

     writer:               James Driscoll
     director:               Clennell Rawson
      producer:            Tony Barnes
      prod associate:   Malcolm Jones
      exec prod:           James Driscoll
      character des:    Rob Lee
      music:                   Bright Music / Justin Hayward
      animation:           Gary Hurst
      asst anim:            Chris Webster
      trainee:                Duncan Harris
      layout:                 Ted Pettengell
      backgrounds:      Jocelyn Smith
                              Rod Knipping
      pain & trace
      co-ordniator:       Jacqui Miller
      trace & paint:      Jude Griffin, Ceri Griffin,
                              Lorna Phillips, Jenny Thomissen
      rostrum cam:       Peter Petronio
      editing:                 Rob Francis
      sound & dubb:    Eco Limited
     narrator:            Philip Whitchurch

 

       On the web 
  

         Jedi's Paradise
         http://www.jedisparadise.co.uk/
         Jedi Man gives us a page of pics from the series intro, part of a
         one-page guide to Shoe Town's inhabitants...


 
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