"Come on, come on and listen to... Snailsbury Tales!"
 

   As its name implies, the town of Snailsbury is home to a colourful cast of snails
   young and old. Many of our tales focus on the baseball capped youngster Eric.
   He's the Snailsbury skateboard champion, keenly admired by his friend Penny.
   Eric has a foolhardy little brother called Kevin, who often gets up to his own
   mischief. Then there's the Mayor, who doesn't think much of the young 'uns.
   But the friendly lisping Vicar makes time for everyone. The snails like
   to do their shopping at Mr Sprout's store, and when trouble comes a-calling,
   Fire Chief Stalker is always ready to put his men in to action...

   Life in Snailsbury moves at a snail's pace. Literally. Distances are measured in
   centimeteres and the fire brigade, called out on emergencies, are proud to announce
   that they can muster 0.1mph when required. Above all else, water takes priority.
   The snails fear drought and crave liquidation to keep them moving around town!
   
   The stories are narrated by that vocal gymnast Jon Culshaw and he also gives
   some of the townsfolk a taste of his many dialects and inflections. It's interesting
   to hear some of his "Dead Ringers" voices sneaking in here: noticably, his
   Brian Seule voice, which has been transplanted on to the Snailsbury Vicar!

   "Snailsbury Tales" was created by Hugh Silvey and Wally Jex, who came in to
   animation circles via their advertising work (they were the art director and
   copywriter for those famouse 80's Homepride commercials starring "Fred").
   The duo have also brought us a popular series of "Bad Taste" cartoon books
   and they were the designers on Spider...

  » Maverick Entertainment have since gone on to bring us the all-new,
      all-animated Muffin the Mule.

    Who's Who in Snailsbury

    name           profession       appearance                              shell colour
    Mr Snooks   gardener         flat-cap, waistcoat + moustache
    Eric             Mr Sprout's assistant   yellow baseball cap                blue
    Mayor          town mayor      florid hat + chain of office          red
    Mayoress     wife to mayor                                                 pink
    Kevin            Eric's younger brother    T-shirt with yellow "K"   blue
    The Vicar      ecclesiast        light blue
    Alison - pinks shell and ribbons in her ponytails, fancies eric summat rotten...
    Mr Sprout - green shell, green apron and glasses on a string and moustache runs the local store....
    Firechief Stalker - white-hatted Snailsbury Fire Brigade with a red shell..
    Terry - yellow-hatted fireman with a red shell.
    Percy Shelly - world-famous sculptor monocle ...green shell
    Segeant Speed - moustache and policeman's hat - dark grey shell
    Aunt Agatha - orange hair, green yellow handbag, pink shawl and purple shell sculpture thief..
    Eric's Mum - straggly hair and bluye sea blue shell
    Mr Tuggit - dentist - purple shell

 

     Snailsbury Tales episodes

     The Maze                                  Aerial Photography
     Drought                                    The First Snail in Space
     Tooth Fairy                                Mobile Phones 
     Old Age                                     Pet Show
     Shell Shock                                Nature Walk   
     Musician of the Year                    Genie        
     The Mystery of Snailsbury Pond     Skateboard        
     Snail's Pace                                Off to the Circus   
     Burglary                                     Something in the Water         
     Mighty Snail                               Ghost  
     Snow                                        Town Hall Dance
     Cross Country                             Disco     
     Gone with the Wind                           Radio Cabbage          

 

     Snailsbury Tales on DVD

      Snailsbury Tales: Town Hall Dance
                Region 2 / Maverick Entertainment / August 2005

      Snailsbury Tales: Drought
                Region 2 / Maverick Entertainment / March 2004

 

     produced by The Learning With Fun Company
       
     a Maverick Entertainment production  for CBBC

     concept, story and creative direction
     by Hugh Silvey and Wally Jex

     director:                  Brian Little
    producers:               David Neale, Jane Adams
    exec prods:             Theresa Plummer-Andrews
                                   John Howson
    scripts:                    Chris Trengrove, Jimmy Hibbert,
                                   Diane Redmond
    music:                     Kick Production
    title song
    performed by:          Dan Russell
    anim director:          Richard Ollive
    prod manager:         Gary Knowelden
    post-production
    producer:                 Jackie Edwards
    storyboards:            John Cooper, Richard Nye
     layout:                    John Cooper, Gary Hurst,
                                   Roger Phllips, Lee Huxable,
                                   Zoo
    animation:               Chris Evans, Gary Hurst,
                                   Roger Phllips, Lee Huxable,
                                   Nikolai Mustakov, Charlie Macrae
    backgrounds:           John Gostler
    digital colouring
    supervisor:              Chris Rayment
    digital colouring:      Damien Rogers, Kieron Murtagh,
                                  Simon Letchford, Vicky Winn,
                                  Adam Martin, Kate Sullivan,
                                  Sue Rayment, Bernadette Siers
    compositing:            Damian Costelloe
    voices recorded at:   Grand Central
    video post:               NATS Post-Production
    mixed at:                 Hackenbacker
    sup editor:               Rod Howick
    assembly editor:      Lorna Hardy
    track breakdown:     Charlkotte Evans
    voices:                    Jon Culshaw (narrator / Vicar)
                                         David Holt (Kevin)
                                   Sheila Steafel
                                   Mike Hurley     

 

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