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Synopsis
The Treacle People was a children's television programme shown on CITV in the United Kingdom, from 3 May 1996 to 25 July 1997. It only had two series, each with 13 episodes. In a similar vein to other shows by the same writer, the humour worked on two levels for younger and older viewers. It was produced by The London Studios for London Weekend Television and Fire Mountain Productions in…
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Trivia about The Treacle People
The concept for the show was created by Bill Dewhurst, a resident of Sabden, Lancashire, who created dolls on which the Treacle People characters were based during a period of unemployment in the 1980's.
The show, which used stop-motion animation, ran for 27 episodes from 1996 to 1997.
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Glynn Mills
Tapper Knowle (voice) / Ike Mitton (voice) / Narrator (voice)
Alec Bregonzi
Prof. Baines-Pilling (voice) / Nellie Newchurch (voice)
Brian Trueman
Charlie (voice) / Furness (voice)
Iain Russell
Stirling the Haggis (voice)
Jim Norton
Brendan Robinson (voice) / Silas Mitton (voice) / Digger (voice)
Jim McManus
Bill Wizzle (voice) / Nicko Pendle (voice)
Caroline Bernstein
Leyland Lil (voice) / Rosie Mitton (voice) / Bert (voice)
Iain Russell
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Jonathan Trueman
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Brian Trueman
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Mike Furness
Director