The Adventures of Portland Bill
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| Format | Stop motion, Animation |
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| Created by | John Grace, FilmFair, Granada Television |
| Starring | Norman Rossington |
| Country of origin |  United Kingdom |
| No. of episodes | 36 |
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| Running time | 5mins |
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| Original channel | ITV |
| Original airing | 1983 |
The Adventures of Portland Bill is a British stop motion animated children's television series made in 1983. It was set in a fictional lighthouse called Guillemot Rock on the south coast of England. The setting is a copy of the real Portland Bill lighthouse and Isle of Portland with placenames changed.
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[edit] Characters
Most of its characters were named after British Sea Areas and coastal weather stations and other words that occur in shipping forecasts:
These live in the lighthouse:
- Portland Bill: lighthouse keeper
- Ross and Cromarty: his assistants
- Dogger: his dog
The rest of the characters live elsewhere:
- Fastnet: fisherman, lives on the island
- Mrs. Lundy: owns cottage on mainland
- Grandma Tiree: makes oatcakes for the lighthousemen
- Inspector Ronaldsway: belongs to the lighthouse service, not a police officer
- Finisterre: owns a croft
- Eddy Stone: owns the village shop, has various jobs: named after Eddystone.
- Young Gail: lives in McGuillycuddy, perhaps on a farm: named after "gale"
[edit] Places
- McGuillycuddy: a village on the mainland overlooking the lighthouse island: named after the real Macgillycuddy's Reeks in Ireland
[edit] Boats
[edit] Other animals
[edit] Trivia
The series was narrated by actor of Spooner's Patch and Big Jim and the Figaro Club, Norman Rossington.
[edit] Credits
- Originated by: John Grace
- Director of Animation: Barry Leith
- Designed by: John Grace, Barry Leith
- Assistant Animators: Humphrey Leadbitter, Heather Boucher
- Model Makers: Martin Cheek, Gordon Tait, Linda Thodesen
- Music by: John Grace, Mik Parsons
- Editor: Robert Dunbar
- Assistant Editor: Andi Sloss
- Production Coordinator: Barrie Edwards
- Stories Adapted for TV by: Ian Sachs
- Executive Producer: Graham Clutterbuck
[edit] External links
- The Adventures of Portland Bill at the Internet Movie Database
- The Adventures of Portland Bill @ Little Gems - includes images and episode lists
- The Adventures of Portland Bill @ Toonhound
- The Adventures of Portland Bill at ClassicKidsTV.co.uk
- The Adventures of Portland Bill @ The Big Cartoon Database includes images and episode lists
