7.8 /10 1 Votes
No. of episodes 26 Program creator ITV Granada Number of episodes 26 | 7.8/10 IMDb Country of origin United Kingdom Running time 5mins First episode date 4 October 1983 Network ITV | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Created by John GraceFilmFairGranada Television Genres Children's television series, Animation, Stop motion Similar Moschops, Hattytown Tales, The Adventures of Sir Pra, Noah and Nelly in SkylArk, Simon in the Land of Chalk Dr |
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The Adventures of Portland Bill was a British stop motion animated children's television series made in 1983. It was set in a fictional lighthouse on the Guillemot Rock, just off the coast from the fictional village of McGuillycuddy. Norman Rossington provided the voice of all the characters, with Portland Bill acting as the narrator of each episode.
Contents
- The adventures of portland bill cultkidstv intro
- Characters
- Places
- Location
- Boats
- Other animals
- Trivia
- Credits
- Transmission guide
- VHS releases
- References

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:
The rest of the characters live elsewhere:

Places
Location

Whilst commonly believed to be based on the real Portland Bill Lighthouse and Isle of Portland, there is no evidence to back this up beyond the main character having the name Portland Bill. In fact, with the name of the nearest village, and the proximity of a Croft owned by Finisterre the Crofter, there is evidence to suggest it is actually based in Scotland.
Boats
Other animals
Trivia

Credits

Transmission guide
VHS releases
Snapdragon Video released a collection of 10 Portland Bill stories:
In the 1990s Castle Communications Plc released three videos with four episodes (or eight stories) each: