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Starring
  
Norman Rossington

No. of episodes
  
26

Original network
  
ITV Network

Program creator
  
ITV Granada

Number of episodes
  
26

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IMDb

Country of origin
  
United Kingdom

Running time
  
5mins

First episode date
  
4 October 1983

Network
  
ITV

Cast
  
Norman Rossington

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Created by
  
John GraceFilmFairGranada Television

Genres
  
Children's television series, Animation, Stop motion

Similar
  
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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.

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Characters

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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:

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  • 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"

    • Places

  • McGuillycuddy: a village on the mainland overlooking the lighthouse island: named after the real Macgillycuddy's Reeks in Ireland

    • Location

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    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

  • The Puffin: rowboat, belongs to Portland Bill.
  • The Kipper: used by Eddy Stone and Inspector Ronaldsway.

    • Other animals

  • Flotsam, Jetsam: two sheep
  • Boulmer: bull

    • Trivia

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  • The series was narrated by actor of Spooner's Patch and Big Jim and the Figaro Club, Norman Rossington.
  • In the United States of America, the show was redubbed in 1990 by Canadian voice actor Garry Chalk (of The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie fame), and was broadcast on Disney Channel straight after The Wuzzles.
  • The show also aired on ABC in Australia (10 August 1987 - 28 February 1992).

    • Credits

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  • 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

    • Transmission guide

  • Series 1: 13 editions from 4 October 1983 – 3 January 1984
  • Series 2: 13 editions from 9 April 1986 – 25 June 1986

    • 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:

    References

    The Adventures of Portland Bill Wikipedia
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