Chigley (1969) is the third and final stop-motion children's television series in Gordon Murray's Trumptonshire sequence. Production details are identical to Camberwick Green. For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... Wallace & Gromit is an example of cartoons made with stop-motion animation. ... Childrens television series are television programmes designed for and marketed to children, normally aired during the morning and afternoon hours, mainly before and after school. ... Windy Miller Camberwick Green (1966) is a British childrens television series, originally seen on BBC One, featuring stop-motion puppets. ...

As in Camberwick Green and Trumpton, the action centres around a small community, in this case the fictitious town of Chigley, near Camberwick Green in Trumptonshire. Chigley is more of an industrial area. Windy Miller Camberwick Green (1966) is a British childrens television series, originally seen on BBC One, featuring stop-motion puppets. ... Trumpton (1967) is a stop-motion childrens television show from the producers of Camberwick Green. ...

According to Gordon Murray, the three communities are at the corners of an equilateral triangle. Unlike Trumpton, however, Chigley includes many "guest" appearances by characters from the previous two series, including Windy Miller of Camberwick Green, and the Trumpton Fire Brigade, complete with their famous roll-call. This was done at least partly for economic reasons, as it allowed the established characters' theme songs to be re-used, thus saving money on recording. Character in childrens TV series Camberwick Green. ... Firefighter with an axe A firefighter, sometimes still called a fireman though women have increasingly joined firefighting units, is a person who is trained and equipped to put out fires, rescue people and in some areas provide emergency medical services. ... Published Monday to Thursday when the United States Congress is in session and Mondays only during recess, Roll Call provides its readers with up-to-the-minute news of the legislative and political maneuvers that happen every day on Capitol Hill. ...

Notable new characters include Mr. Swallow of Treddle's Wharf, Mr. Cresswell, owner of Cresswell's Chigley Biscuit factory (the initials CCB are almost certainly a pun on BBC), Harry Farthing the potter and his daughter Winnie, and last but not least Lord Belborough of Winkstead Hall and his butler Brackett, who also operate a private railway that seems to run through most of Trumptonshire. Each week Lord Belborough and Brackett can usually be seen rushing to someone's assistance in their vintage steam engine Bessie, singing: "Time flies by when I'm the driver of a train, and I ride on the footplate, there and back again, under bridges, over bridges to our destination...". As usual everybody's problems are sorted out by the end of each episode and Lord Belborough invites everyone to the gardens of Winkstead Hall after the 6 o'clock whistle which sounds the end of the day's work at the local biscuit factory. Lord Belborough plays his vintage Dutch organ while the locals dance, and then the episode fades out. The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion. ... Union Pacific Big Boy #4012 at work on a cold November 29, 1941 A steam locomotive is a locomotive powered by steam. ... The footplate of a steam locomotive is a large metal plate that rests on top of the frames. ... A Street organ is a mechanical organ designed to play in the street. ...

Sadly, as with the other two series, the original masters seem to have been lost, and the surviving versions of most episodes are extremely grainy and scratched.

Trivia

Most episodes include a scene in which Brackett the butler takes a telephone call and then walks along a long corridor to Lord Belborough's study to deliver the message – despite the fact that there is also a telephone on Lord Belborough's desk.

The pop group Half Man Half Biscuit simultaneously parodied the Chigley Train Song and Pink Floyd in the song "Time Flies By (When You're The Driver Of A Train)" with the words "Time flies by when you're the driver of a train, steaming out of Trumpton with a cargo of cocaine. Under bridges over ditches to our destination, careful with that spliff Eugene, it causes condensation." ^[1] Nigel Blackwell, singer, guitarist and songwriter Half Man Half Biscuit, often abbreviated to HMHB, are a UK rock band from Birkenhead, active sporadically since the mid-1980s, known for their satirical, sardonic and sometimes surreal songs. ... Pink Floyd are an English rock band that earned recognition for their psychedelic rock music, and, as they evolved, for their avant-garde progressive rock music. ...

References

1. ^ Careful with That Axe, Eugene

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External links

• The Trumptonshire Web
• The Trumptonshire Trilogy
• BBC Radio 4 Sunday Best - Here is a Box, a Musical Box