Charlie Chalk

Charlie Chalk
Created by	Ivor Wood
Written by	Jocelyn Stevenson
Directed by	Derek Mogford
Starring	Michael Williams, John Wells, Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	13
Production
Producer(s)	Ivor Wood
Running time	15 minutes per episode (approx)
Production company(s)	Woodland Animations
Release
Original network	BBC (Terrestrial) TCC - Tiny TCC (1995) (Cable)
Original release	20 October 1988 – 19 April 1989

Charlie Chalk is a stop motion animation series produced in 1987 in the United Kingdom by Woodland Animations, who also produced the children's television programmes Postman Pat, Gran and Bertha. Reception to the show was mostly positive.

The series tells the story of Charlie Chalk - a jolly clown who, after falling asleep whilst fishing out at sea, ends up on a strange island by the name of Merrytwit (as explained in the title sequence before each episode). Characters had to be aware of coconuts which constantly fell from the trees on the island.

The pilot episode of the series (entitled 'Shipwrecked Charlie') finds Charlie having just landed on Merrytwit, and after making friends with some of its inhabitants, decides to stay and build a home there. The following episodes follow Charlie and his new friends on various adventures on the island.

The series consisted of 13 original episodes, as listed below:

All 13 episodes were released on three BBC Videos in the UK between 1988 and 1991.

In 1995, a WHSmith Exclusive Children's Video by Tempo Video/Abbey Home Entertainment was released in store.

Also in 1995, two 'Tempo Kids Club' videos (each with two stories on each tape) in the Abbey Home Entertainment series were released.

In 1999 The Contender Group released two videos under the 'Nippers' children's video label.

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