Charlie Chalk

Woodland Animations (1987)

Animation, Children
 /   / Color / 191 mins
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Plot

A clown named Charlie Chalk is marooned on a tropic island with a selfish and arrogant duck, a clumsy elephant and a lot more characters, who only have bananas and coconuts as their nourishment.

Cast

Williams, Michael
Leigh-Hunt, Barbara
Wells, John

Crew

Director
Derek Mogford
Producer Ivor Wood
Writer Ivor Wood , Jocelyn Stevenson

Episodes

Disc 01

1
Shipwrecked Charlie
15 mins  20/10/1988
Charlie Chalk lands on Merrytwit and meets Edward, Trader Jones, Captain Mildred, Arnold and Lewis T. Duck. They all agree that the first thing Charlie must do is build a house but choosing the best location proves difficult.
2
Arnold's Night Out
15 mins  27/10/1988
Charlie finds a treasure map and he, Lewis and Arnold decide to go looking for the treasure but become confused and fall out with each other. Arnold ends up finding the treasure after walking through the night.
3
The Coconut Harvest
15 mins  03/11/1988
In the middle of the coconut harvest, Trader Jones makes a wish and, before anyone knows what has happened, Mary the Hover Fairy appears. She grants Trader's wish but he discovers that the magic may not be the best way to harvest coconuts.
4
The Sneezes
15 mins  10/11/1988
Charlie unfortunately has to cancel the big expedition to find the Bye Bye Beast because he has got the sneezes. But when Trader Jones' cure for the dread disease happens to include the elusive Beast's favourite food, Charlie's luck changes.
5
Jumping Bananas
15 mins  17/11/1988
Litterbug, on his constant quest for tidiness, picks up Mary the Hover Fairy's wand when she puts it down half way through a spell. When the poor creature is chased by a crowd of jumping bananas, he finds out that there could be such a thing as being too tidy.
6
The Mountain That Moaned
15 mins  24/11/1988
One day Arnold claims that the mountain moaned and no one believes him. So Charlie and Lewis decide to set off and see why the mountain moans. The mountain leads them to a new friend.
7
Edward Keeps Fit
15 mins  01/12/1988
Captain Mildred decides that Edward needs exercise. Everything is just fine until Edward reaches for the sky ... and discovers that his arms are stuck over his head.
8
The Feast
15 mins  08/12/1988
Charlie is helping Trader Jones beach combing when they stumble upon a cookery book. Trader decides to prepare the first Merrytwit feast, but when coconuts and bananas are the only ingredients available, the feast does not quite work out as planned.
9
There Are No Roads On Merrytwit
15 mins  15/12/1988
Lewis T. Duck, who is always right, is dismayed to discover that there are no roads on Merrytwit. So he decides to build one.
10
Mildred's Day Off
15 mins  22/12/1988
Captain Mildred is becoming bored of her day to day life of living on her boat she calls a home, so she decided to take her best friend Mary the Hover Fairy with her on a short holiday.
11
Bert's Boring Day
15 mins  05/04/1989
The cave monster Bert is having a boring day, he has run out of interesting things to do in Merrytwit, but his day soon livens up when his friends plan a day full of fun.
12
Return Of The Litter
15 mins  12/04/1989
It will soon be Litterbug's birthday; Charlie and the other inhabitants of Merrytwit cannot think of a gift to give Litterbug for his birthday, they decide to explore the island for the perfect gift.
13
Goodbye Hello
15 mins  19/04/1989
Although Charlie is enjoying his new life on Merrytwit, he also misses the circus and his old friends back home, so Charlie decides to say goodbye to Merrytwit and his newfound friends and go back to his old life as a clown, but in the end decides to stay on Merrytwit.

Edition Details

Release Date 2005
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3)
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

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