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Chorlton And The Wheelies
''Chorlton and the Wheelies'' is an animated television series, animated children's television series that ran from 26 September 1976 until 17 December 1978 on the British television channel ITV (TV network), ITV. 40 episodes were produced. The show followed the adventures of Chorlton, a fictional happiness dragon, in Wheelie World. ''Chorlton and the Wheelies'' was created by Cosgrove Hall Films for Thames Television and broadcast on the ITV (TV network), ITV network. The eponymous lead character gets his name from the suburb of Manchester in which the Cosgrove Hall studio was based: the legend "Made in Chorlton-cum-Hardy" is found written on the inside of the egg from which he hatches in the very first episode of the series. Synopsis The series takes place in "Wheelie World", which is inhabited principally by the "wheelies", a race of anthropomorphic creatures who Rolling and wheeled creatures in fiction and legend, locomote by means of wheels. They have three wheels each: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Children's Television Series
Children's television series (or children's television shows) are television programs designed for children, normally scheduled for broadcast during the morning and afternoon when children are awake. They can sometimes run during the early evening, allowing younger children to watch them after school. The purpose of these shows is mainly to entertain or educate. The children's series are in four categories: those aimed at infants and toddlers, those aimed at those aged 6 to 11 years old, those for adolescents and those aimed at all children. History Children's television is nearly as old as television itself. The BBC's ''Children's Hour'', broadcast in the UK in 1946, is generally credited with being the first TV programme specifically for children. Television for children tended to originate from similar programs on radio; the BBC's '' Children's Hour'' was launched in 1922, and BBC School Radio began broadcasting in 1924. In the US in the early 1930s, adventure serials such as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
