''Snailsbury Tales'' is a children's cartoon broadcast on the

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(on both the

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and its

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slot) between 2002 and 2005 and moved to

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between 2006 and 2010. It was produced by Maverick Entertainment. The cartoon was about a town whose inhabitants were all snails. Much of the humour derived from the fact that it would take 10 days to visit the shops, or that the fire service was proud of their ability to move at 0.1 mph. The shows voice cast featured

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as the narrator and additional voices, alongside David Holt,

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and Mike Hurley providing the female characters and other additional voices such as the children. Backgrounds were drawn by Matt Cooley, an art teacher at

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''Snailsbury Tales'' episodes

* The Maze * Aerial Photography * Drought * The First Snail in Space * Tooth Fairy * Mobile Phones * Old Age * Pet Show * Shell Shock * Nature Walk * Musician of the Year * Genie * The Mystery of Snailsbury Pond * Skateboard * Snail's Pace * Off to the Circus * Burglary * Something in the Water * Mighty Snail * Ghost * Snow * Town Hall Dance * Cross Country * Disco * Gone with the Wind * Radio Cabbage * Monster

References

2000s British animated television series British children's animated television shows BBC children's television shows Fictional gastropods Animated television series about animals BBC animated television series {{animation-tv-prog-stub