''Trumpton'' is a British

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Camberwick Green ''Camberwick Green'' is a British children's television series that ran from January to March 1966 on BBC1, featuring stop motion puppets. ''Camberwick Green'' is the first in the ''Trumptonshire'' trilogy, which also includes '' Trumpton'' an ...

''. First shown on the BBC from January to March 1967, it was the second series in the ''Trumptonshire'' trilogy, which comprised ''Camberwick Green'', ''Trumpton'' and ''

Chigley ''Chigley'' (1969) is the third and final stop-motion children's television series in Gordon Murray's ''Trumptonshire'' trilogy. Production details are identical to '' Camberwick Green''. As in '' Camberwick Green'' and '' Trumpton'', the actio ...

''. As with the other two series, ''Trumpton'' continued to be repeated well in to the 1980s as a part of the BBC's children's schedules. ''Trumpton'' was narrated by Brian Cant, and animation was by Bob Bura, John Hardwick and Pasquale Ferrari. Scripts were by Alison Prince; all other production details were identical to ''Camberwick Green''.

Story and structure

The action takes place in the fictional town of Trumpton, a short distance from the equally fictional village of

, the focus of the first series in the ''Trumptonshire Trilogy''. Each episode begins with a shot of Trumpton Town Hall clock: The townsfolk then appear going about their daily business: the mayor, Mr Troop the town clerk, Chippy Minton the carpenter and his apprentice son Nibs, Mrs Cobbit the florist, Miss Lovelace the milliner and her trio of Pekingese dogs (Mitzi, Daphne and Lulu), Mr Clamp the greengrocer, Mr Munnings the printer, and Mr Platt the clockmaker. Although most of the characters and settings are new, the style of the programme follows the pattern established by ''Camberwick Green'' (from which a few characters make an appearance in Trumpton also), in which domestic problems are cheerfully resolv