Dom Robinson reviews
Stories from Chigley
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Cert: Cat.no: TDVD 9027
Running time: 111 minutes
Year: 1966
Pressing: 2002
Region(s): 0, PAL
Chapters: 8
Sound: Mono
Languages: English
Subtitles: None
Fullscreen: 4:3
16:9-Enhanced: No
Macrovision: Yes
Disc Format: DVD 9
Price: £9.99
Extras: None
Narrator:
Music:
Chigley , near Camberwick Green, Trumptonshire
Again, like Trumpton , there's just 8 episodes here and they all run
between 12½ to 14 minutes.
Narrated by Playaway 's Brian Cant , you might be forgiven for
not being as au fait with this one as compared to the others, but there are
a number of repeating characters including Dr Mopp, the Mayor and
Windy Miller .
The eight episodes cover the stories are: Lord Belborough's Secret, Bessie
to the Rescue, The Balloon, The Fountain, Trouble with the crane, A Present
for Lord Belborough, Apples Galore and The Broken Bridge .
In the wake of the BBC dumping their globe logo,
The programme is presented in 4:3 fullscreen. Picture quality varies with
scratches here and there, but thankfully none of the picture 'buckling' we
saw in Trumpton .
The sound is in mono which comes across clearly enough.
There are no extras, but the menu is animated and scored with the 'busy' music
from Trumpton , various characters walking about in the background and the
episode titles appearing as ice-cream cornets on Toni's ice-cream stand.
There is one chapter per episode, so 8 in all, but no subtitles.
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Review copyright © Dominic Robinson, 2002.
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