Dom Robinson reviews
Stories from Trumpton
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Cert: Cat.no: TDVD 9026
Running time: 115 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:
"Here is the clock, the Trumpton clock. Telling the time steadily, sensibly, never too quickly, never too slowly. Telling the time
for Trumpton."
And again, like Camberwick Green , each episode runs for fifteen minutes
and concentrates mostly on one of the individuals, after the clever into with
the two clock figures.
Narrated by Playaway 's Brian Cant , there's only 8 episodes on
this DVD compared to 12 in Camberwick Green . Why lose a few by comparison?
There doesn't seem to be any justification for this.
The 'stars' of Trumpton include Nick Fisher, printing posters for the local
band concert, Miss Lovelace arranging a window display in her shop, the mayor
keeping order in the town hall and Mrs Cobbit hawking her cheesy wares in the
town square, ie. selling flowers. Oh, and don't forget the fireman. Hugh, Pugh,
Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble, Grub.... presuming I've got those names right.
The eight episodes cover the stories: Nick Fisher the Bill-poster, Miss Lovelace
& the Mayor's hat, Mrs Cobbit & The Ice Cream Man, Miss Lovelace & the statue,
The Mayor's birthday, Telephones, The Rag & Bone Man and Mr Platt &
the Painter .
# "Y.M.C.A. It's fun to stay at the..." #
The programme is presented in 4:3 fullscreen, but for this series not only does
the print have lots of scratches, but it appears to 'buckle' quite often.
This is very bizarre and not what's expected.
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 the series, 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.
FILM CONTENT
PICTURE QUALITY
SOUND QUALITY
EXTRAS
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Review copyright © Dominic Robinson, 2002.
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