The Treacle People

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Treacle People was a children's television programme shown on CITV in the United Kingdom, in 1995. It only ever had two series, each with 13 episodes. The programme was short lived due to a lack of viewers.

1 Plot
2 Availability
3 Rights
4 Awards
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Plot

The show was written by Brian Trueman, who also wrote Dangermouse, and was based in a fictional Northern English town where treacle is a natural resource extracted through mines. However, the mines have ran dry from overextraction, and the village may face destruction from a lack of economy. The main characters, Wizzle and Rosie, use a Treacle finder, similar to a water douser, to discover a vein of treacle in the abandoned mines, bringing hope to the village. The two series focus on reopening the mines, and problems faced (such as exportation). One of the recurring support characters was the Moobark, a cross between a Friesian cow and an Airedale Terrier

[edit] Availability

The show was repeated on Nick Jr in the UK, but was never shown elsewhere, but it will coming to Cartoon Network TOO soon during the Cartoonito block for preschoolers^{[citation needed]}. It featured as a Channel 4 learning programme, and a microsite still exists.

There is an official website still maintained (but not updated) featuring the second episode of the first series, known as "The Great Escape".

[edit] Rights

The rights to "The Treacle People" is now owned by Shepperton Studios based production company, Fire Mountain Productions Limited. Fire Mountain Productions was set up by the show's producer, Iain Russell. Most recent credits include "London's Hollywood" which has just started showing on ITV1 in the London region. This documentary is based at Shepperton Studios and Pinewood Studios and takes viewers through the whole movie-making process from pre- to post-production.