The Gublins (TV series)

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The Gublins
Also known asThe Gublin Legends
Created by Gordon Murray
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of series1
No. of episodes13
Production
Running time5 minutes
Original release
Network BBC One
ReleaseDecember 24, 1977 (1977-12-24) –
1978 (1978)

The Gublins (also known as The Gublin Legends [1] ) is a stop-motion children's television show broadcast between 1977 and 1979. It was the final animated series made by British animator Gordon Murray, the creator of Camberwick Green , Trumpton and Chigley [2] and was shown as part of the Saturday morning children's TV show Multi-Coloured Swap Shop on BBC One. [3] Each episode was 5 minutes long with Murray introducing each one directly to camera. [1]

Contents

The series related various folk tales told in verse. [4] The Gublins themselves were chimp-like creations [4] [5] (the word "Gublin" is a pun on the humanoid creature "goblin") that featured in a series of Tall Stories, narrated in rhyming couplets to a simple acoustic soundtrack provided by Freddie Phillips.

Episodes

There were thirteen episodes filmed although only twelve are known by name. [3] [6] The folk tales came from a variety of traditions, including Cornish, Bohemian and Arabic sources. [3] The first episode, Obadiah and Flo, was broadcast on 24 December 1977. [7] The named episode titles are:

Associated merchandise

Three of these stories appeared in the BBC Swap Shop Books (2,3 & 4) as photostories. There were also five photostory books published separately titled "Young Gublins Picture Storybooks". They were completely new stories called:

A VHS entitled "Children's Seventies TV Favourites" featuring episodes of The Gublins was released by Contender studios in 1998. [1]

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References

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  2. ↑ Ruby, Jennifer (30 June 2016). "Trumpton creator Gordon Murray dies age 95". Evening Standard . London.
  3. 1 2 3 McGown, Alastair. "Murray, Gordon (1921-)". BFI Screenonline . Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  4. 1 2 Jeffries, Stuart (30 June 2016). "Gordon Murray obituary: creator of Trumpton". The Guardian .
  5. ↑ "Obituary – Gordon Murray, puppeteer and creator of Trumpton". The Herald . 1 July 2016.
  6. 1 2 "The Gublin Legends". Big Cartoon Database . Retrieved 29 August 2021.[ dead link ]
  7. ↑ "Noel Edmonds presents Swap of the Pops". BBC programme index. 24 December 1977. Retrieved 29 August 2021.


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