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Charlie Chalk
1988 - 1989 5.6 (9 votes) 1 Seasons
Genres
Animation
Networks
CBBC
Created By
Ivor Wood

Charlie Chalk

Overview

Charlie Chalk is a stop motion animation series produced in 1987 in the United Kingdom by Woodland Animations, from the creators of Postman Pat and the two other children's television programmes that are Gran and Bertha.

Top Cast

Michael Williams
Michael Williams

John Wells
John Wells

Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Barbara Leigh-Hunt

Ken Barrie

Singing Narrator/Song Vocals (voice)

John Baxter

Song Vocals (voice)

Mike Redway

Song Vocals (voice)

Seasons

Season 1 poster
Season 1 (1988)

No overview available.

13 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Shipwrecked Charlie
1988-10-20

Charlie Chalk lands on Merrytwit and meets Edward, Trader Jones, Captain Mildred, Arnold and Lewis T. Duck. They all agree that the first thing Charlie must do is build a house but choosing the best location proves difficult.

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 2: Arnold's Night Out
1988-10-27

Arnold the Elephant is lovable - but very, very clumsy. So it's no wonder Lewis doesn't want to take him along on the treasure hunt. But it's Arnold who ends up finding the treasure!

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 3: The Coconut Harvest
1988-11-03

In the middle of the coconut harvest, Trader Jones makes a wish, and before anyone knows what's happened, Mary the Hover Fairy appears. She grants Trader's wish, and he discovers that magic may not be the best way to harvest coconuts.

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 4: The Sneezes
1988-11-10

Charlie unfortunately has to cancel the big expedition to find the Bye Bye Beast because he's got The Sneezes. But when Trader's cure for the dreaded disease happens to include the elusive Beast's favourite food, Charlie's luck changes.

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 5: Jumping Bananas
1988-11-17

Litterbug, in his constant quest for tidiness, picks up Mary the Hover Fairy's wand when she puts it down halfway through a spell. When the poor creature is chased by a crowd of jumping bananas, he finds out that there could be such a thing as being too tidy.

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 6: The Mountain That Moaned
1988-11-24

Arnold knows the mountain moans and is proved right when he, Charlie and Lewis make an expedition to it's foot. They follow the moaning sound throughout the mountain's caves and underground lakes to find Bert, a lonely monster who's been trapped inside.

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 7: Edward Keeps Fit
1988-12-01

Captain Mildred decides that Edward needs exercise. Everything is just fine until Edward reaches for the sky... and discovers that his arms are stuck over his head.

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 8: The Feast
1988-12-08

Charlie is helping Trader Jones beach combing when they stumble upon a cookery book. Trader decides to prepare the first Merrytwit feast, but when coconuts and bananas are the only ingredients available, the feast does not quite work out as planned.

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 9: There Are No Roads On Merrytwit
1988-12-15

Lewis T. Duck, who is always right, is dismayed to discover that there are no roads on Merrytwit. So he decides to build one.

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 10: Mildred's Day Off
1988-12-22

Captain Mildred is becoming bored of her day to day life of living on her boat she calls a home, so she decided to take her best friend Mary the Hover Fairy with her on a short holiday.

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 11: Bert's Boring Day
1989-04-05

The cave monster Bert is having a boring day, he has run out of interesting things to do in Merrytwit, but his day soon livens up when his friends plan a day full of fun.

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 12: Return Of The Litter
1989-04-12

It will soon be Litterbug's birthday; Charlie and the other inhabitants of Merrytwit cannot think of a gift to give Litterbug for his birthday, they decide to explore the island for the perfect gift.

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 13: Goodbye, Hello
1989-04-19

Although Charlie is enjoying his new life on Merrytwit, he also misses the circus and his old friends back home, so Charlie decides to say goodbye to Merrytwit and his newfound friends and go back to his old life as a clown, but in the end decides to stay on Merrytwit.

Runtime: 15 min

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