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The Shoe People
1987 - 1992 6.2 (9 votes) 2 Seasons
Genres
Animation Kids
Created By
James Driscoll

The Shoe People

Overview

When the door to the old shoe repair shop is closed for the night, the magical domain of the Shoe People springs to life. The Shoe People take children on fantastic adventures and let them explore the wonderful world at their feet.

Seasons

Season 1 (1987)

No overview available.

26 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Can You Keep a Secret?
1987-04-01

PC Boot takes us on a tour of Shoe Town and introduces many of the Shoe People.

Runtime: 5 min
Episode 2: Sergeant Major

Sergeant Major lives in Drill Hall and has the best kept garden in Shoe Town. His next door neighbour however is Trampy whose garden is completely overgrown with wild flowers, grass and weeds. This always annoys Sergeant Major.

Runtime: 5 min
Episode 3: A Day At The Seaside

The Shoe People spend a day at the seaside. Flip-Flop is sun-bathing on the rocks when she is swept into the sea. Trampy, Charlie and Sergeant Major come to her rescue.

Runtime: 5 min
Episode 4: Trampy

We are introduced to the kindly and generous Trampy, and his untidy lifestyle.

Runtime: 5 min
Episode 5: Trampy's Birthday Surprise

P.C. Boot is looking through his notebook when he notices the date and realizes today is Trampy's birthday. The Shoe People have forgotten Trampy's birthday. Or have they?

Runtime: 5 min
Episode 6: Margot

The Shoe People are very excited. They have been invited to Swan Lake Cottage for a performance of Margot's latest ballet. Who or what will she dance with today?

Runtime: 5 min
Episode 7: Charlie

Charlie is the best clown in the world. Meet him in The Little Big Top and see him perform on the trapeze. Sometimes Sergeatn Major calls him a 'stupid clown' but today he and Sergeant Major seem to be the best of friends.

Runtime: 5 min
Episode 8: A Rainy Day Problem

Wellington is always happy on wet days. He simply loves jumping in and out of puddles, but one big puddle proves quite a problem not only for him but especially for Margot. The Shoe People solve the problem for her.

Runtime: 5 min
Episode 9: Tea at the Little Big Top

The Shoe People love to visit Charlie for tea. Today Charlie is going to show them his latest trick.

Runtime: 5 min
Episode 10: Fun and Games in the Park

Charlie's is up to his usual funny tricks in the park, making everyone laugh. Today one of his tricks is just too much for Sergeant Major.

Runtime: 5 min
Episode 11: Charlie's Car

Charlie arrives back in Shoe Town after collecting his brand new clown's car. Most of the Shoe People like Charlie's new car.

Runtime: 5 min
Episode 12: P.C. Boot to the Rescue

Trampy and Margot are having a lovely afternoon on the boating lake. Suddenly their rowing boat gets stuck on a mud bank.

Runtime: 5 min
Episode 13: Trampy's Dream

Trampy falls asleep in front of the fire and starts to dream. Suddenly his dream turns into a nightmare.

Runtime: 5 min
Episode 14: The Fair Comes to Shoe Town

The Shoe People are looking forward to going to the fair, especially Sergeant Major.

Runtime: 5 min
Episode 15: Delay at Shoe Town Railway Station

A tree falls across the track at the railway station, and Mr Potter, the station master, calls on the help of PC Boot and Sergeant Major.

Runtime: 5 min
Episode 16: Sneaker

Sneaker always seems to be in trouble. Even a simple job for Margot brings him a warning from P.C. Boot.

Runtime: 5 min
Episode 17: The Windmill Has Stopped

Gilda Van Der Clog has a problem with a bird nesting. P.C. Boot and Charlie soon arrive.

Runtime: 5 min
Episode 18: A Job for Wellington

Shoe Street Police Station is flooded. Who will mend the burst water pipe?

Runtime: 5 min
Episode 19: Margot's Mirror

Charlie is trying to break his juggling record. This is not the only thing he breaks.

Runtime: 5 min
Episode 20: The Missing Jumble

Trampy's jumble has been stolen or has it? Watch out for Sneaker.

Runtime: 5 min
Episode 21: The Paper Chase

The paper trail comes to an abrupt end. Sergeant Major seems very embarrassed.

Runtime: 5 min
Episode 22: Where's Baby Bootee

Baby Bootee crawls away from Sid Slipper in the park and ends up flying.

Runtime: 5 min
Episode 23: Trampy Mows the Lawn

Trampy offers to mow Sergeant Major's lawn but all does not go to plan, which leaves the lawn looking like a pile of spaghetti. Charlie has an ingenious plan to help Trampy cover up the mistake.

Runtime: 5 min
Episode 24: The Great Sledge Race

The residents of Shoe Town gather on the hill for the Annual Great Sledge Race. With a number of different sledges, the competition is as close as it's ever been. However one resident doesn't have a sledge at all!

Runtime: 5 min
Episode 25: The Mystery Tour

The Shoe People are very excited as they get on the bus. Only Sergeant Major knows where they are going. Or does he?

Runtime: 5 min
Episode 26: Our Very Own Circus

The circus has been cancelled and The Shoe People are very disappointed. Charlie has a brilliant idea!

Runtime: 5 min
Season 2 (1992)

No overview available.

26 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Charlie the Pilot
1992-01-01

Charlie the Clown turns a load of Sneaker's old junk into a life-sized rubber band driven aeroplane. Unfortunately, his co-pilot, the hapless Wellington, winds the propellor the wrong way, and aerobatic mayhem ensues over the skies of Shoetown.

Runtime: N/A min
Episode 2: A Quiet Day in Shoetown

P.C. Boot has the day off, so the naughty Boot Gang Boy Gang decide to create a little havoc in Shoetown. New York Cop stand-in, Officer Malone, manages to arrest everybody except the real culprits, leaving quite a big problem for P.C. Boot on his return.

Runtime: N/A min
Episode 3: Injun Trouble

Smoke-signals have been spotted over Shoetown wood, and so brave Marshal deputizes a reluctant Wellington and Charlie to go looking for Indians. Their quest is disrupted however, by Farmer Fred's missing turkeys, and Sneaker's furtive activities.

Runtime: N/A min
Episode 4: You're in the Army Now

Responding to Sgt. Major's taunts, Margot and the Shoetown girls challenge the Shoetown boys to a race to sort out who is the best once and for all. Surprises are in store, however, as the route decided upon is the Army assault course!

Runtime: N/A min
Episode 5: Ghosts in the Windmill

It is midnight in Gilda Van Der Clog's beloved windmill, and eerie sounds and spooky goings-on are in progress. Summoning up all their courage, Shoetown Police Officers P.C. Boot and Officer Malone decide to investigate....

Runtime: N/A min
Episode 6: Racing Uncertainties

The Shoe People and the Boot Boy Gang hold a cross-country race, which the cheating Rollerskaters intend to win - more by foul means than fair. But then as if by some strange coincidence, Farmer Fred's prize Bull joins the fray?

Runtime: N/A min
Episode 7: From Russia with Snow

In the midst of the hottest weather Shoetown has ever known, newcomer Sasha longs for the coolness of his native Russia. Trampy and the other Shoe People try to cheer him up using of all things, a packet of Soap Flakes!

Runtime: N/A min
Episode 8: Sid's Marrow

Every year Sid slipper wins the Giant Marrow Competition at the Annual Shoe town Flower Show. But the greedy Boot Boys have their beady eyes on the prize also. Will they succeed in cheating their way to success, or will Sid Slipper win the day again?

Runtime: N/A min
Episode 9: Sgt. Major Loses His Voice

Poor Sgt. Major is distraught! He finds he can't officiate at his platoon's passing-out parade because he's lost his voice. Well-meaning Trampy and Wellington attempt to help him - with hilariously disastrous consequences.

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Episode 10: All at Sea

The Shoe People find themselves marooned on a lighthouse during a ferocious storm at sea. They find that the lighthouse is not working properly and other ships are in danger of crashing onto the rocks. All seems lost until Morris Miner finds a solution to the problem.

Runtime: N/A min
Episode 11: Coconut Crazy

Things go astray in the mail from time to time - even in Shoetown. A package is wrongly delivered to the Bootboys address, the contents of which helps them to concoct a mischievous scheme to win coconuts at the annual fair.

Runtime: N/A min
Episode 12: Wellington on Ice

It is winter, and the Shoe People are happily skating on the frozen ice of Shoetown Lake - that is until poor Wellington falls through. But how can an urn full of hot coffee possibly save him? Only Charlie the Clown and Margot the Ballet slipper have the answer.

Runtime: N/A min
Episode 13: Marshall's Round-Up

Farmer Fred's pesky goats and sheep are causing much trouble in Shoetown. This presents Marshall with a golden opportunity to re-live the glory days of the Wild West by organizing a rootin'-tootin' round-up.

Runtime: N/A min
Episode 14: The Show Must Go On

Everyone' favourite actor, Sir Toby Boot, puts on a prestigious production of "Hamlet" at Shoetown Theatre. Unfortunately he has made the grave mistake of putting Charlie the Clown in charge of special effects. The result: a rendering of Shakespeare that Shoetown's inhabitants will never forget

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Episode 15: Beehive Yourself

The meany-minded Bootboy Rollerskate gang hatch a plot to steal Sid Slipper's honey-laden beehive - and live to regret it!

Runtime: N/A min
Episode 16: Back in the Old Ball Game

The crowds amass at the playing field for Shoetown's very first baseball game. The scheming skaters, the Bad Boot Boys have their eyes on the Grand Prize - even if they have to steal it to get it.

Runtime: N/A min
Episode 17: Wellington the Babysitter

Margot leaves Baby Bootee in the incapable hands of wacky Wellington while she pops off for the afternoon. If she only knew the mayhem they would create with a motorized skateboard while she's away, she'd stay in with Baby Bootee for ever!

Runtime: N/A min
Episode 18: Sgt. Major's Spot of Bother

Sgt. Major is looking a little out of sorts today - he's developed a "spotty" disease which has speckled him from head to toe. So it's off to the Shoetown surgery to see a baffled Doctor Merryweather...but there's more to these spots than meets the eye!

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Episode 19: The Purpule Ploople

A strange and unusual being from outer Space has invaded Shoetown, and is terrifying the inhabitants...but appearances can be deceiving, as Sir Toby is about to find out!

Runtime: N/A min
Episode 20: Ice Cream Sundae

Ever-resourceful Sneaker lashes up an impressive-looking ice-cream making machine out of bits and bobs lying around his cluttered yard. But he has reckoned without the Boot Boys intervention, and as soon as he switches it on, Shoetown is in danger of literally drowning in vanilla-flavoured ice-cream!

Runtime: N/A min
Episode 21: Marshall's Bar-B-Q

The selfish old Boot Boy gang haven't been invited to the Shoe People's barbecue. And so, with the aid of a book of magic spells they spitefully try to wreck the great occasion.

Runtime: N/A min
Episode 22: Rock 'n' Rollered

Shoetown's favourite gardener, Sid Slipper, is having great trouble with moles in his garden. But Wellington is having even bigger trouble - with a runaway steamroller - much to the consternation of the rest of the Shoe People.

Runtime: N/A min
Episode 23: Fools for Fitness

Margot decides that the Shoe People are all unfit, and should enroll immediately into a fitness class. Wellington and the others are not so sure if this is such a good idea, especially when they discover that a grinning Sgt. Major is in charge!

Runtime: N/A min
Episode 24: Shoes in Space

In their state-of-the-art rocket ship, the Shoe People travel to the distant planet Bloboboloo in order to catch some Blobobolian space-fish. But instead of fish, it's a hard task put upon Wellington that almost ends up with the chips!

Runtime: N/A min
Episode 25: Anchors Aweigh

The sun is bright, the sky is blue, and the Shoe People have decided to take up yachting for the day. But, as they swiftly discover, sailing on any boat crewed by Charlie and Wellington is just asking for trouble.

Runtime: N/A min
Episode 26: Dr. Merryweather's Day Off

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