Basil Herbert
- Studio
- Bevanfield Films, Link Licensing, Ltd.
Synopsis
As Bill, Boadicea, Chad, the Musician and the Real Soldier make their way across the Downs they are constantly pestered by the annoying Basil Herbert, who has heard that they are searching for an orchestra for the Musician and wants to join them. Bill invents an extraordinary musical instrument that disposes of the tiresome Basil Herbert once and for all.
Characters
Bill, Boadicea, Chad
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Timothy Forder
Producing
- Producer
- Mary Swindale
Animation
- Animator
- Mike Davies, Peter Hale
- Assistant Animator
- Bill Lee
Voices
- Voice
- Peter Chelsom (Narrator)
Music
- Music
- Barrie Guard
Editing
- Editor
- Mike Murray
Crew
- Design And Layouts
- Mike Davies
- Trace and Paint Supervisor
- Martin Dray
- Backgrounds
- Dennis Sutton
- Production Co-ordinator
- Steve Flack
- Rostrum Camera
- Julian Holdaway, Bob Skeggs
- Title Music
- The Triumphal March from Verdi's Aida
Production notes
Shown in the PBS anthology series, "Long Ago & Far Away" in 1990.
Originally a series of 15 5-minute episodes aired in 1985, Bill the Minder is a (loose) adaptation of William Heath Robinson's 1912 children's book. Heath Robinson was a British illustrator and cartoonist most remembered for his cartoons showing ingenious contraptions (where Americans refer to something as a 'Rube Goldberg' device the British will call it a 'Heath Robinson' one).
Originally a series of 15 5-minute episodes aired in 1985, Bill the Minder is a (loose) adaptation of William Heath Robinson's 1912 children's book. Heath Robinson was a British illustrator and cartoonist most remembered for his cartoons showing ingenious contraptions (where Americans refer to something as a 'Rube Goldberg' device the British will call it a 'Heath Robinson' one).