The Pilot
- Studio
- Bevanfield Films, Link Licensing, Ltd.
Synopsis
As they journey across the Downs Bill, Boadicea, Chad, the Musician and the Real Soldier come across Alec the Pilot and his wife Harriet (aka The Ground Crew). After searching in vain for a suitable retirement cottage, Alec had spotted the perfect property on the Downs only to crash into it- wrecking his plane and reducing the cottage to rubble. Bill finds an ingenious method of getting Alec's plane flying again so he can continue his search.
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).