Tortoise
- Studio
- Bumper Films, S4C, BBC, Prism Art and Design
- Distributor
- British Broadcasting Corporation
Synopsis
Ravi has a new pet tortoise. Fiona would like a pet as well, and she's very disappointed when she finds that she can't keep a baby rabbit. Ravi doesn't keep a close eye on his pet, and he gets lost. To make matters worse, he's mistaken for a meat pie!
Characters
Joshua Jones, Fairport the Dog, Admirable Karia, Mrs. Datsa Karia, Ravi Karia, Joe Laski, Daphne Peacock, Wilton Cashmore, Fiona Cashmore, Sharon, Spanner Wilkins, Trojan the Horse
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Ian Frampton, John Walker
Producing
- Producer
- Ian Frampton, John Walker
- Executive Producers
- Christopher Grace, Theresa Plummer-Andrews
Writing
- Writer
- Bob Wilson
- Assistant Writer
- Mike Young
Animation
- Animator
- John Walker, Brian Anderson, Timon Dowdeswell
Voices
- Voice
- George Layton (Joshua Jones, Admirable Karia, Ravi Karia, Joe Laski, Wilton Cashmore, Spanner Wilkins, Fairport the Dog, Trojan the Horse), Barbara Flynn (Mrs. Datsa Karia, Daphne Peacock, Fiona Cashmore, Sharon)
Music
- Music
- Ben Heneghan, Ian Lawson
- Sung By
- Maldwyn Pope
Editing
Crew
- Creator
- Rob Lee
- Design
- Rob Lee
- Series Developer
- Bob Wilson
- Assistant Series Developer
- Mike Young
- Model Makers
- Brian Collins, Tania MacDonnell, Sean Millar, Andy O'Neil, John Parsons, Katharine Scott
- Vehicles
- Alun Jones, James Nevill
- Puppet Makers
- Alison Fairholm, Ian Frampton, Cindy Friers, Alison Hall
- Engineering Consultant
- Mel Grigg
- Set Design
- Beverley Knowlden
- Sound
- John Cross, Tom Logan
Companies and other credits
- © Rob Lee MCMLXXXIX
- © S4C MCMXCI
Production notes
Stop-motion puppet animation.
Follow the adventures of a bargee named Joshua Jones, his faithful dog Fairport and all of their friends as they chug up and down the Clearwater Canal.
Originally broadcast in Welsh on S4C in 1991, this series was subsequently dubbed into English and sold to the BBC. Air dates are for broadcasts on BBC-1.
Follow the adventures of a bargee named Joshua Jones, his faithful dog Fairport and all of their friends as they chug up and down the Clearwater Canal.
Originally broadcast in Welsh on S4C in 1991, this series was subsequently dubbed into English and sold to the BBC. Air dates are for broadcasts on BBC-1.