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The Land of Grot

Join Fluff, Dripple, Prickle, Hughie Bluie and Tully Grully Grumble on a trip to Pleasure Island

Animation & Artists Moving Image 1970 7 mins

Overview

How could a cartoon with a name like Land of Grot not catch on? A series of five books by illustrator Coral Ann Rapley introduced the characters Fluff, Dripple, Prickle, Hughie Bluie and Tully Grully Grumble in the late 1960s. This animated pilot for a sadly unrealised series retains much of the colour of the books and introduces a simpler, cartoon narrative.

Director Ralph Ayres, and animators Edric Radage and Arthur Humberstone had met at Gaumont-British Animation after WWII, and all three had worked as key animators on Britain’s first animated feature film Animal Farm (1954).

Director

Ralph Ayres

Genres

Animation & Artists Moving Image and Children's

Country

United Kingdom

Language

English

Subjects

Funfairs

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