Cockleshell Bay
| Cockleshell Bay | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Stop motion, Animation |
| Created by | Cosgrove Hall |
| Starring | Brian Trueman |
| Country of origin |
 United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English, Finnish, Swedish, Hebrew, Hungarian, French, and Spanish |
| No. of episodes | 104 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | John Hambley |
| Producer(s) | Brian Cosgrove, Mark Hall |
| Running time | 10 mins |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV |
| Original release | 6 May 1980 – 1 July 1986 |
Cockleshell Bay is a children's television series which was shown at lunchtime on ITV during the early 1980s. It was made by Cosgrove Hall for their parent company, the ITV broadcaster Thames Television. Other children's programmes in the same ITV time slot on the remaining four weekdays included Let's Pretend, Jamie and the Magic Torch, and Rainbow - the latter in which Cockleshell Bay began as a regular story feature (reflected in the rainbow design of Cockleshell Bays logo).
Twins Robin and Rosie Cockle were the main characters. They lived at the Bucket and Spade guest house run by their parents Helen and Christopher. The family had moved to the Bay from an unknown city, because their parents had wanted to leave city life behind, and their father no longer wanted to work in a factory. Although Robin and Rosie frequently argued with each other, it was clear that they much enjoyed each others' company. Gran Routy (who was no relation to the family, but was known as "Gran" due to her large number of grandchildren) helped out at the house. Robin and Rosie's friends included Mr. Ezikiel Shipham (known locally as Mr Ship), Mr. Paddy Fingal and his donkey Fury (whom Mr. Ship looked after), as well as Ben Gunn the "pirate seagull". In the later series Robin and Rosie had a baby sister called Holly.
Transmission guide
- Series 1: 13 editions from 6 May 1980 - 29 July 1980
- Series 2: 13 editions from 24 March 1981 - 16 June 1981
- Series 3: 13 editions from 28 September 1981 - 21 December 1981
- Series 4: 13 editions from 29 March 1982 - 21 June 1982
- Series 5: 13 editions from 3 January 1983 - 5 April 1983
- Series 6: 13 editions from 10 January 1984 - 3 April 1984
- Series 7: 13 editions from 16 April 1985 - 9 July 1985
- Series 8: 13 editions from 8 April 1986 - 1 July 1986
Credits
- Writer and Narrator
- Brian Trueman
- Music
- David Rohl, Stuart J. Wolstenholme
- Animation
- Andrea Lord, Steve Moss
- Puppet Design
- Bridget Appleby
- Illustrations
- Josie Yee & Ivor Wood
- Sets & Props
- Chris Walker
- Puppet Construction
- Peter Saunders
- Camera
- Jim Noble, Jane Hilcks
- Film Editor
- John McManus
- Executive Producer
- John Hambley
- Director
- Jackie Cockle
- Producers
- Mark Hall, Brian Cosgrove
- Copyright 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, & 1986 Cosgrove/Hall Productions Ltd
Thames Colour Production