Chorlton and the Wheelies: Story, Cast and Series Facts
Chorlton and the Wheelies (1976): Children. Series details, synopsis, cast and season dates from TVmaze.
Story and premise
Chorlton and the Wheelies is an animated children's television series that ran from September 1976 until June 1979 on the British television channel ITV. It followed the adventures of Chorlton, a fictional happiness dragon, in Wheelie World.
Chorlton and the Wheelies was created by Cosgrove Hall for the ITV station Thames Television, and the eponymous lead character gets his name from the suburb ofManchester in which the Cosgrove Hall studio was based: the legend "Made in Chorlton-cum-Hardy" is found written on the inside of the egg from which he hatches in the very first episode of the series.
The series takes place in "Wheelie World", which is inhabited principally by the "wheelies", a race of anthropomorphic creatures who locomote by means of wheels. They have three wheels each: two large ones at the front, and a smaller centred one at the back. The wheels are replaceable, and suitable wheels grow on vegetation found in Wheelie World.
Series details
- Title: Chorlton and the Wheelies
- Format: Animation
- Language: English
- Genres: Children
- Premiere date: 1976-09-27
- Final broadcast date listed: 1979-06-18
- Status in TVmaze: Ended
- Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
- Network country: United Kingdom
- Typical episode runtime: 15 minutes
- TVmaze community rating: 7.6/10
- TVMaze ID: 7900
- IMDb ID: tt0313048
- TVDB ID: 100711
Cast and credited roles
- Joe Lynch — Narrator
- Chorlton the Happiness Dragon — Chorlton the Happiness Dragon
- Fenella Fellorick the Kettle Witch — Fenella Fellorick the Kettle Witch
- King Otto — King Otto
- Queen Doris — Queen Doris
- The Minister of wheel estate — The Minister of wheel estate
- Claptrap von Spilldebeans — Claptrap von Spilldebeans
- O'Reilly the one eyed telescope — O'Reilly the one eyed telescope
- Clifford — Clifford
- Pablo Perdito — Pablo Perdito
- Floyd — Floyd
- Zoomer — Zoomer
Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue
- Season 1: premiered 1976-09-27; final listed air date 1976-12-27; episode order: 13.
- Season 2: premiered 1977-09-26; final listed air date 1977-12-19; episode order: 13.
- Season 3: premiered 1979-03-26; final listed air date 1979-06-18; episode order: 13.
Source and licence
Adapted from Chorlton and the Wheelies on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.
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