Roger And The Rottentrolls - Complete Series 1-4 [DVD]

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A special documentary episode was also made and was released on DVD on the first volume of the second series. VHS and DVD releases Written by Tim Firth, it was based on characters created by Gordon Firth (always referred to as "his dad" in the credits) directed by Julian Kemp and executive produced by Robert Howes. The first series won the 1997 BAFTA for "Best Children's Entertainment Show", [1] beating the Ant and Dec Show. [2] Later series were nominated for awards from both BAFTA and the Royal Television Society.

Askrigg - A completely sports-obsessed Rottentroll. He attempts every sport imaginable - without any team-mates. According to The Rottentroll Files, Askrigg is revealed to have "no brain", leaving him clueless on words such as "athletic" and "tomorrow". Ripley and Scuff – A pair of young Rottentrolls, sons of Sigsworthy Crags. They appear in Series 4, and in their own spin off series, Ripley and Scuff. They seemed to have inherited their father's mental instability, or at least his tendency to make dog noises. They also communicate through making drumming noises. Askrigg– A completely sports obsessed Rottentroll. He attempts every sport imaginable – without any teammates. According to The Rottentroll Files, Askrigg is revealed to have "no brain", leaving him clueless on words such as "athletic" and "tomorrow".Officer and a Gentleman: Commander Harris. He's a ram and is the local leader of the SAS - no, not the Special Air Services, the Silently Armed Sheep. The voices of the Rottentrolls were provided, in the first series, by John Thomson, Phil Cornwell and Rebecca Front. In later series Ronni Ancona replaced Rebecca Front. Other creatures• Barguest is a terrible creature that lives in the valley and terrifies the Rottentrolls. Lethal Chef: Kettlewell, The Dangerous Chef Of The Rottentrolls, who could rip old telephone directories with her bare hands. It would not be wise to criticise her garlic pasties... Closer to Earth: Pretty much all the female characters are shown to be at least a little bit brighter than the boys, with Penyghent pretty much being the Only Sane Rottentroll. Not used too badly, what with Roger balancing things out as a pretty down-to-earth kid... until season 3, which introduced Kate, Roger's sister who pretty much ended up being a Canon Sue from day one, with her and Penyghent being The First Two Faces Of Eve pretty much every episode. The Rottentrolls were all named after places in Yorkshire: Aysgarth was the oldest and wisest of the Rottentrolls and an accomplished artist, proficient at drawing landscapes and scenic portraits.

Ripley and Scuff– A pair of young Rottentrolls, sons of Sigsworthy Crags. They appear in Series 4, and in their own spin off series, Ripley and Scuff. They seemed to have inherited their father's mental instability, or at least his tendency to make dog noises. They also communicate through making drumming noises. Ripley and Scuff - A pair of young Rottentrolls, sons of Sigsworthy Crags. They appear in series 4, and in their own spin-off series, Ripley and Scuff. They seemed to have inherited their father's mental instability, or at least his tendency to make dog noises. They also communicate through making drumming noises. Written by Tim Firth, it was based on characters created by Gordon Firth (always referred to as "his dad" in the credits) directed by Julian Kemp and executive produced by Robert Howes. The first series won the 1997 BAFTA for "Best Children's Entertainment Show", [1] beating the Ant and Dec Show. [2] Later series were nominated for awards from both BAFTA and the Royal Television Society. History

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Using storylines he had devised himself, the show ran for four years from 1996 to 2000, and won a Bafta, after which Gordon featured in a spin-off children’s show in 2002-03, Ripley and Scuff, appearing as the artist Grandad Gordon, who encouraged children to get involved in art. It was an appropriate role, for Gordon had specialised in art as a teacher, having risen to become head of junior schools in Warrington and then Runcorn.

Series 4 (2000)• 30 Commander Harris In Love - Commander Harris' training programme for the Troller's Ghyll SAS comes a cropper when he falls head over hooves in love with a beautiful sheep called Peaches. Hey, It's That Voice!: Doc Martin is the Narrator; he is, of course, a prime example of a Lemony Narrator (with a good dollop of Deadpan Snarker thrown in, natch). Commander Harris is a sheep who used to be an army mascot - he always has a tale from his old army days to tell. He too lives in the valley. Commander Harris is an expert on the ancient art of JimJamYAHA and is regularly involved in Roger's adventures. Firth's father, Gordon, who had originally invented the characters, drew the designs for all the characters from which the puppets were made. The pilot for the television series was filmed in and around old lead mines in the Yorkshire Dales, by multi award-winning documentary director/cameraman Paul Beriff, as a gesture of support for the project.There were 4 series of Roger and the Rottentrolls and 36 episodes. Series 1 (1996)• 1 Coronation Valley - Roger crashes his bike into a valley of crazy, knee-high Rottentrolls. They think he's their king and plan a disastrous coronation.

He retired as a head in 1987, which was when he began his television work. It was also then that he began to reconnect with his talents as a watercolourist, exhibiting widely in galleries across the north west of England. He was born in Doncaster to Ernest and Phyllis (nee Downing), who ran a guesthouse, and from Thorne grammar school in Doncaster went to Leeds teacher training college, where he met his future wife Kathy (nee Wilkinson). Moving to her native Cheshire they both taught at Grange junior school in Runcorn, getting married in 1960 and having two children, me and Simon.Appropriated Appellation: Played for laughs; the Rottentrolls take their name from an incident in which their ancestors ruined one of Merlin's spells, causing Merlin to declare angrily, "Oh, those rotten trolls have messed it all up!"