The Gublins (TV series)

The Gublins
Also known asThe Gublin Legends
Created byGordon Murray
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of series1
No. of episodes13
Production
Running time5 minutes
Original release
NetworkBBC One
ReleaseDecember 24, 1977 (1977-12-24) –
1978 (1978)
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The Gublins (also known as The Gublin Legends[1]) is a stop-motion children's television show broadcast between 1977 and 1979. It was the final animated series made by British animator Gordon Murray, the creator of Camberwick Green, Trumpton and Chigley[2] and was shown as part of the Saturday morning children's TV show Multi-Coloured Swap Shop on BBC One.[3] Each episode was 5 minutes long with Murray introducing each one directly to camera.[1]

The series related various folk tales told in verse.[4] The Gublins themselves were chimp-like creations[4][5] (the word "Gublin" is a pun on the humanoid creature "goblin") that featured in a series of Tall Stories, narrated in rhyming couplets to a simple acoustic soundtrack provided by Freddie Phillips.

  1. ^ a b "The Gublin Legends". toonhound.com. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  2. ^ Ruby, Jennifer (30 June 2016). "Trumpton creator Gordon Murray dies age 95". Evening Standard. London.
  3. ^ McGown, Alastair. "Murray, Gordon (1921-)". BFI Screenonline. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  4. ^ a b Jeffries, Stuart (30 June 2016). "Gordon Murray obituary: creator of Trumpton". The Guardian.
  5. ^ "Obituary – Gordon Murray, puppeteer and creator of Trumpton". The Herald. 1 July 2016.