The Trap Door

The Trap Door
DVD cover with characters Boni, Berk and Drutt (left to right)
Genre
Created byTerry Brain
Charlie Mills
Voices ofWillie Rushton
Nick Shipley
Terry Brain
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of series2
No. of episodes40 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time5 min.
Production companiesCMTB Animation
Queensgate Productions
Original release
NetworkITV (Children's ITV)
Release1986 (1986)
Infobox instructions (only shown in preview)

The Trap Door is a British animated television series, originally shown in the United Kingdom in 1986.[1][2][3] The plot revolves around the daily lives and the misadventures of a group of monsters living in a castle. These include a blue creature called Berk, a spider-like creature called Drutt, and Boni, who was a skull of unknown origin.[4][1] Although the emphasis was on humour and the show was marketed as a children's programme, it drew much from horror and dark fantasy.

  1. ^ a b "The Trap Door: celebrating a much-loved 80s animated series". Den of Geek. 10 March 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  2. ^ "News". Computer and Video Games. No. 60. EMAP. October 1986. p. 9. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Piranha to put the bite on software industry". Popular Computing Weekly. Vol. 5, no. 30. Sunshine Publications. 24 July 1986. p. 5. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Toonhound – The Trap Door (1984)". www.toonhound.com. Retrieved 20 November 2022.