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| The Trap Door | |
|---|---|
 DVD cover with characters Boni, Berk and Drutt (left to right) | |
| Genre | |
| Created by | Terry Brain Charlie Mills |
| Voices of | Willie Rushton Nick Shipley Terry Brain |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 40 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 5 min. |
| Production companies | CMTB Animation Queensgate Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV (Children's ITV) |
| Release | 1986 |
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The Trap Door is a British animated television series, originally shown in the United Kingdom in 1986, made in 1984. [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.
The show has since become a cult favourite and remains one of the most widely recognised British children's shows of the 1980s.[5]
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- ^ "News". Computer and Video Games. No. 60. EMAP. October 1986. p. 9. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Toonhound – The Trap Door (1984)". www.toonhound.com. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ "Trap Door @ 80s Cartoons". www.80scartoons.co.uk.