Chigley (series)

Chigley is a children's stop motion television series which ran on BBC1 from 6 October - 29 December 1969. The series was created, written, and produced by Gordon Murray. It was part of the Watch with Mother series of shows, as well as being the third and final instalment in the "Trumptonshire trilogy", a trilogy of three series which took place in the "Trumptonshire" county, the preceeding series being Camberwick Green and Trumpton.

The series is set in the titular Chigley, and features various recurring characters, including Lord Belborough, Mr Brackett, Mr Swallow, and S. Rumpling. Several other characters returned from Camberwick Green and Trumpton.

Crossover
The series was among the several BBC productions to be represented in the 1998 Children in Need special Future Generations.

The story featured a young boy walking through the settings of various series while telling the story of the BBC. Early in the video, the boy exits Trumpton and enters Chigley, where he arrives at the train station and is helped aboard Bessie by Lord Belborough and Mr Brackett. As Belborough and the boy ride the train, they travel past Mr Swallow and S. Rumpling before going through a tunnel, with the boy coming out on the other side aboard another train in the Magic Garden, with Belborough nowhere to be seen.

The narrative later features two Daleks and the TARDIS, representative of the Doctor Who series.

Other connections
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