Bootleg (TV series)
2002 children's TV series
Bootleg is a 2002 miniseries for children, commissioned by the BBC and based on a book of the same name by Alex Shearer. It was shown as a three-part series in the UK, with subsequent broadcasts in Australia and all over the world.
The novel has been adapted in Japan in the form of manga and 13 episode ONA series under the title Chocolate Underground (チョコレート・アンダーグラウンド, Chokorēto Andāguraundo).
Plot
The film is about a new political party called the "Good for You" (abbreviated as GFY) which comes into power and bans chocolate. Two kids named Smudger Moore and Huntley Hunter want to get their chocolate back. They begin by selling bootleg chocolate, and go on to join an underground resistance organization.
The film climaxes in a huge revolution where people take to the streets. They demand that chocolate be brought back, and that the government be overthrown.
It tells us about how they face ups and downs on their way.
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Book
Bootleg was first published as a book written by Alex Shearer and is published by Macmillan Children's Books on 4 July 2003.
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