Truckers (1992 TV series)
television series
Truckers is a British stop motion animated series, an adaptation of the first book of Terry Pratchett's The Nome Trilogy, produced in the United Kingdom by Cosgrove Hall Productions for TV, then released on VHS, though edited together into a feature-length film. The series consisted of 13 ten-minute episodes.
Plot
A group of 'outside' Nomes led by Masklin flee their unsustainable hedgerow home managing to get inside a traditional old style department store where they meet a group of 'inside' Nomes. The building is scheduled for demolition. Masklin tells the inside Nomes this but the store Nomes' religion states that 'The Store' consists of the entire universe, and denies the existence of the 'outside'.
With the help of the Outsiders heirloom, a powerful sentient computer called The Thing, Masklin formulates a plan to escape the doomed store. Through skill, courage and sheer good luck, Masklin and his friends manage to evacuate the store Nomes before their home is destroyed.
Production and notes
The puppets were built by Mackinnon & Saunders, created from foam latex.
Some of the interior shots of Arnold Bros was filmed in Lewis's Department Store in Manchester.
Some of the surviving puppets are on public display at the Cosgrove Hall Exhibition in Manchester.
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