Rocky Hollow

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Rocky Hollow
Genre	Family, Adventure
Written by	Bill Clout, Nona Hooper
Directed by	John Walker
Starring	Peter Sallis
Narrated by	Peter Sallis
Composer(s)	Ian Frampton, Nigel Hess
Country of origin	Wales, England, United Kingdom
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	26
Production
Editor(s)	Richard Bradley
Camera setup	16mm or 35mm film
Running time	5 Minutes
Production company(s)	Bumper Films for S4C Rockscene Ltd
Release
Original network	S4C (Wales) (1983-1984) (in Welsh), The Children's Channel (1985–1986), ITV (1989) and Channel 4 (1996) (in English) (England, UK), The Greeny Channel (1987-1989) (in English) (America, US), RTÉ One (1991) and RTÉ2 (1992) (Ireland), TVNZ 1 (New Zealand)
Original release	1985 (1985) – 1986 (1986)
External links
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Rocky Hollow (Welsh: Deri Deg) is a British, stop motion, puppet, animated children's television series set in a woodland forest named Rocky Hollow. It was made in Wales and was originally broadcast from 1985-1986 on S4C. It produced by Rockscene Ltd and is Bumper Films first tv show ever made. Bumper Films the company that made the series would later go on to produce Fireman Sam, Joshua Jones and Starhill Ponies for the BBC afterwards. The series was narrated by British actor Peter Sallis best known for playing Norman Clegg in the BBC sitcom, Last of the Summer Wine. After Rocky Hollow Sallis then went on to voice Rat in Cosgrove Hall's The Wind in the Willows and he also went on to voice the cheese loving inventor Wallace in the Wallace & Gromit franchise as well.

Plot

Set in Wales in a forest called Rocky Hollow, Mr. Oak, Acorn, Sycamore, Miss Myrtle, Conker and Rosie Woodpigeon live in the forest together away from the open world. During there daily life routine days in Rocky Hollow they like doing jobs, exercising, magic tricks and having picnics together. Although many of the antics they get up to don't always go according to plan.

Characters

• Mr. Oak - An old man that wears a yellow shirt and a big brown hat. He acts very wise and helps out his friends to keep them on track, but he can sometimes be a bid silly.

• Acorn - A young boy that wears a blue singlet and a baseball cap. He is also the nephew of Mr. Oak. He also likes to ride his skateboard as well as play tricks or mess around, but he's also very caring as well.

• Sycamore - A tall skinny looking young man who wears white gym clothing and a long red scarf. He is a very close friend with Acorn and he often helps out Mr. Oak mainly doing tasks with him. He sometimes can be clumsy or trip over his own scarf but he is still very friendly.

• Miss Myrtle - A lady with blonde hair and wears a purple dress. She always loves to be well dressed and wear lovely looking hat's. She also likes cleaning, Swiping and organising picnics.

• Conker - A man with red ginger facial hair, with a large red nose and he also wears overalls. He is a handyman that works in Rocky Hollow, who often fixes things like doors, clocks, chairs and boxes. Sometimes his friends often help him out at his workshop. He also builds things for everyone as well.

• Rosie Woodpigeon - A female bird Pigeon that wears a post hat and yellow boots. She goes around delivering letters to everyone in Rocky Hollow from her yellow post bag. She sometimes delivers parcels and she often stops to have tea with her friends. She also calls everyone her "Lovlies".

Episodes

#	Title	Original airdate
1	"The Picnic"	1985 (1985)
Miss Myrtle makes a Picnic for herself, Mr. Oak, Acorn, Sycamore and Rosie to have at the green bank.
2	"Spring Cleaning"	1985 (1985)
Sycamore helps Mr. Oak to do some spring cleaning, while Rosie goes around asking everyone if they have any wood to give away to the wood sale, but Sycamore ends up losing Mr. Oaks furniture when he leaves it outside his house.
3	"Keep Fit"	1985 (1985)
Mr. Oak, Acorn and Sycamore go out for a walk to try and get fit, but when Mr. Oak trying moving his arms down his back gets stuck and he can't move.
4	"Ghosts"	1985 (1985)
5	"The Post Bag"	1985 (1985)
Rosie's post bag goes missing after the strap brake off and has ended up getting stuck on a mountain. Conker, Mr. Oak and Sycamore decide to help her get it back.
6	"Treasure"	1985 (1985)
Acorn and Sycamore go on a quest to try and find some buried treasure that they think in lying somewhere in the middle of Rocky Hollow.
7	"The Operation"	1985 (1985)
Mr. Oak and Sycamore get scared when they think Miss Myrtle is going to have an operation.
8	"The Birthday Party"	1985 (1985)
9	"Burglers"	1985 (1985)
Sycamore and Mr. Oak think Miss Myrtle's house is being robbed by burglers. Sycamore, Mr. Oak, Conker and Rosie then have a plan to catch the burglers.
10	"The Vase"	1985 (1985)
Sycamore's hand gets stuck in a Vase. Acorn and Conker decide to help him get it off.
11	"Sorting Letters"	1985 (1985)
Rosie ends up hurting herself from falling over. Mr. Oak, Sycamore and Acorn decide to do the post for her while she's unwell, but the letters end up getting mixed up.
12	"The Concert"	1985 (1985)
Mr. Oak, Acorn and Sycamore decide to perform a concert to Miss Myrtle and Rosie with the help of Conker
13	"The Photograph"	1985 (1985)
Miss Myrtle is wanting to have a photograph taken with her in her new hat, but everyone is lost for words when they see her wearing it.
14	"Camping"	1986 (1986)
Acorn and Sycamore go of camping for the day, but soon both of them struggle trying to put the tent up.
15	"Playing Tricks"	1986 (1986)
Acorn goes around playing tricks on Mr. Oak and Sycamore until eventually Mr. Oak, Sycamore and Conker play a prank on him.
16	"The Kite"	1986 (1986)
Acorn and Sycamore are wanting to make a kite. Miss Myrtle decides to let them her kite, put the string on the kite ends up coming loose and blows away when Mr. Oak gets to distracted from using it.
17	"The Magic Show"	1986 (1986)
Acorn and Sycamore are performing a magic show full of magic tricks to Miss Myrtle, Conker and Rosie, but one of there magic tricks doesn't go as planned.
18	"Sticky Paper"	1986 (1986)
Sycamore gets a piece of sticky paper stuck to his shoe. He manages to get it off but then the sticky paper then ends up getting stuck to Mr. Oak, Acorn, Conker and Rosie.
19	"Doing Job's"	1986 (1986)
Acorn goes around Rocky Hollow delivering things and passing messages on to his friends.
20	"Catching Butterflies"	1986 (1986)
Sycamore is getting ready to go and catch butterflies with Mr. Oak in the woods. Mr. Oak is also wanting for his binoculars bag to arrive before he goes.
21	"Doing it Right"	1986 (1986)
Acorn goes around trying to be very helpful by helping Conker at his workshop, but ends up failing at trying to do it right.
22	"Littering"	1986 (1986)
Mr. Oak makes a trail of litter for Sycamore to follow to try and get him to get some exercise and also to get him to pick it up along the way, but Sycamore ends up going the wrong way when he finds out the litter trail has disappeared.
23	"Dreaming"	1986 (1986)
Acorn tells Sycamore that Mr. Oak needs help with his washing but Sycamore decides to have a nap. Sycamore dreams that he won't do Mr. Oak's washing and that he will lay down and do no work.
24	"Summer Fair"	1986 (1986)
Acorn and Sycamore start setting up games and setting up the stage on green bank for the Rocky Hollow summer fair.
25	"Rocky Hollow"	1986 (1986)
26	"Rocky Hollow"	1986 (1986)

Reception

The series was actually first released and broadcast from 1983-1984 in Wales titled Deri Deg with it being narrated by Dillwyn Owen for the Welsh dub. Various magazines about the series where also released around the same time period by Sbectel. On the 17 April 2018 Rocky Hollow was featured in a BBC article titled "Cofio ein hoff gartŵns Cymraeg". The article was about classic Welsh-language animated series that left a lasting impression on viewers, especially during the 1980s and 1990s. The article highlights beloved shows that were either produced in Wales or dubbed into Welsh and broadcast on S4C, such as Wil Cwac Cwac, Superted, Joshua Jones, Fireman Sam and Rocky Hollow. The shows featured in the article are remembered fondly for their unique charm, storytelling, and their role in shaping childhood memories for a generation of Welsh-speaking children.

Home media

In the UK, 3 VHS volumes of Rocky Hollow each containing 8 episodes were released as well as a VHS tape that contained 5 of the episodes from volume 1. Episodes 25 and 26 have not been released on home media and it's unknown what the titles of both the episodes are. The series is also another one of the rarest shows in existence because the series has never been released on DVD and all the VHS tapes are now officially out of print. Several of the episodes though have been uploaded online.

VHS Volume 1

1. "The Picnic"
2. "Spring Cleaning"
3. "Keep Fit"
4. "Ghosts"
5. "The Post Bag"
6. "Treasure"
7. "The Operation"
8. "The Birthday Party"

VHS Volume 2

1. "Burglers"
2. "The Vase"
3. "Sorting Letters"
4. "The Concert"
5. "The Photograph"
6. "Camping"
7. "Playing Tricks"
8. "The Kite"

VHS Volume 3

1. "The Magic Show"
2. "Sticky Paper"
3. "Doing Job's"
4. "Catching Butterflies"
5. "Doing it Right"
6. "Littering"
7. "Dreaming"
8. "Summer Fair"

Rocky Hollow VHS 5 episode set

1. "The Picnic"
2. "Keep Fit"
3. "The Post Bag"
4. "The Operation"
5. "Spring Cleaning"

Trivia

• The show was shown in Ireland and New Zealand alongside the repeats of the tv series DuckTales on RTÉ One in 1991. In 1992 the show was shown as part of The Saturday Club alongside repeats of Thunderbirds, and the Irish puppet series The Rimini Riddle on Network 2/RTÉ2.

• The series was broadcast from 1987-1989 in America, with an American dub narrated by the late Herbert Morrison and produced by Apple Entertainment.

See Also

• Bumper Films
• List of Channel 4 television programmes
• 1991 in Irish television
• 1992 in Irish television
• List of Welsh-language programmes
• List of stop motion films
• List of animated television series of 1985
• List of programmes broadcast by Telefís Éireann
• Fireman Sam
• Joshua Jones
• Star Hill Ponies

External links

• Rocky Hollow at IMDB

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