Rocky Hollow was a stop-motion animation children's television series

Children's television series

Children's television series, are commercial television programs designed for, and marketed to children, normally scheduled for broadcast during the morning and afternoon when children are awake. They can sometimes run in the early evening, for the children that go to school...

 made in Wales

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

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The show is narrated by Peter Sallis

Peter Sallis

Peter Sallis, OBE is an English actor and entertainer, well-known for his work on British television. Although he was born and brought up in London, his two most notable roles require him to adopt the accents and mannerisms of a Northerner.Sallis is best known for his role as the main character...

, who became the voice of Wallace in Wallace and Gromit

Wallace and Gromit

Wallace and Gromit are the main characters in a series consisting of four British animated short films and a feature-length film by Nick Park of Aardman Animations...

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The whole series has been released on various videos but so far has not been released on DVD.

The show revolves around various characters; first there is Acorn who is Mr Oak's playful nephew who enjoys gambolling about on his skateboard and playing with his best friend Sycamore who is a rather clumsy chap Mr Oak himself is a rather stuck up gentleman who seems to have a soft spot for the salubrious Miss Myrtle but she seems to take more of a fancy to the jolly handyman Conker who is always around to fix everyone's problem last but not least there's Rosie a large pigeon who delivers the post in Rocky Hollow.

Trivia

• This was the first children's television show produced by Bumper Films
  Bumper Films
  Bumper Films was a children's stop-motion production company founded by John Walker and Ian Frampton in 1982. It is best known for creating Fireman Sam in 1987-1994. It also created Joshua Jones in 1991-1992, Starhill Ponies in 1998-2001 and Rocky Hollow in 1983. The company was also used for S4C...
  
   which later made Fireman Sam
  Fireman Sam
  Fireman Sam is a Welsh animated children's television series about a fireman called Sam, his fellow firefighters, and other townspeople in the Welsh town of Pontypandy . The original idea for the show came from two ex-firemen from Kent...
  
  , Starhill Ponies and Joshua Jones
  Joshua Jones (TV series)
  Joshua Jones was a Welsh stop-motion children's television series made by Bumper Films . It was originally shown on S4C in the Welsh language in 1991, then it was translated into English and sold to the BBC in 1992....
  
  for the BBC
  BBC
  The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
  
   in production with S4C
  S4C
  S4C , currently branded as S4/C, is a Welsh television channel broadcast from the capital, Cardiff. The first television channel to be aimed specifically at a Welsh-speaking audience, it is the fifth oldest British television channel .The channel - initially broadcast on...
  
  , Mike Young Prodctions and Prism Art and Design Ltd.

Credits

• Story: Bill Clout, Nona Hooper
• Told by: Peter Sallis
• Music: Ian Frampton, Nigel Hess
• Sound: John Cross
• Editor: Richard Bradley
• Puppets: Ian Frampton
• Director: John Walker
• Made by Bumper Films Ltd for S4C-Channel 4 Wales
• Rocky Hollow ©Rockscene Ltd 1983
• ©S4C 1983