Trumpton

let's head over to the busy little village, featuring the one of the most recognisable role calls... It's Trumpton, the second show in the Trumptonshire Trilogy!

The action takes place in the imaginary town of Trumpton, a short distance from the equally imaginary town of Camberwick Green, the focus of the first series in the Trumptonshire Trilogy. Each episode begins with a shot of Trumpton Town Hall Clock: "Here is the clock, the Trumpton clock. Telling the time, steadily, sensibly; never too quickly, never too slowly. Telling the time for Trumpton". The townsfolk then appear going about their daily business ruled over by the town's despotic Mayor: Mr Troop the Town Clerk, Chippy Minton the carpenter and his apprentice son Nibbs, Mrs Cobbit the florist, Miss Lovelace the milliner and her trio of pekingese dogs (Mitzi, Daphne and Lulu), and Mr Platt the clockmaker.

Although all of the characters and settings are new, the style of the programme follows the pattern established by Camberwick Green, in which domestic problems are cheerfully resolved by the end of the show, leaving the last minute or so for the Fire Brigade to become the Fire Brigade Band and play the episode out.

The Fire Brigade is perhaps Trumpton's most-recognised feature. Captain Flack's roll-call was recited in all but one episode: "Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble, Grub."