Rocky Hollow (British TV series)

Rocky Hollow (Welsh: Deri Deg) is a British, stop motion, puppet, animated children's television series set in a peaceful woodland forest in Wales. It was originally broadcast on Welsh TV channel S4C from 1983 to 1984.^[1][2]

Rocky Hollow first appeared in Welsh on S4C in 1983 and was narrated by Dillwyn Owen.^[3][4] In 1985 the series was broadcast in English in the UK from 1985 to 1986 and was narrated by British actor Peter Sallis, best known for playing Norman Clegg in the BBC sitcom, Last of the Summer Wine.^[5] 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.^[6]

The series produced by Rockscene Ltd and Bumper Films who would later go on to produce Fireman Sam, Joshua Jones and Starhill Ponies for the BBC afterwards.^[7][8]

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.

• 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".

In the UK, 3 English 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.

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

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

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"

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

• 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

• Rocky Hollow at IMDB