The Lampies
The Lampies was created by David Bonner and originally commissioned for 104 episodes by the BBC. The Lampies was broadcast in countries globally and proved a huge success. It is high quality 2d drawn animation, the tagline being: "Wherever There's a Lamp, There's a Lampy!" and children all across the world were convinced they'd spotted one in a lamppost, a light bulb or even a bicycle lamp! It follows the adventures of a brigade of Lampies, small people who live in and operate lamppost HO32 - a finer buck of rapscallions you would ever see (or not, as the case may be!. Their arch Nemesis are a group of evil sewer dwellers called 'The Roons', whose sole aim in life is to throw the world into darkness... Their adventures lead them to aeroplanes, lighthouses, farms, ocean going liners, space and even a jam factory. Wherever there were lamps to fix and to stop the Rooms from plunging the world into the dark, you will be sure that a Lampy is never far away. In fact, they say that you are never more that 5 yards from a Lampy. Leader of the HO32 crew is Captain Brightlight, a young and somewhat nervous captain, who is ably helped by his trusty crew. Burnout is an older and very experienced Lampy. He is the engineer and can fix hust about anything. Charge is a bumbling and slightly arrogant junior officer. Contact is the comms girl and Spotlight is the elder-statesLampy, who is lookout. Her job is to ensure that the photo-electric cell is kept clear at all times. (Although being a little older, she sometimes sneaks a quick nap). The younger contingent are Livewire, a young, female Lampy who would rather play with her pet Dustywugg than work, any day!
