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The Trap Door
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Title: The Trap Door

Release Date: 6 Oct 1986

Runtime: 5m

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Kids

Director: Charlie Mills,Terry Brain

Production Companies: CMTB Animation, Queensgate Productions

Overview: The Trap Door is a claymation-style animated television series, originally shown in the United Kingdom in 1984. The plot revolves around both the daily lives and the misadventures of a group of monsters living in a castle. Although the emphasis was on humour and the show was marketed as a children's programme but also for family entertainment, the show drew much from the genres of horror and dark fantasy. The show has since become a cult favourite and remains one of the most widely recognised kids' shows of the 1980s. Digital children's channel Pop started rerunning the show in 2010.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.4 (18 votes)

Cast

  • Berk / Boni / The Thing Upstairs / Rogg (voice): William Rushton
  • Drutt (voice): Nick Shipley
  • The Trap Door (Specials)

    The Trap Door (Series 1)

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