Sunday 9 November 2014

11 Watch With Mother : Camberwick Green


First  watched : Uncertain

Camberwick  Green  returned  to  the  schedules  on  Wednesdays  from  5th  March  1969  replacing  Tales  of  the  Riverbank. 

The  thirteen  episodes  were  made  in  1965  and  first  broadcast  at  the  beginning  of  1966.

What  I  loved  best  about  Camberwick  Green  was  the  beginning  when  the  pierrot  puppet  started  a  Victorian  music  box  going  and  it  gradually  opened  to  reveal  the  character  who  was  going  to  be  the  focus  of  that  episode. That  worked  for  me  even  though  none  of  the  characters  had  much  individual  personality  so  it  wasn't  really  possible  to  have  a  favourite.
desde
Camberwick  Green  like  its  sister  shows  highlighted  aspects  of  everyday  life; the  only  fantasy  element  was  the  anachronistic  design  of  many  of  the  puppets. Gordon  Murray  clearly  had  a  love  for  Victoriana. Dr  Mopp  looked  like  a  character  from  Sherlock  Holmes   while  as  you  can  see  from  the  still  above  the  soldiers  got  about  in  a  truck  while  wearing  a  uniform  from  the  Napoleonic  era.

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