The Treacle People

Series 1

1996 · 14 episodes · 2h 25m in all · 10.0/10

The treacle mines of Sabden have run dry - can Rosie, Wizzle, Tapper and the gang find a new seam, or will The Treacle People come to a sticky end?

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Treacle Trouble

   3 May 1996 · 10 min · 10.0/10

   As the story starts, times are hard for The Treacle People. The once great treacle mines of Northern England are running dry and the treacle industry is in trouble. Things look bleak for Professor Baines-Pilling, inventor of the world's first treacle-powered engine and all the others who depend on the sticky stuff for a living. That's until Rosie and Wizzle, the local youngsters, enter the scene. Armed with nothing but a simple treacle-divining stick, can they save the village, or will the Treacle People come to a sticky end? Tune in to our YouTube Channel every week and find out for yourself!

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   2. The Great Escape

   10 May 1996 · 10 min · 10.0/10

   Having discovered treacle in the mines, our sticky heroes also discover that they can't get out. However, thanks to the Professor, two old mine-carts and a sack full of bubbles, all is not lost...

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   3. Trouble at t'Mill

   17 May 1996 · 10 min · 10.0/10

   Uncle Silas discovers that Rosie and Wizzle are better employed being unemployed,when they go in search of a job for the school holidays. The great treacle mines of Sabden roar into life, then all but roar out with a boggart in the works.

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   4. Up, Up and Away

   24 May 1996 · 10 min · 10.0/10

   The Prof builds a balloon to map out a treacle-exporting route, with Bert the Boggart in the pilot's seat.

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   5. Double Digging

   31 May 1996 · 10 min · 10.0/10

   In this glutinous instalment, the villagers are still searching for a treacle exporting route, and with the help of Tapper's new creation, set about digging their way to success.

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   6. It Must be Fête

   7 Jun 1996 · 10 min

   The villages hold an ill-fated fête, with over-competitive competitors, misjudged judging and a band that should be banned.

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   7. Stormy Weather

   14 Jun 1996 · 10 min

   When rain stops play, Wizzle goes to rescue Moobark and ends up trapped in a ginger beer flood.

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   8. Revolting Boggarts

   21 Jun 1996 · 10 min

   There's trouble when the Boggarts revolt and run riot in Bessie. Luckily, Silas is there to negotiate, even more luckily, Rosie is there to stop him.

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   9. What's the Drill?

   28 Jun 1996 · 10 min

   The Professor's latest invention the "Frothmatic Turbo Drill" causes chaos by tunneling through treacle and wrecking rocks.

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    10. Sticky Like us

    5 Jul 1996 · 10 min

    The Professor's new Treacle Vapour system goes horribly wrong, and the villagers find themselves somewhat stuck. Will they ever get free?

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    11. Where's Charlie?

    12 Jul 1996 · 10 min

    Charlie leaves the "Bubble and Boggart" after constant harassment off Lil, and goes to seek his fortune, but only finds misfortune when he ends up at Nellie Newchurch's Perfect Parkin Parlour.

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    12. Slippery Slopes

    19 Jul 1996 · 10 min

    Silas tries to make a fortune out of waffles and when that ends in disaster, Tapper accidentally makes an artificial Ski Slope with the remaining waffles, much to Rosie's delight.

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    13. Show up for Showdown

    26 Jul 1996 · 10 min

    Will the sticky heroes survive the village show? And what on Earth are they going to do with 300 tonnes of candyfloss?

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    14. Sticky Christmas

    13 Dec 1996 · 15 min

    It's Christmas time in Sabden and the Professor has invented a weather making machine to create snow. But when the machine smothers the sky full of thick fog and snow clouds, Rosie worries that Santa will not find the village and not deliver everybody's presents.