The Treacle People

The Treacle People

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BAFTA CHILDREN'S AWARD® nominee
Monty Python meets Postman Pat in this cult '90s stop-motion comedy set in a treacle-mining village in the North of England. When supplies run low, it's up to Rosie, Wizzle and a boggart or two to save the day. Packed with surreal humour, eccentric characters, and jokes that hit differently as an adult, The Treacle People is weird, witty and wonderfully sticky.
IMDb 8.7/1019962 seasons
IMDb 8.7/1019962 seasons
14 episodes
  • 1. Treacle Trouble

    1. Treacle Trouble

    The once-great treacle mines of Sabden are running dry and 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. Armed with nothing but a simple treacle-divining stick, can local youngsters Rosie and Wizzle save the village, or will the Treacle People come to a sticky end?
    The once-great treacle mines of Sabden are running dry and 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. Armed with nothing but a simple treacle-divining stick, can local youngsters Rosie and Wizzle save the village, or will the Treacle People come to a sticky end?
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    10min
    May 2, 1996
  • 2. The Great Escape

    2. The Great Escape

    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...
    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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    10min
    May 9, 1996
  • 3. Trouble at t'Mill

    3. Trouble at t'Mill

    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.
    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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    10min
    May 16, 1996
  • 4. Up, Up and Away!

    4. Up, Up and Away!

    The Prof builds a balloon to map out a treacle-exporting route, with Bert the Boggart in the pilot's seat.
    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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    10min
    May 22, 1996
  • 5. Double Digging

    5. Double Digging

    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.
    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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    10min
    May 29, 1996
  • 6. It Must Be Fête

    6. It Must Be Fête

    Wizzle has a plan to jazz up the village fête, but there's trouble brewing, as Lil finds herself with a new rival. Can the villagers make it through this year's festivities unscathed?
    Wizzle has a plan to jazz up the village fête, but there's trouble brewing, as Lil finds herself with a new rival. Can the villagers make it through this year's festivities unscathed?
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    10min
    Jun 5, 1996
  • 7. Stormy Weather

    7. Stormy Weather

    In this latest adhesive adventure, the heavens have opened and it's raining cows and dogs. Young Wizzle sets out to rescue the local Moobark, but finds himself in a sticky situation...
    In this latest adhesive adventure, the heavens have opened and it's raining cows and dogs. Young Wizzle sets out to rescue the local Moobark, but finds himself in a sticky situation...
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    10min
    Jun 12, 1996
  • 8. Revolting Boggarts!

    8. Revolting Boggarts!

    In this latest adhesive adventure, revolution is in the air as the boggarts run riot in Sabden. Who will stop their reign of terror?
    In this latest adhesive adventure, revolution is in the air as the boggarts run riot in Sabden. Who will stop their reign of terror?
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    10min
    Jun 19, 1996
  • 9. What's the Drill?

    9. What's the Drill?

    In this latest glutinous episode, our heroes find themselves stuck when they strike treacle too pure to be mined. Luckily (or unluckily, depending on when you're standing), Professor Baines-Pilling has a solution.
    In this latest glutinous episode, our heroes find themselves stuck when they strike treacle too pure to be mined. Luckily (or unluckily, depending on when you're standing), Professor Baines-Pilling has a solution.
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    10min
    Jun 26, 1996
  • 10. Sticky Like Us

    10. Sticky Like Us

    The Professor's new Treacle Vapour system goes horribly wrong, and the villagers find themselves somewhat stuck. Will they ever get free?
    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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    10min
    Jul 3, 1996
  • 11. Where's Charlie?

    11. Where's Charlie?

    Lil's lost Charlie. Where can he have gone? Is he coming back? Or has he perhaps set off for pastures new?
    Lil's lost Charlie. Where can he have gone? Is he coming back? Or has he perhaps set off for pastures new?
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    10min
    Jul 10, 1996
  • 12. Slippery Slopes

    12. Slippery Slopes

    Silas has a brilliant new idea - Mitton's Waffly Crunches! But to make them, a great deal of parkin is required. Will it be Lil or Nellie who wins the contract?
    Silas has a brilliant new idea - Mitton's Waffly Crunches! But to make them, a great deal of parkin is required. Will it be Lil or Nellie who wins the contract?
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    10min
    Jul 17, 1996
  • 13. Show Up for the Showdown

    13. Show Up for the Showdown

    In the final adhesive adventure of The Treacle People's first sticky season, The Treacle Times holds a competition for Best Village Show. Silas is determined that Sabden should enter - and win - but can the villagers really pull themselves together long enough to put on a vaguely tolerable performance? Tune in to find out!
    In the final adhesive adventure of The Treacle People's first sticky season, The Treacle Times holds a competition for Best Village Show. Silas is determined that Sabden should enter - and win - but can the villagers really pull themselves together long enough to put on a vaguely tolerable performance? Tune in to find out!
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    10min
    Jul 24, 1996
  • 14. Sticky Christmas

    14. Sticky Christmas

    It's almost Christmas in the little treacle-mining village of Sabden - it often is in December - and everyone's feeling festive. Alas, there's trouble ahead when Lil's pudding makes a bid for freedom, the Prof's weather machine goes 'orribly wrong, and Santa gets lost in the gathering fog. Can the villagers save the holiday, or will it be a terribly Sticky Christmas?
    It's almost Christmas in the little treacle-mining village of Sabden - it often is in December - and everyone's feeling festive. Alas, there's trouble ahead when Lil's pudding makes a bid for freedom, the Prof's weather machine goes 'orribly wrong, and Santa gets lost in the gathering fog. Can the villagers save the holiday, or will it be a terribly Sticky Christmas?
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    15min
    Dec 12, 1996
  • The Treacle People
    IMDb 8.7/1019962 seasons
    Monty Python meets Postman Pat in this cult '90s stop-motion comedy set in a treacle-mining village in the North of England. When supplies run low, it's up to Rosie, Wizzle and a boggart or two to save the day. Packed with surreal humour, eccentric characters, and jokes that hit differently as an adult, The Treacle People is weird, witty and wonderfully sticky.
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