Bill the Minder is a book and television series that tells of the adventures of a 15-year-old boy and his cousins Boadicea and Chad. In the process of their adventures they meet many strange people and help solve their unique problems with the use of fantastic machines which Bill is capable of crafting in a short time.
Bill the Minder | |
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Created by | Timothy Forder Based on the book by W. Heath Robinson |
Voices of | Peter Chelsom |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
No. of episodes | 15 |
Production | |
Running time | 5 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | ITV |
Release | 17 February 7 March 1986 | –
The original book was written and illustrated by W. Heath Robinson and published in 1912. The televised series contains a large number of the fantastic machines that Robinson is famed for. The short series was produced at Bevanfield Films for Central Independent Television and shown on ITV. All 15 episodes were released on one VHS tape by Channel 5 Video.
Bill the Minder was awarded with the London Film Festival, Outstanding Film of the Year.
After the brief title sequence with title music the narrator introduces the characters (the same way each episode except for the first), his introduction goes like this:
At the end of the episode the same basic title page is displayed but with more credits and the same title music is played. The theme music is the "Triumphal March" from Verdi's opera Aida.