Brum (TV series)
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| Brum | |
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 DVD Cover Brum: Airport and Other Stories |
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| Genre | Children's television series |
| Creator(s) | Rex Garrod |
| Developer(s) | Ragdoll Productions for HIT Entertainment |
| Starring | Brum |
| Narrated by | Toyah Willcox |
| Country of origin |  United Kingdom |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Tom Poole |
| Running time | 10 minutes |
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Brum is the name of a children's TV programme about the adventures of a car of the same name. It is produced by Ragdoll Productions for HIT Entertainment and was first broadcast in 1991. It is directed and written by Tom Poole, and is produced by Anne Wood. It was initially narrated by Toyah Willcox. However, the recent series was narrated by Tom Wright.
[edit] The series
Brum has been written by a range of writers over the years. The last two series were written by the Ragdoll Team, and also had episodes by Alan Dapre, Steve Dorrance and Will Miller.
The title character is a 1/2-scale replica of a late-1920s Austin 7 "Chummy" convertible. He drives by himself (in reality by radio control) and can express himself in a number of ways including opening and closing his doors and bonnet, "bobbing" his suspension, flashing and swivelling his headlamps and using his horn.
The actors in Brum do not speak; pantomime and off-screen narration help propel the story. For this reason, it has been remarkably easy to prepare episodes for airing in other countries, and, indeed, Brum has been broadcast in many parts of the world and in many languages, including Italian, Hebrew, Croatian, Arabic, Norwegian and Swedish.
Each episode of Brum begins with the car starting its day in a garage, then sneaking out to visit the "Big Town", where it finds adventures. The opening sequence was filmed at the Cotswold Motoring Museum in Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, England.
Originally the programme was set in the city of Birmingham in England, hence the name: in addition to its onomatopoeic nature of a car engine revving (The word is in fact the parallel of "vroom" in the Scandinavian languages, where it is syndicated), Brum is a common colloquial name for Birmingham and its inhabitants are known as Brummies. Recent series have undergone a change of format and make no specific mention of Birmingham, calling it the "Big Town", but Brum is still filmed there and many Birmingham streets and landmarks can be seen in each episode.
The incidental music (but not that of the end credits) is consistently scored for piano, bass guitar, drums and saxophone ensemble, although it varies stylistically from big-band swing to disco, classical and music-hall styles. This consistency of sound gives a very convincing and appropriate sense of a small pit orchestra or circus band, and is very much part of the series.
Brum was designed and built by Rex Garrod.
[edit] Characters
Granny Slippers - She wears slippers where ever she goes.
Mr Brillo- He loves gnomes. He lives next door to Granny Slippers and has currently been seen wearing a coulourful waistcoat, black circle glasses, a tie and blue shirt. His favourite picture is the Gnoma Lisa. He has loads of gnomes in his garden.
Big Town Manager- the manager of the Big Town
Bob & Job- The two comically clumsy men who wear the Big Town council logo overall and help the Big Town in a slapstick way.
BRUM AND THE AIRPORT ADVENTURE
When sparkling jewels are stolen from the famous Celebrity at the Airport, rum is soon on the case. Will two baddies take off with the loot, or can Brum the superhero stop their plane in time
BRUM AND THE NAUGHTY DOG
Scruffy the Dog scampers through the Big Town getting everyone in a terribletangle. When naughty Scruffy chases after a flying hotdog, Brum has to get him out of a deep trouble.
BRUM AND THE PIZZERIA
When the Waiter's money belt is stolen, Brum knows what to do. Brum chases the crooks, dressed as crazy cooks, throught the Pizzeria. but will he stop them from getting away with the dough?
BRUM AND THE GYMNAST
A gymnast's hoop bounces through the Big Town and gets the Traffic Policeman and Granny Slippers in a spin. Can Brum bring it back before the competition starts?
BRUM AND THE KING OF THEIVES
The Shadow, one of the Big Town baddies, sneaks into the Museum and steal the Big Town Crown. Can Brum see through his cleverdisguise or will the Shadow slip into the shadows?
