Murun Buchstansangur
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| Murun Buchstansangur | |
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 Murun Buchstansangur | |
| Genre | Animation |
| Written by | Timothy Forder |
| Directed by | Timothy Forder |
| Voices of | Timothy Forder |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 53[2] |
| Production | |
| Producer | Mary Swindale |
| Running time | 5 minutes |
| Production company | Bevanfield Films |
| Original release | |
| Network | Channel 4 |
| Release | 14 November 1982[1] – 8 July 1989 |
Murun Buchstansangur is a series of animated shorts produced by Bevanfield Films for the TV station Channel 4 in the United Kingdom. It comprised fifty-three episodes; each was written, directed and narrated by Timothy Forder.[3]
Content
[edit]The title character was a small blue-grey creature who lived under the kitchen cupboard of a house in an unspecified town. The series was notable for its oblique, downbeat tone. Perhaps unsurprisingly, given his surroundings, Murun was a somewhat melancholy, philosophical character, though he was not lonely - in fact he had quite a large number of friends, neighbours, family members and acquaintances. Rather than Murun having exciting adventures, the narrative of each episode usually centered on a problem or dilemma that Murun would ponder, sometimes helped by his friends and relatives.
The first episode was shown in 1982; fifty-three were made, and the animation was repeated until 1996, mostly as filler material in scheduling gaps between other programmes. The first few series were created by Bevanfield Films, while latter series were made Hierographics Production Studio in Soho.[4]
Episodes
[edit]Series 1 (1982-1983)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Episode 1.1" | 14 November 1982 |
| 2 | 2 | "Episode 1.2" | 21 November 1982 |
| 3 | 3 | "Episode 1.3" | 28 November 1982 |
| 4 | 4 | "Episode 1.4" | 6 November 1983 |
| 5 | 5 | "Episode 1.5" | 13 November 1983 |
| 6 | 6 | "Episode 1.6" | 13 November 1983 |
| 7 | 7 | "Episode 1.7" | 20 November 1983 |
| 8 | 8 | "Episode 1.8" | 20 November 1983 |
| 9 | 9 | "Episode 1.9" | 27 November 1983 |
| 10 | 10 | "Episode 1.10" | 27 November 1983 |
| 11 | 11 | "Episode 1.11" | 4 December 1983 |
| 12 | 12 | "Episode 1.12" | 11 December 1983 |
| 13 | 13 | "Episode 1.13" | 18 December 1983 |
Series 2 (1985)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 1 | "Episode 2.1" | 5 October 1985 |
| 15 | 2 | "Episode 2.2" | 12 October 1985 |
| 16 | 3 | "Episode 2.3" | 14 October 1985 |
| 17 | 4 | "Episode 2.4" | 19 October 1985 |
| 18 | 5 | "Episode 2.5" | 21 October 1985 |
| 19 | 6 | "Episode 2.6" | 26 October 1985 |
| 20 | 7 | "Episode 2.7" | 28 October 1985 |
| 21 | 8 | "Episode 2.8" | 2 November 1985 |
| 22 | 9 | "Episode 2.9" | 4 November 1985 |
| 23 | 10 | "Episode 2.10" | 9 November 1985 |
| 24 | 11 | "Episode 2.11" | 11 November 1985 |
| 25 | 12 | "Episode 2.12" | 18 November 1985 |
| 26 | 13 | "Episode 2.13" | 25 November 1985 |
| 27 | 14 | "Episode 2.14" | 2 December 1985 |
Series 3 (1986-1987)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | 1 | "Episode 3.1" | 29 July 1986 |
| 29 | 2 | "Episode 3.2" | 5 August 1986 |
| 30 | 3 | "Episode 3.3" | 12 August 1986 |
| 31 | 4 | "Episode 3.4" | 19 August 1986 |
| 32 | 5 | "Episode 3.5" | 26 August 1986 |
| 33 | 6 | "Episode 3.6" | 18 November 1986 |
| 34 | 7 | "Episode 3.7" | 25 November 1986 |
| 35 | 8 | "Episode 3.8" | 2 December 1986 |
| 36 | 9 | "Episode 3.9" | 9 December 1986 |
| 37 | 10 | "Episode 3.10" | 16 December 1986 |
| 38 | 11 | "Episode 3.11" | 6 January 1987 |
| 39 | 12 | "Episode 3.12" | 13 January 1987 |
Series 4 (1989)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 1 | "Episode 4.1" | 8 April 1989 |
| 41 | 2 | "Episode 4.2" | 15 April 1989 |
| 42 | 3 | "Episode 4.3" | 22 April 1989 |
| 43 | 4 | "Episode 4.4" | 29 April 1989 |
| 44 | 5 | "Episode 4.5" | 6 May 1989 |
| 45 | 6 | "Episode 4.6" | 13 May 1989 |
| 46 | 7 | "Episode 4.7" | 20 May 1989 |
| 47 | 8 | "Episode 4.8" | 27 May 1989 |
| 48 | 9 | "Episode 4.9" | 3 June 1989 |
| 49 | 10 | "Episode 4.10" | 10 June 1989 |
| 50 | 11 | "Episode 4.11" | 17 June 1989 |
| 51 | 12 | "Episode 4.12" | 24 June 1989 |
| 52 | 13 | "Episode 4.13" | 1 July 1989 |
| 53 | 14 | "Episode 4.14" | 8 July 1989 |
References
[edit]- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- ^ "Forgotten Tv: Murun Buchstansangur".
- ^ "Murun Buchstansangur (TV series) (1982)". Archived from the original on 14 May 2021.
- ^ "Ranked: Murun Buchstansangur (Series One)". AnorakZone.com. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
External links
[edit]- IMDb entry
- Murun Buchstansangur at LittleGems - includes a detailed summary of the first episode.
- Murun Buchstansangur at Toonhound
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