Brummington the Chipmunk

***Brummington the Chipmunk*** is a British animated television series that ran on CITV from 11 April to 27 June 2003, the original concept is created by Martin Gates and artworks were created by Michael Jupp and the series was written by Sue Radley, The series was produced by Martin Gates Productions (MGP) for Hit Entertainment in association with Carlton

## Production

Following on from *The Dreamstone* and *Bimble's Bucket;* Martin Gates Productions (MGP) have been decided on their next and third project settings in anthropomorphic characters - continuing with Brummington the Chipmunk, voiced by Richard Pearce

## Voices

* Richard Pearce as Brummington the Chipmunk
* Julia McKenzie as Annie the Queen of Darkness/Narrator
* Alistair McGowan as Mayor Lionord the Lion
* Ciara Janson as Penny the Butterfly
* Kate Robbins as Tilly the Mink
* Paul Panting as Woofo the Dog
* Gary Martin as Simon the Frog and Various Goblins
* Ellie Beaven as Amy the Cat
* Peter Marinker as Mr. Bloomfur the Fox, a father of large family of foxes and foster/adoptive father of Brummington the Chipmunk
* Sean Barrett as Louis the Wolf
* Rik Mayall as Thomas the Corgi

(Additional voices may vary on some episodes)

## Episodes

### Season 1 (2003)

* 1 -
* 2 -
* 3 -
* 4 -
* 5 -
* 6 -
* 7 -
* 8 -
* 9 -
* 10 -
* 11 -
* 12 -
* 13 -

Only 3 of the episodes were released on Video & DVD

## Home video release

HIT Entertainment released a single VHS & DVD release of the programme - released on 3 November 2003 - containing the first 3 episodes with no special features on DVD. This had gone on to sell 500 copies across the UK - the 2nd volume was meant to be released 12 April 2004 was cancelled ultimately - leaving only the first volume available commercialy on Video & DVD.

## Credits

Written by
Sue Radley and Martin Gates
Original Concept by
Martin Gates
Design by
Michael Jupp
Music Written and Composed by
KicK Production
Animation Directors
Chris Randall, Vincent Woodcock
Directed by
Martin Gates
Dialogue Recording Engineer
Mark Thompson
Dubbing Editor
Kevin Brazier
Dubbing Mixers
David Humphries, Alan Sallabank
Voice Recording Facilities
Saunders & Gordon London LTD
Sound Re-recorded at
DB Post Production
Negative Cutting
Mike Fraser
Telecine Grader
Ray King
Video Editor
Andrew Mitchell
Film Editor
David Hillier
Production Facilities
Tokyo Movie Shinsa (London, England)
Moving Images International (Manila, Philippines)
General Manager
Bobby Hsieu
Production Manager
Tom Pong
Production Assistants (Martin Gates)
Charlotte Simpson-Orlebar, Ellen Moreno, Samantha Warden
Production Assistants (HiT Entertainment)
Richard Jones, Laura Diamio, Trevor Phillips
Production Secretary
Sarah Absalom
Assistant Producer
Emma MacGregor
Production Co-ordinator
Robert Dunbar
Production Manager (Martin Gates)
Kaye Robinson
Production Managers (HiT Entertainment)
Stuart Lock, Karen Davidsen
Character Development
Alan Case, Leila Marr
Storyboards
Gordon Harrison, Mike Jupp, Barry Macey, Clive Pallant, Vince James & Jez Hall, Michael Zarb, Marty Murphy
Timing
Chris Cuddington, Barry Macey
Edit and Story Supervisor
Sue Radley
Executive Producers
Dan Maddicott, Tom Parkhouse
Executive Producers for HiT Entertainment
Jocelyn Stevenson, Darren Kinnersley Hill
Executive Producers for ITV
Michael Forte
Producer
Martin Gates