The Treacle People

Series 1

14 episodes · May 3, 1996

The treacle mines of Sabden have run dry - can Rosie, Wizzle, Tapper and the gang find a new seam, or will The Treacle People come to a sticky end?

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  • S1E1

    Treacle Trouble

    May 3, 199610m

    As the story starts, times are hard for The Treacle People. The once great treacle mines of Northern England are running dry and the treacle industry is in trouble. 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. That's until Rosie and Wizzle, the local youngsters, enter the scene. Armed with nothing but a simple treacle-divining stick, can they save the village, or will the Treacle People come to a sticky end? Tune in to our YouTube Channel every week and find out for yourself!

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  • S1E2

    The Great Escape

    May 10, 199610m

    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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  • S1E3

    Trouble at t'Mill

    May 17, 199610m

    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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  • S1E4

    Up, Up and Away

    May 24, 199610m

    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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  • S1E5

    Double Digging

    May 31, 199610m

    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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  • S1E6

    It Must be Fête

    Jun 7, 199610m

    The villages hold an ill-fated fête, with over-competitive competitors, misjudged judging and a band that should be banned.

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  • S1E7

    Stormy Weather

    Jun 14, 199610m

    When rain stops play, Wizzle goes to rescue Moobark and ends up trapped in a ginger beer flood.

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  • S1E8

    Revolting Boggarts

    Jun 21, 199610m

    There's trouble when the Boggarts revolt and run riot in Bessie. Luckily, Silas is there to negotiate, even more luckily, Rosie is there to stop him.

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  • S1E9

    What's the Drill?

    Jun 28, 199610m

    The Professor's latest invention the "Frothmatic Turbo Drill" causes chaos by tunneling through treacle and wrecking rocks.

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  • S1E10

    Sticky Like us

    Jul 5, 199610m

    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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  • S1E11

    Where's Charlie?

    Jul 12, 199610m

    Charlie leaves the "Bubble and Boggart" after constant harassment off Lil, and goes to seek his fortune, but only finds misfortune when he ends up at Nellie Newchurch's Perfect Parkin Parlour.

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  • S1E12

    Slippery Slopes

    Jul 19, 199610m

    Silas tries to make a fortune out of waffles and when that ends in disaster, Tapper accidentally makes an artificial Ski Slope with the remaining waffles, much to Rosie's delight.

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  • S1E13

    Show up for Showdown

    Jul 26, 199610m

    Will the sticky heroes survive the village show? And what on Earth are they going to do with 300 tonnes of candyfloss?

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  • S1E14

    Sticky Christmas

    Dec 13, 199615m

    It's Christmas time in Sabden and the Professor has invented a weather making machine to create snow. But when the machine smothers the sky full of thick fog and snow clouds, Rosie worries that Santa will not find the village and not deliver everybody's presents.

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