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Aired: 1993 - 1994
Show Type: Animated
Country of Origin: UK
Arabel Jones is a straw-haired child who's best friends with a rascally raven
called Mortimer. He's a mischief-maker with a limited vocabulary. The only words he's ever heard to rasp are "Kaaark!" and "Nevermore!"
Mortimer and Arabel have splendid adventures in and around Rumbury Town,
where they live, and there's always a trail of chaos left in their wake...
This fun series was adapted from the best-selling children's books by Joan Aiken. Joan is just as famous for a raft of novels like "The Wolves of Willoughby Chase" and "Black Hearts in Battersea". "Arabel's Raven", the first Mortimer and Arabel book, was published way back in 1972 and the duo swiftly became stars on the BBC's "Jackanory" where their tales were accompanied by illustrations from Quentin Blake. From thereon, Arabel, Mortimer, Joan Aiken and Quentin Blake have been became inseperable - so it's great to see them all present and correct together here in this fabulous puppet series. The designs are translated brilliantly, and the puppeteers imbue the characters with all the energy and vigour of the 2D originals...
Joan wrote the four stories for the series with her daughter Lizza and each
tale was told in episodic form:
Mortimer and Arabel
12 eps / first broadcast on BBC1
15th November - 22nd December 1993
Mortimer's Mine
12 eps / first broadcast on BBC1
3rd October - 9th November 1994
May Day in Rumbury
6 eps / first broadcast on BBC1
14th November - 30th November 1994
The Rumbury Ghost
(aka The Bank Ghost)
6 eps / first broadcast on BBC1
5th December - 21st December 1994
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