Underplayed Gems

The Shoe People (1987)

The Shoe People poster
Genre
children's television series, adventure television series, fantasy television series
Country
United Kingdom
Length
1 season, 26 episodes
Rated
U
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This children's show is about a group of animated shoes who have adventures in their own world. Each shoe has a personality based on its style and condition.

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What happens

The Shoe People is a British animated television series which was first broadcast in the United Kingdom in April 1987 on TV-am. It went on to be broadcast in sixty-two countries around the world. It was the first animated series from the Western world to be broadcast in the former Soviet Union in 1989 and became so popular there that it sold over twenty-five million Shoe People books. The Shoe People was created by James Driscoll, who got the inspiration for the show from noticing that the style and appearance of people's shoes revealed things about their owners' personalities. He then wondered what stories these shoes could tell about themselves when they were new and when they had gradually worn out. The show's characters were designed by Rob Lee, an illustrator from Cardiff who had previously designed the characters for TV series such as SuperTed and Fireman Sam. The theme song was written and sung by Justin Hayward of The Moody Blues. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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