Underplayed Gems

The Gingerbread Man (1992)

The Gingerbread Man poster
Genre
children's television series
Country
United Kingdom
Length
1 season, 13 episodes
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 3 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

A gingerbread man and his friends on a kitchen dresser come to life at night. They have adventures while the humans in the house are asleep.

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What happens

The Gingerbread Man is a British stop motion animated children's television series about a gingerbread man and his friends who come to life on a kitchen dresser after the household’s occupants, known as the Big Ones, have gone to sleep. The series was written by David Wood, adapted from his two-act musical play The Gingerbread Man, which premiered in 1976 at the Towngate Theatre in Basildon, Essex, and went on to great international success. The play is inspired by "The Gingerbread Man", a 19th-century fairy tale. The screen adaptation was co-produced by FilmFair and Central Independent Television in 1991, and broadcast on ITV in 1992. Andrew Sachs voiced the Gingerbread Man, Mr Salt the Sailor, Herr Von Cuckoo and Sleek The Mouse. Jacqueline Clarke voiced Miss Pepper and Old Tea Bag. Although uncredited, Anton Rodgers voiced the narrator. David Wood and Jacqueline Clarke voiced The Big Ones. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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