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Crystal Tipps and Alistair

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Country
United Kingdom

How it feels

A cartoon about two friends, a girl named Crystal Tipps and her dog Alistair. They have gentle adventures with no spoken words, only music.

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What happens

Crystal Tipps and Alistair is a British cartoon produced for the BBC. The main series aired between 28 February 1972 and 1974 on BBC One. The cartoon began as an entry to a European Broadcasting Union (EBU) collaborative project seeking wholly dialogue-free animations. The resulting 5-minute film, titled Hide and Seek, aired in 1971 and became the pilot for the series. The series has no dialogue but is accompanied by a full musical soundtrack composed by Paul Reade. However, when shown on Captain Kangaroo in the U.S. in the 1970s the series did have voice-over narration by Cosmo "Gus" Allegretti in his high-pitched "Mister Moose" voice. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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