The Trap Door

Name: The Trap Door
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Kids
Released: 1986-10-06
Rating: 7.7
Cast: William Rushton, Nick Shipley, Terry Brain

ENDED2 Seasons40 Episodes★ 7.7

The Trap Door is an animated comedy series on ITV1 that ran from 1986 to 1990, ending after 2 seasons and 40 episodes.

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NetworkITV1

First AiredOct 6, 1986

Last AiredJul 28, 1990

GenreAnimation, Comedy, Family, Kids

Runtime5 min

Created ByCharlie Mills, Terry Brain

LanguageEnglish

CountryUnited Kingdom

ProductionCMTB Animation, Queensgate Productions

The Trap Door is a claymation-style animated television series, originally shown in the United Kingdom in 1984. The plot revolves around both the daily lives and the misadventures of a group of monsters living in a castle. Although the emphasis was on humour and the show was marketed as a children's programme but also for family entertainment, the show drew much from the genres of horror and dark fantasy. The show has since become a cult favourite and remains one of the most widely recognised kids' shows of the 1980s. Digital children's channel Pop started rerunning the show in 2010.

Cast

William Rushton

Berk / Boni / The Thing Upstairs / Rogg (voice)

Nick Shipley

Drutt (voice)

Terry Brain

Seasons & Episodes2 seasons · 40 episodes

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E1Scunge

Apr 21, 19904m

Bubo comes up from the Trap Door once again and starts a fight one last time.

E2Oh Globbits

Apr 28, 19904m

After Berk bungs up a burst water pipe with a worm, he has to get rid of a giant green flying sponge that came out of the Trap Door.

E3Moany Boni

May 5, 19904m

A blue devil comes up from the trap door and starts casting annoying spells on everyone. Boni gets a body and starts making goat noises, Berk changes orange, then red, then grows large, and Drutt continuously changes color.

E4The Horrible Thing

May 12, 19904m

Berk, Boni and Drutt play Hide and Seek while the Thing Upstairs is on holiday, until a horrible yellow thing comes up through the Trap Door and interrupts.

E5Not Very Nice

May 19, 19904m

One of the Thing Upstairs' eyeballs falls down the Trap Door and Berk has to go after it.

E6Bugs

May 26, 19904m

Berk and Boni have problems with a seemingly endless plague of creepy crawlies coming out of the trap door. Berk uses a bugpipe to lead the creatures far from the castle.

E7Yum Yum

Jun 2, 19904m

Berk loses his patience with Drutt and throws him down the Trap Door, but he eventually decides to get him back by fishing him out.

E8Birthday Surprise

Jun 9, 19904m

It is Boni's birthday, so Berk makes a cake for him and Rogg also joins the two for the party. Drutt is hiding, for initially unknown reasons.

E9The Stupid Thing

Jun 16, 19904m

While Berk is giving the Thing Upstairs a slime bath, Drutt mistakenly pulls up a dragon from the trap door.

E10Boo!

Jun 23, 19904m

Berk throws a large amount of rubbish down the trap door, filling it up to the top, but this summons ghosts that torment him for his years of improper waste disposal.

E11The Lump

Jun 30, 19904m

There is a rotten smell in the castle cellar and Berk investigates. He finds out that something pink and smelly came out from the trap door. Rogg comes up and tells Berk, Boni and Drutt that it is a Lump which proceeds to make much noise.

E12The Splund

Jul 7, 19904m

A creature known as the Splund comes out of the Trap Door and teases Boni and Drutt, while Berk is sewing the Thing Upstairs' pajamas.

E13Nasty Beasty

Jul 14, 19904m

It is the middle of winter and Berk has to mend the Thing Upstairs's heater. Rogg comes up from the Trap Door with a green fuzzy thing stuck to him.

E14What a Weirdo

Jul 21, 19904m

A pig worm comes up from the Trap Door and eats Boni, Drutt's babies, the Seal, and Drutt. Only Berk can rescue his friends and save the day.

E15The Big Red Thing

Jul 28, 19904m

The red thing returns to cause chaos, and Rogg chases it into the swamps, seemingly losing his life in confronting the creature.

About The Trap Door

The Trap Door is an animation, comedy, family, kids series on ITV1. The show first aired on Oct 6, 1986 and currently has 2 seasons and 40 episodes. The Trap Door has ended. It has a rating of 7.7/10 based on 22 votes. The cast includes William Rushton, Nick Shipley, Terry Brain. Created by Charlie Mills and Terry Brain.