Creepy Crawlies

Not to be confused with creepy crawlies.

Creepy Crawlies^[1] is a stop motion animation series created by Cosgrove Hall Productions. The series consisted of 52 ten-minute episodes,^[2] which were broadcast on Children's ITV between 1987 and 1989. All episodes were written by Peter Reeves and directed by Franc Vose and Brian Little; narration and character voices were provided by Paul Nicholas.

Creepy Crawlies
Created by	Brian Cosgrove and Mark Hall
Starring	Paul Nicholas
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	52
Production
Running time	10 mins
Production company	Cosgrove Hall Productions
Original release
Network	ITV (CITV)
Release	7 January 1987 (1987-01-07) – 8 August 1989 (1989-08-08)

Overview

The series was based upon the daily goings-on of a group of common minibeasts (small invertebrate creatures such as arthropods, gastropods and worms) that lived at the bottom of a garden around an old sundial.

Characters

• Mr Harrison the snail
• Suppose the worm
• Ariadne the spider
• Anorak the pillbug (woodlouse)
• Ladybird the ladybird
• Pickle the beetle
• Blaze the caterpillar

Home media

The Video Collection and Thames Video released 2 VHS tapes containing 5 episodes each.

VHS Title	Release Date	Episodes
Creepy Crawlies (TV9944)	9 February 1987	The Cold, Lambeth the Conqueror, Storm in a Tea Cup, The Leaving, The Best Day Ever
Creepy Crawlies - Sundial Stories (TV9970)	16 November 1987	The Red Voice, Pleasurabolosities, The Stone Dream, The Art Noise, When the Garden Lost its Grip