Portland Bill

The Adventures of Portland Bill is a British stop motion animated children's television series made in 1983. It was set in a fictional lighthouse called Guillemot Rock on the south coast of England. The setting is a copy of the real Portland Bill lighthouse and Isle of Portland with placenames changed. Most of its characters were named after British Sea Areas and coastal weather stations and other words that occur in shipping forecasts: These liv... more

The Adventures of Portland Bill is a British stop motion animated children's television series made in 1983. It was set in a fictional lighthouse called Guillemot Rock on the south coast of England. The setting is a copy of the real Portland Bill lighthouse and Isle of Portland with placenames changed. Most of its characters were named after British Sea Areas and coastal weather stations and other words that occur in shipping forecasts: These live in the lighthouse: The rest of the characters live elsewhere: The series was narrated by actor of Spooner's Patch and Big Jim and the Figaro Club, Norman Rossington. less