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''Roger and the Rottentrolls'' (sometimes called ''The Rottentrolls'') is a children's comedy television series made for ITV by The Children's Company, which combined puppets with live action human actors. It was first broadcast on 1 January 1996. Written by Tim Firth, it was based on characters created by Gordon Firth (always referred to as "his dad" in the credits) directed by Julian Kemp and executive produced by Robert Howes. The first series won the 1997 BAFTA for "Best Children's Entertainment Show",〔(BAFTA Awards database 1997 )〕 beating the ''Ant and Dec Show''.〔(Children's Nominations 1997 ), BAFTA〕 Later series were nominated for awards from both BAFTA and the Royal Television Society. ==History== Roger and the Rottentrolls started life as a book and audio tape, written by Tim Firth and commissioned by EMI and W H Smith and produced by Robert Howes and The Children's Company, intended as a 'spooky story' for children part of a series, of over 30 titles. Tim's dad, Gordon, who had originally invented the characters, drew the designs for all the characters from which the puppets were made.The pilot for the TV series was filmed in and around old lead mines in the Yorkshire Dales, by multi award winning documentary director /cameraman Paul Beriff, as a gesture of support for the project. The TV series was filmed at Brimham Rocks near Harrogate, Yorkshire. There were two spin-off series: a half-hour special for the BBC named ''Combat Sheep'' (based around Commander Harris (see below)), and a series for pre-school children (ITV) called ''Ripley and Scuff''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Roger and the Rottentrolls」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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