Truckers

I was only 8 or so when Truckers was broadcast on telly. I'd read the book already and was looking forward to the TV show, but I'm sorry to say it wasnt as good as I thought it'd be. It was SO much better.

This is an extremely faithful adaptation of Terry Pratchett's wonderful novel. They've captured the characters perfectly and it's impossible to imagine anyone but Debra Gillet as Grimma, the world's first feminist nome.

I would recommend this to everyone. Kids will love the wondeful stop-motion animation, and many adults will get a kick out of Terry Pratchett's hilarious dialogue and his devilish humour

In addition to the unmatched Discworld series, Pratchett has written many more things, and in particular stand out his books for children and those who still nurture their inner child. "Truckers" is a fairly faithful adaptation of the eponymous novel about miniature people living in the walls of a department store and for which the outside world is just a matter of legends. But the department store is to be demolished and Noums must leave their home and seek for a new one. Pratchett once again shows his amazing talent for satire and humor, which will win over adults, and excellent stop-motion animation and a simplified way of storytelling will bring this beautiful adventure closer to the youngest audience. However, to me as a fan(atic) of Terry Pratchett, who read everything he could get his hands on and saw all adaptations, this is far from the maximum that adaptations of this author can provide.

7/10

I was 16 or 17 years old when this was first shown on telly. I remember at the time thinking, "Grow up man, you shouldn't be watching kids stuff!" But this is much much more than just 'kids stuff' this is pure magic, the sort of telly rarely (if ever!?) seen nowadays.

Wonderful attention to detail, great voice cast, outstanding stop motion animation, intensely detailed and beautifully made costumes and sets, and to top it off, a great story set in a fantastically dark and archaic little world within a (human) world. This has drama, humour, horror, tension, action and thrills. Everything a kid (or big kid!) could possibly want.

I'm 31 now and still think this is pure class. As much as I enjoy Wallace And Grommit and the like, this tops the lot! Criminally forgotten, and to add insult to injury this has NEVER been made available on DVD!? :(

Scandalous I tell you!

If you see it, buy it! Even if you have to buy a VHS recorder to view it. It really is that good ;)