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'''''The Adventures of Snelgrove Snail''''' was a Canadian children's puppet TV show from 1980 produced by CHCH-TV, which also aired on TVNZ in New Zealand.
'''''The Adventures of Snellgrove Snail''''' is a 1980 television puppet show. <ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0182554/ IMDb page] Retrieved Mar 12 '17.</ref> This TV show was created by D.W. Reid Film Company and was voiced by Helene Buwalda, Joyce Clarke, and Barrie McLean. <ref>[http://www.tvarchive.ca/database/16190/adventures_of_snelgrove_snail,_the/details/ TVArchive Canada article on the show] Retrieved Mar 12 '17.</ref> It originally debuted in Canada on CHCH-TV, but it also aired in New Zealand on TVNZ. The series follows the underwater village of Snailsville and its gastropod inhabitants.<ref>[http://www.buddytv.com/undersea-adventures-of-snelgrove-snail-movie.aspx BuddyTV overview] Retrieved Mar 12 '17.</ref>
 
This TV show is currently lost, and its whereabouts are unknown. It's not clear at this time whether or not it'll be released again. The only existing footage of the series is a VHS-rip of the introduction to the series on YouTube, which can be viewed in the gallery below.


Not much information is known about this TV program, although there are very simple and brief summaries of the show. Multiple VHS tapes of the show were made that can be found floating around on eBay and other online stores; one Lost Media Wiki user used to have this show on video, but their VHS destroyed the tape.
==Gallery==
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There is only one low-quality VHS rip of the intro on YouTube.
==References==
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Revision as of 02:09, 13 March 2017

SnelgroveSnail.png

Cover of the tv show.

Status: Lost


The Adventures of Snellgrove Snail is a 1980 television puppet show. [1] This TV show was created by D.W. Reid Film Company and was voiced by Helene Buwalda, Joyce Clarke, and Barrie McLean. [2] It originally debuted in Canada on CHCH-TV, but it also aired in New Zealand on TVNZ. The series follows the underwater village of Snailsville and its gastropod inhabitants.[3]

This TV show is currently lost, and its whereabouts are unknown. It's not clear at this time whether or not it'll be released again. The only existing footage of the series is a VHS-rip of the introduction to the series on YouTube, which can be viewed in the gallery below.

Gallery

A VHS-rip of the show's opening sequence.

References

  1. IMDb page Retrieved Mar 12 '17.
  2. TVArchive Canada article on the show Retrieved Mar 12 '17.
  3. BuddyTV overview Retrieved Mar 12 '17.