Charlie Chalk

Charlie Chalk is a British stop motion animation series produced in 1987 in the United Kingdom by Woodland Animations, who also produced the children's television programmes Postman Pat, Gran, and Bertha.

The series began airing from 20 October 1988, Thursday afternoons on BBC1 part of Children's BBC for the first 10 episodes.

The series tells the story of Charlie Chalk – a jolly clown who, after falling asleep whilst fishing out at sea, ends up on a strange island by the name of Merrytwit (as explained in the title sequence before each episode).

Characters had to be aware of coconuts which constantly fell from the trees on the island.

Finally, from 1999 to 2000, Contender Entertainment released 9 episodes on VHS on their "Nippers" label.