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Chorlton And The Wheelies - Happiness Is Dragon Shaped [1976]
 
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Chorlton And The Wheelies - Happiness Is Dragon Shaped [1976]
VHS ~ Joe Lynch
5.0 out of 5 stars  (14 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Joe Lynch
  • Directors: Chris Taylor (VI)
  • Format: PAL
  • Classification: U
  • Studio: Fremantle Home Entertainment
  • VHS Release Date: 29 May 2000
  • Run Time: 56 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  (14 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004TL9G
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 5,855 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Amazon.co.uk Review
"Jump in we'll take you for a spin/And show you round the Wheelie World". For pretty much anyone between the ages of 25 and 40, merely the opening line of the theme to this crazed slice of cartoon bedlam will be enough to jog memories and pluck heartstrings. For everyone else, a brief synopsis is probably in order. Well, self-evidently there's Chorlton, the least intimidating dragon in television history, whose unexplained arrival among the Wheelies is a constant source of vexation to Fenella, a spectacularly ineffective witch with a base camp at Spout Hall (yes, it's a big kettle) and a cadre of mushroom-like toadies and "spikers" with whom she consorts to bring havoc to Wheelie World. Oh, and she also has a son, who only ever appears as a vast, disembodied foot.

In short, Chorlton is a crown jewel for all fans of 70s children's TV at its most unapologetically demented. Happiness is Dragon Shaped, the first five-episode collection, opens with "Happiness is Hatched" (wherein, of course, Chorlton arrives fully formed in Wheelie World via an enormous egg), before proceeding into the titular segment, "Chorlton Says it with Flowers", "The Lost Wheelie" and "Chorlton and the Crimewave". Needless to say, the ever-apopleptic Fenella remains hysterical throughout. --Danny Leigh

Synopsis
Join Chorlton, the Happiness Dragon and his friends in Wheelie World in five great stories: 'Happiness Is Hatched', 'Happiness Is Dragon Shaped', 'Chorlton Says It With Flowers', 'The Lost Wheelie' and 'Chorlton And The Crimewave'.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars At long last Pearson TV release the dragon !, 4 Jun 2000
By A Customer
After years of a wait, Pearson TV have released the first 5 episode on video. They have been digitally remastered and look fantastic.

The very first episode was the main highlight of the video for me as somehow I had missed it all of the years ago.

I recommend the video (and volume 2) to anyone who remembers Chorlton from their childhood. Even if you don't, check out the video and see what you have missed !

Big kids at heart rule !

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Blast from the past, 28 Sep 2000
By A Customer
This is an absolutley gorgeous blast from the past, i vaguely remebered it but nobody else did so when i saw the video i bought it straight away. I put the video on and i was an anxious 3 year old again, i couldn't wait to see Fenella (she used to scare me to death)and the spikers definatly the best witch ever. This series should definatly make a comeback on TV and for ages i was singing the theme tune...now we just need Animal Kwackers (anybody remember...Rory Rory tell us a story)
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