The Tournament is an Episode of The Wind in the Willows
After reading 'A Boy's First Book of Wonders', Toad announces that he will host a medieval jousting pageant which his friends disagree with. Astride his trusty steed (his motorcycle), 'Sir Toad' issues a challenge to joust, which the weasels accept.
Tune in Toad's Joust[]
- "Tavern Tales" (BR-0016. Track 16) by David Snell.
Credits[]
- Based on the Characters Created by Kenneth Grahame.
- Story written by Brian Trueman.
- Voices by Richard Pearson, Peter Sallis, Sir Michael Horden and David Jason.
- Narrated by Ian Carmichael.
- Other voices by Delia Corrie, Brian Southwood, Brian Trueman, Daphne Oxenford, Kate Lee, Jimmy Hibbert and Allan Bardsley.
- Animators: Andrea Lord and Monica McCartney.
- Model Characters Designed and Sculpted by Brain Cosgrove and Bridget Appleby.
- Model Characters Constructed by Peter Saunders, Colin Batty, Clare Elliott, Noel Baker,
Peter Bentley, Marcia Pidgeon and Bridget Smith. - Models, Sets and Props by Chris Walker, Jim Bridge, Rick Kent, Jeff Spain, Graham G. Malden,
Pippa Greenwood, Paul Simpson and Rowena Watson. - Costume Design by Nigel Cornford.
- Costume Assistant: Helen Plaumer.
- Illustration by Beverley Bush.
- Stills Photography by Richard Smiles.
- Music Composed by Keith Hopwood and Malcolm Rowe.
- Arranged by Brian Ibbleston.
- Wind in the Willows sung by Ralph McTell.
- Model Camera by Jerry Andrews.
- Rostrum Camera by Peter Kidd.
- Dubbing Mixer: Ted Spooner.
- Film Editor: Nibs Senior.
- Assistant Editor: Geoff Lawson.
- Associate Producer: Chris Taylor.
- Executive Producer: John Hambley.
- Produced by Mark Hall and Brian Cosgrove.
- Directed by Chris Taylor.
- © Cosgrove Hall Productions Ltd 1987.
Copyright Gag[]
Despite this episode being broadcasted in 1988, the roman numerals in the copyright credit 'MCMLXXXVII' as it is dated in 1987.
Trivia[]
- Recording date: September 17, 1987.