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This remarkable little adventure was written by John Wyndham and published in 1968. This was the same author of Day of the Triffids, The Kraken wakes, The Midwich Cuckoos (later filmed as Village of the damned). Most of the writing was concerned with the arrival or threat that aliens represented to the very primitive (technology wise) earthlings. Village of the Damned was the science fiction film concerning a small village in England in which all the women become pregnant. They all end up giving birth to children with highly developed brains, telepathic powers - you know the rest. Chocky was very different as the alien force did not want to destroy the population of earth but instead help it and guide it to the stars. Anthony Read had to do a lot of rewriting with Chocky in order to make to representative of today's society e.g. the inclusion of the Rubik's cube. Anthony Read did a superb job transferring this from book to screen. Chocky was produced by Thames television and shown in 1984 on ITV (although completed in 1983). I remember watching this when I was just out of school thinking that it was brilliant. The music in particular stirs memories of those days at secondary school.

Chocky was a six part adventure set around the Gore family. Mum (Mary) is a busy housewife, Dad (David) is an accountant, Polly (little sister) is at primary school and Matthew (adopted when he was a baby) is at secondary school (I think he about twelve years old). The six parts were shown every Monday at 16:45 starting January the 9th and finishing 13th February. Two further series were also produced called Chocky's Children (six episodes 1985) and Chocky's Challenge (six episodes 1986). Andrew Ellams played Matthew in all three series alongside James Hazeldine as his father.

Sadly John Wyndham died in March 1969 but his books are still read today by different generations eager to see the vision of a truly remarkable writer. Chocky was no doubt one of the best childrens science fiction dramas to be seen on television and has been long over due for a place on Little Gems. Today's childrens science fiction drama doesn't even come close.

Anyone with any memories, thoughts, suggestions etc. or if you were involved in the making of Chocky (technical or actor), then we would love to hear from you using the address in the top menu bar.

Characters

Matthew	Chocky	Polly
Mum	Dad	Mr. Trimble
Colin	Miss Blayde	Dr. Roy Landis
Emma	Phyl	Alan
Sir William Thorbe	Miss Jenkins	The mad woman
Inspector	Policeman 2	Doctor 1
Doctor 2	Nurse	Postman
Boatman	Policeman 1	The Bus Driver

Episode List

Chocky Main Page	Part One	Part Two	Part Three	Part Four	Part Five	Part Six

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