Murun Buchstansangur is a series of animated shorts produced by Bevanfield Films for the TV station Channel 4 in the United Kingdom. It comprised fifty-three episodes; each was written, directed and narrated by Timothy Forder.
Content The title character was a small blue-grey creature who lived under the kitchen cupboard of a house in an unspecified town. The series was notable for its oblique, downbeat tone. Perhaps unsurprisingly, given his surroundings, Murun is a somewhat melancholy, philosophical character, though he is not lonely – in fact he has quite a large number of friends, neighbours, family members and acquaintances. Rather than Murun having exciting adventures, the narrative of each episode usually centres on a problem or dilemma that Murun would ponder, sometimes helped by his friends and relatives.
The first episode was shown in 1982; fifty-three were made, and the animation was repeated until 1996, mostly as filler material in scheduling gaps between other programmes. The first few series were created by Bevanfield Films, while later series were made by Hierographics Production Studio in Soho.
Episodes
Series 1 (1982–1983)
Series 2 (1985)
Series 3 (1986–1987)
Series 4 (1989)
References
External links IMDb entry Murun Buchstansangur at LittleGems – includes a detailed summary of the first episode. Murun Buchstansangur at Toonhound