Step Inside
British TV show for young children
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Step Inside is a British children's television programme produced by Tricorn Productions for CBeebies during 2001, in advance of the channel's launch, and aired between February and April 2002. It last reran in July 2010. There have been no VHS or DVD releases of the show, but all of the episodes have surfaced online apart from "A Bun for Barney".
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The only human character in the show is Mr Mopple (portrayed by Chris Jarvis), a groundskeeper. Whilst doing his jobs, Mr Mopple hears a noise from the house which tells him that there is a story to be narrated. The house magically appears to come to life with a superimposed puppet face appearing on the house. As he steps inside, the face on the outside wall says, "Step Inside, all those who love stories, look and listen, we've tales to tell of fun, excitement, magic, adventure, tears, fears and laughter. Surprises as well. Step Inside."
Inside the house are the non-human characters, which use a mix of animated faces and puppet hands:
- Twinkle, a talking cat
- Boris, an anthropomorphised bookcase
- Chloe, an anthropomorphic clock
Boris the bookcase provides a book and Mr Mopple sits down to narrate the story. The characters themselves often argue among themselves, along with Mr Mopple trying to keep the peace. Mr Mopple provides an array of voices for every character in the book while narrating. When Mr Mopple has finished narrating the story, he leaves the magic house (with the face on the outside wall closing its eyes and disappearing entirely) and goes back to work.
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