TV Series · 1992

Truckers

10 min · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Animation, Family · Ended

Composite

5.8

IMDb

7.6 / 10

247 votes

TMDB

7.8 / 10

5 votes

Local

— / 10

No votes

Synopsis

Faced with imminent extinction, and guided by a mysterious handheld black box, the surviving members of an alien race of small people - Nomes - embark upon a quest to find a new home, safe from the unwelcome attentions of us destructive humans...

Cast

Joe McGann

Masklin (voice)

Rosalie Williams

Gran'ma Morkie / Baroness of Delicacy (voice)

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Brian Trueman

Dorcas / Additional Voices (voice)

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Edward Kelsey

The Thing (voice)

Jimmy Hibbert

Vinto Pimmie / Additional Voices (voice)

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John Jardine

Tom / Count of Hardware (voice)

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Debra Gillett

Grimma (voice)

Crew

Camera

Mark Stewart Camera Supervisor

Crew

Jerry Andrews Lighting Camera

Production

Mark Hall Producer
Brian Cosgrove Producer
Jackie Cockle Producer

Sound

Colin Towns Music

Visual Effects

Paul Berry Animation
Paul Couvela Animation
Andrea Lord Animation
Lloyd Price Animation
Sue Pugh Animation
Stuart Sutcliffe Animation
Paul Simpson Modeling

Writing

Terry Pratchett Novel
Brian Trueman Writer

Seasons & episodes

Season 1 (1 ep)

13. So Near and Yet So Far

Apr 3, 1992 · 10 min

Prices Slashed sees Gurder denouncing the 'Demon', and is startled into dropping his lighted cigarette into the petrol. With no time to fix the door, the lorry crashes through moments before the petrol ignites and causes an explosion. They stop a short way down the street to see the store on fire. They drive off and, after a number of close calls, a police car begins pursuing them. The first scene of the first episode then repeats, this time showing Masklin and Dorcas cutting the police cars wiring while the Nomes in the truck hide. The lorry comes to a stop in an abandoned quarry near an airport. Masklin tells the others that they must move on at some point and try to get home. As they watch Concorde fly over, Dorcas remarks that it would be easier to drive than a lorry because it only has three wheels.