Skip to main content

Home Movies TV Shows Genres People Watchlist

Search movies, TV shows and people

Home Movies TV Shows Genres People Watchlist

About WatchList

Discover the best movies and TV shows across all streaming platforms. Never miss what's trending and find your next favorite watch.

Quick Links

Popular Movies Popular TV Shows Browse Genres People About WatchList

Data Source

Powered by The Movie Database (TMDb)

© 2026 WatchList. All rights reserved.

Made with for movie lovers

The Trap Door

The Trap Door

The Trap Door

The Trap Door

1986 - 1990•2 seasons•40 episodes•~5m•

★7.6(20 ratings)

AnimationComedyFamily

Overview

The Trap Door is a claymation-style animated television series, originally shown in the United Kingdom in 1984. The plot revolves around both the daily lives and the misadventures of a group of monsters living in a castle. Although the emphasis was on humour and the show was marketed as a children's programme but also for family entertainment, the show drew much from the genres of horror and dark fantasy. The show has since become a cult favourite and remains one of the most widely recognised kids' shows of the 1980s. Digital children's channel Pop started rerunning the show in 2010.

Creators

Charlie Mills, Terry Brain

Watchlist

Main Cast

William Rushton

William Rushton

Berk / Boni / The Thing Upstairs / Rogg (voice)

Nick Shipley

Nick Shipley

Drutt (voice)

Terry Brain

Terry Brain

Full Crew

Direction

Director: Charlie Mills
Director: Terry Brain

Writing

Writer: Charlie Mills

Writer: Steve Box

Writer: Terry Brain

Production

Producer: John-Michael Howson

Music & Sound

Music: Bob Heatlie
Theme Song Performance: Zygott

Visual Effects

Animation: Steve Box
Animation: Nigel Davies

Keywords

dark comedyclaymationtrap doorworms

Did You Know?

#1

The series spans 2 seasons with 40 episodes in total (avg. 20 per season).

#2

Each episode runs approximately 5 minutes.

#3

The series ran from 1986 to 1990 — a total of 4 years on air.

#4

Originally aired on ITV1.

#5

Created by Terry Brain and Charlie Mills.

Gallery

Seasons

Similar TV Shows

The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police

The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police

1997

Sam & Max are freelance police and view the world as their own personal theme park.

Ren & Stimpy

Ren & Stimpy

2024

This reboot of the 1991 slapstick buddy comedy of the same name centers on a skinny, temperamental chihuahua Ren and his trusting feline sidekick, Stimpy. Together, this twisted twosome find themselves in crazy absurd adventures.

The Jews Are Coming

The Jews Are Coming

2014

Israeli satire show investigating the historical, social and political heritage of the jewish people and the state of Israel, from biblical days to this day, killing sacred cows and questioning Jewish myths and Israeli ethos.

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

1976

Disillusioned after a long career at Sunshine Desserts, Reginald Iolanthe Perrin endures a midlife crisis and fakes his own death. Returning in disguise after various attempts at finding a 'new life', Perrin gets his old job back and finds nothing has changed. He is eventually found out, and later finds success with a chain of junk shops. However, it becomes so successful that he feels he has created a monster and decides to destroy it.

Catterick

Catterick

2004

Catterick, aka Vic and Bob in Catterick, is a surreal 2004 BBC situation comedy in 6 episodes, written by and starring Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer, with Reece Shearsmith, Matt Lucas, Morwenna Banks, Tim Healy, Mark Benton and Charlie Higson. The series was originally broadcast on BBC Three and later rerun on BBC2. Reeves has said that the BBC do not want another series of Catterick, though he may produce a spin-off centring on the DI Fowler character. Catterick is arguably Vic and Bob's darkest and most bizarre programme to date, balancing their typically odd, idiosyncratic comedy with some genuinely dark scenes. It plays like a darkly comic road movie, albeit full of Vic and Bob's bizarre, often inscrutable and frequently silly humour. Catterick is probably Vic and Bob's most uncompromising show since their notorious and frequently baffling 1999 sketch series Bang Bang, It's Reeves and Mortimer, from which most of the characters are taken. It is in some ways stylistically similar to their short film The Weekenders first broadcast in 1992 on British television as part of Channel 4's "Bunch of Five" series. The series is named after Catterick in North Yorkshire, Britain's largest army base. It is about 10 miles away from Darlington where Vic Reeves grew up. It is also about 20 miles away from Middlesbrough where Bob Mortimer grew up.

Guilt

Guilt

Unknown

An Australian remake of the BBC dark comedy about two feuding siblings who are forced to work together when an accidental hit-and-run death spirals wildly out of control in their hometown, Fremantle.

Common Monsters

Common Monsters

2020

Elle and her son Rowan are on the run. Is this twisted mother and son relationship a bizarre case of extreme Munchausen syndrome by proxy? Or is Rowan a dangerous supernatural creature?

Red Lights

Red Lights

Unknown

Five years after a father's death, the Múgicas face a strange situation with a death threat hidden in a plate of pork. To save their lives, they must work together to uncover the father's troubles and solve the case, allowing them to return to a happily unified family.

15 Storeys High

15 Storeys High

2002

15 Storeys High is a critically acclaimed British sitcom, set in a tower block. The main characters are Vince Clark, a misanthropic, cynical recluse played by Sean Lock, and Errol Spears, Vince's exact opposite and whipping boy, played by Benedict Wong.

Rating

7.6/10

Great

20 votes

TV Show Facts

Original Name:

The Trap Door

Status:

Ended

In Production:

No

Age Rating:

U

Language:

English

Country of Origin:

United Kingdom

First Episode:

10/6/1986

Last Episode:

7/28/1990

Networks:

ITV1

Production Companies:

CMTB Animation

Queensgate Productions