Chockablock

- Season 1

(1981)

Chockabloke introduces both himself and Chock-A-Block - the sophisticated computer that he feeds blocks of data. Included on the blocks this week are a rhyming game and a song about a grandfather clock.

Chockagirl introduces herself as she takes her turn to place data blocks into Chock-A-Block. Chock-A-Block presents not only songs and the rhyming game of "Rockablock", but also produces a new friend: Joe Crow.

Chockabloke is convinced that he's a victim of "trickabloke", as a mischievous Chock-A-Block keeps randomly playing images and sounds of sheep. There's also the tale of insomniac Farmer Jake and his sheep counting to help him sleep.

Chockagirl uses the computer to tell the story of a train driver and her very unusual train - one that travels all the way to Spain.

Chockabloke has a somewhat clumsy time as he nearly drops a block on the floor and then struggles to control the Rockablock rollers. Having a much more successful day is Tom the Piper, who controls the sun and the moon.

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There's a touch of freshness in this edition, as Chockabloke not only backs in with the Chockatruck for the first time, but also introduces a mole that raps to Old King Cole.

Chockagirl has to erase some of Chock-A-Block's blocks, as the machine has been filled with noises. There's also the song of The Rhyming Cat, forced to do only things that sound alike.

Fred Harris gets to appear not only as Chockabloke, but as an old lady who has a jig with a dancing pig.

Chockagirl focusses on words that have "ooo" sounds, culminating in the tale of the old woman who lived in a shoe.

Chockabloke has a feeling it's "going to be one of those days" as the Block Stock is jumbled up, and Chock-A-Block has been crammed full of silk, blocking his slot. That's to say nothing of the cake-obsessed snake in the studio.

Chockagirl checks in for the final time, using Chock-A-Block to deliver a story about rhyming bees.

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