Tottie | The BBC Dolls' House Show That Traumatised a Generation

This time, we're diving into Tottie: The Story of a Doll's House – the 1984 Smallfilms production that proved dolls' lives are far from cute and cuddly. Based on Rumer Godden's 1947 novel The Dolls' House, this stop‑motion BBC series followed Tottie, a thoughtful wooden Dutch doll, and her surrogate family: the timid Mr Plantaganet, his cheerful wife Birdie (a cheap celluloid doll from a Christmas cracker!), their velvet son Apple who speaks in rhyme, and Darner the wool dog with a darning needle for a backbone. Living in a "draughty shoe‑box", the dolls long for the luxurious Victorian dolls' house Tottie remembers from long ago. But their wish is granted with a terrible price – enter Marchpane, an antique porcelain doll of breathtaking beauty and breathtaking cruelty. What follows is one of the most devastating storylines ever aimed at children... Subscribe to us at ‪@BigKidsTVPodcast‬ for regular retro uploads. #Tottie #DollsHouse #80sKidsTV #BBC #Smallfilms #OliverPostgate #BigKidsTV #Nostalgia #StopMotion #80sNostalgia