The House of Gristle

The House of Gristle is a British children's comedy sketch series for Children's BBC which ran for nine weeks from 7 April 1994 until 2 June 1994. This was the Gristle family that had previously appeared in Dizzy Heights. This was mainly down to Steve Nallon's puppetry and voice talents.

The House of Gristle
Genre	Children's television
Directed by	Martin Hughes
Starring	The Gristle Family from Dizzy Heights
Voices of	Steve Nallon as Vera Gristle Richard Robinson as Vic Gristle William Todd-Jones as Eustace Gristle
Theme music composer	Terry Day
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	9
Production
Executive producer	Christopher Pilkington
Producer	Martin Hughes
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	BBC One
Release	7 April (1994-04-07) – 2 June 1994 (1994-06-02)[1]

The main concept behind the show was that an ordinary family, the Gristles, had been given their own television series and so they produced a sort of amateur "Family Television Channel", creating their own special versions of television programmes of the day. The series had parodies, sketches and its own serial.^[2]

The serial, a comic gothic horror send up called The Curious Case of Dr Van Rental, was later broadcast as a whole on New Year's Eve 1995 as a one-off special. In the series Steve Nallon played Vera Gristle, the mum of the family, who spent most of her time eating.

The series was produced and directed by Martin Hughes, and it was filmed in-front of live studio audience.

Unlike its predecessor, "Dizzy Heights," The House of Gristle never shown in re-runs or neither had its 2nd series commissioned.

References

1. "BBC – Comedy Guide – Dizzy Heights". Archived from the original on 27 October 2004. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
2. "The House of Gristle (1994)". Ravensbourne University London.

External links

• Steve Nallon's website