Roger and the Rottentrolls (1996–2000) User Reviews

Hilarious

[Sebastian_Crawford · 23 August 2005]

Roger and the Rottentrolls was a televisual boon in the mid nineties. I used to love coming in from classes and catching their latest antics in the chaotic labyrinth that was the "Treacle Mines".

Think of an even more demented "Fraggle Rock" and you'll be along the right lines. Random plots which frequently seemed to make sense at the beginning but would then reach a conclusion not even Agatha Christie would have seen coming, witty scripts which veered from the sublime to the ridiculous to the even more sublimely ridiculous and appealed to my nephew, then three, and the adults in the room making sure afore mentioned nephew didn't fall into the VCR.

The puppetry was also top notch. Occasionally I'd forget they weren't real and feel a little sad. Definitely recommend buying the DVD.

Roger and the Rottentrolls

[jboothmillard · 5/10 · 24 May 2005]

Roger and the Rottentrolls was one of the weirdest shows on CITV that I can remember. It always began with a short opening about Merlin trying to create something for King Arthur when he accidentally dropped some strange Norwegian trolls in the valley. These were known as the Rottentrolls. One day a young boy named Roger went into this valley and shouted the words on a rock, "Roger was 'ere". Then he was met by the stupidest Rottentroll of the lot. They made Roger the king of the Rottentrolls. Every episode, narrated by comedian Martin Clunes was just as stupid or annoying as the first. The trolls would get a stupid idea and try to work it out with Roger, or his sister Kate's help. A bit silly, but kids might like it. Okay!