Fenella the Wicked Kettle Witch can't stand to see people having fun, so she uses an evil sadness spell to turn Wheelie World into a gloomy place. But one day, a mysterious egg appears, and out pops a Happiness Dragon named Chorlton. Fenella's spell is broken, and Wheelie World will never be the same again!

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Ah, Chorlton, Chorlton – the mere mention of his name causes drunken students to break into song. Like Jamie and the Magic Torch, Chorlton and the Wheelies is primarily remembered for its awesome theme tune; that, and Chorlton's broad Mancunian exclamation of "'Ello, little old lady!". Like most Cosgrove Hall output in the 70s and 80s, the plots were either non-existant or nonsensical, but every episode was a delight to watch nontheless. A basic story would go like this; Fenella tries to do something bad, but Chorlton, in his cheerful and blundering way, makes everything alright. Simple yet effective! There were also many surreal aspects to the show, including pop-up toadstools, a roaming blob, and a Latin American Dancing Duck. Look, I'm not making this up...

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According to early concept art, this show was originally called "Happy and the Wheelheads".

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