
The Trap Door is a claymation-style animated television series, originally shown in the United Kingdom in 1984. The plot revolves around both the daily lives and the misadventures of a group of monsters living in a castle. Although the emphasis was on humour and the show was marketed as a children's programme but also for family entertainment, the show drew much from the genres of horror and dark fantasy. The show has since become a cult favourite and remains one of the most widely recognised kids' shows of the 1980s. Digital children's channel Pop started rerunning the show in 2010.
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Air Date: 1986-10-06
A long-necked monster emerges from the Trap Door and eats the breakfast that Berk has prepared for the Thing Upstairs...
Air Date: 1986-10-07
Berk is trying to put up some shelves for his master and is using Boni as a prop to hold up the shelf. Looking for mo...
Air Date: 1986-10-08
Berk is instructed to take care of the garden. He goes out to feed the plants, especially Thort, his master's favouri...
Air Date: 1986-10-09
Berk, Boni and Drutt go down to the swamp outside the castle to do some fishing. Berk has left the Trap Door open and...
Air Date: 1986-10-10
Berk is cooking again, when something invisible comes out of the Trap Door and starts throwing things about. Berk sco...
Air Date: 1986-10-13
A many-legged creature comes out of the Trap Door and scuttles off down the corridor. Berk goes in search of it and f...
Air Date: 1986-10-14
Boni is bored, but Berk doesn't have time to talk to him. Then Rogg appears from the trap door and throws Boni from t...
Air Date: 1986-10-15
Berk and Boni are going through things in a room that's been left untouched for a long time. Berk finds an old book o...
Air Date: 1986-10-16
The Thing Upstairs has a cold, so Berk makes him some of his special medicine. Meanwhile, a green lump comes out of t...
Air Date: 1986-10-17
Berk is trying to nail the Trap Door down, but it's no good - a large peculiar looking creepy thing comes popping up ...
Air Date: 1986-10-20
Berk goes to sleep, but a giant monstrous hand opens the trapdoor, grabs Boni and takes him down below. Now Berk must...
Air Date: 1986-10-21
Boni is pestered by Bubo, who has returned again to cause havoc. Berk goes to the rescue, but ends up in the swamp, m...
Air Date: 1986-10-21
The Thing Upstairs has tooth ache and Berk is summoned to administer to him. Once he finds which head the bad tooth i...
Air Date: 1986-10-23
While the Thing Upstairs is asleep, a little thing comes out of the Trap Door and zooms about so that Berk cannot cat...
Air Date: 1986-10-24
Berk is tidying up and finds an old radio which starts to a familiar tune. As it plays, Rogg and other assorted creat...
Air Date: 1986-10-27
Berk is told to throw out the rubbish and decides to throw it down the Trap Door. But Rogg appears and eats it all up...
Air Date: 1986-10-28
A creature comes out of the Trap Door and lays some eggs which hatch into green exploding creatures. Berk concerned w...
Air Date: 1986-10-29
Berk is trying to take some photographs of his friends, when a flying creature comes out of the Trap Door. Berk has s...
Air Date: 1986-10-30
Boni has been complaining of boredom again, but Berk has planned a picnic at the swamp. First though he has to see th...
Air Date: 1986-10-31
Berk is asleep. Three monsters, called the Big Mouths, appear out of the Trap Door. They eat everything in sight and ...
Air Date: 1986-11-03
Berk makes some medicine for his headache, but after drinking it, he becomes a monster.
Air Date: 1986-11-04
Something with a lot of eyes sneaks up on Berk while he is trying to unclog a drain. An Elephant Bug that sucks thing...
Air Date: 1986-11-05
All the rubbish Berk keeps throwing down the Trap Door comes to life and starts spitting slime at him.
Air Date: 1986-11-06
Berk tries to pick mushrooms to feed the Thing Upstairs for breakfast, until one of them runs off.
Air Date: 1986-11-07
Fed up with running around after the Thing Upstairs, and fending off the trap door monsters, Berk leaves.