The Wombles is a stop-motion animated British television series made in 1973–1975. The Wombles are creatures that live underground, collecting and recycling human rubbish.[3]
| The Wombles | |
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| Genre | Children’s animation, comedy |
| Created by | Elisabeth Beresford |
| Written by | Elisabeth Beresford |
| Directed by | Ivor Wood[1] |
| Voices of | Bernard Cribbins |
| Narrated by | Bernard Cribbins |
| Theme music composer | Mike Batt[2] |
| Opening theme | "The Wombling Song" |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 60 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Graham Clutterbuck |
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| Running time | 4 minutes |
| Production company | FilmFair London |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC1 |
| Release | 5 February 1973 – 24 October 1975 |
| Related | |
| The Wombles (1996 TV series) | |
After the first Wombles book, published in 1968, was featured on the BBC1 children's television programme Jackanory,[4] the BBC commissioned producer FilmFair to create a television series of the books. The series was produced by Graham Clutterbuck and directed by Ivor Wood using stop-motion. The characters were all voiced by actor Bernard Cribbins. Sets and model making were by Barry Leith. Two series of 30 five-minute episodes were produced, with the first series airing in 1973, animated by Ivor Wood, and the second in 1975, animated by Barry Leith.
The original television series was regularly screened for many years. After FilmFair was acquired by the Canadian company Cinar Films in 1996, a new series of episodes was created, with three new Womble characters.
Episodes
editReferences
edit- ^ "My family and other Wombles". Times. London. 11 August 2007. Archived from the original on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ^ "The world of Wombles author Elisabeth Beresford". BBC. 10 November 2010. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ^ Sheridan, Simon (2004). The A-Z of Classic Children's Television: From Alberto Frog to Zebedee. Reynolds & Hearn Ltd. pp. 257–261. ISBN 1903111277.
- ^ "Elisabeth Beresford". The Daily Telegraph. London. 26 December 2010. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
External links
edit- The Wombles at IMDb