The Wombles
The Wombles is a stop motion animated British television series made in 1973–1975. After the first Wombles book, published in 1968, was featured on the BBC children's television programme Jackanory, 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. In all, sixty episodes were produced. 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 a number of new Womble characters. In the UK, the series was purchased by ITV.
- Created By
- First Aired on
Feb 05, 1973
- Popularity: 25.429
- 14 votes
- Networks
- (GB)
- Production
FilmFair
- Status: Ended
Show Ended
5 seaons till Oct 24, 1975
Last episode: Womble Summer Party
Seasons & episodes
Total 5 seasons, 125 episodes
Season 1
Aired
Episode 1Orinoco & The Big Black Umbrella min
On any day, the Womble Orinoco is swept by the wind.
Episode 2The Rocking Chair min
After Orinoco gets stuck in a tire, the Wombles realise they can use it to fix Great Uncle Bulgaria's chair.
Episode 3A Sticky Ending (or A Sticky End) min
The Wombles have a leaking ceiling and come up with an inventive way of fixing it.
Episode 4Great Uncle Bulgaria's Keep Fit Lesson min
After the Wombles find a football, Great Uncle Bulgaria becomes inspired to start a new "keep fit" regime.
Episode 5A Safe Place min
A safe place must be found for a valuable Womble history book.
Crew & Team
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