The Wombles is an animated series for children transmitted in 1997 and 1998, based on the 1973 series created by Elisabeth Beresford. The Wombles had remained popular with children into the 1980s.[1] After FilmFair was acquired by the Canadian company Cinar Films in 1996, a new series of episodes was made, with three new Womble characters. The series is a co-production with Cinar and United Film & Television Productions/HTV Wales, in association with FilmFair Limited and ITV.[2] 52 episodes were produced.[3]
| The Wombles | |
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| Genre | Children’s animation |
| Created by | Elisabeth Beresford |
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| Directed by | John Ellis |
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| Theme music composer | Mike Batt |
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| No. of series | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 52 (list of episodes) |
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| Producer | Cassandra Schafhausen |
| Cinematography | Mark Bond |
| Editor | Andi Sloss |
| Running time | 10 minutes |
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| Original release | |
| Network | ITV (CITV strand) |
| Release | 5 March 1997 – 10 November 1998 |
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Episodes edit
References edit
- ^ Childs, Martin (3 January 2011). "Elisabeth Beresford: Children's author who created the Wombles". Independent. London. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ^ "Underground, Overground – The Wombles get wired". BBC. 17 February 1998. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ^ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 211. ISBN 9781476672939.
