The Wombles (1996 TV series)
| The Wombles | |
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| Genre | Children |
| Created by | Elisabeth Beresford |
| Written by |
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| Directed by | John Ellis |
| Voices of |
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| Theme music composer | Mike Batt |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 52 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
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| Producer(s) | Cassandra Schafhausen |
| Editor(s) | Andi Sloss |
| Cinematography | Mark Bond |
| Running time | 10 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ITV Network (CITV) |
| Original run | 5 March 1997 – 10 November 1998 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | The Wombles |
The Wombles is a second animated series for children based on the characters created by Elisabeth Beresford transmitted in 1997 and 1998. 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 a number of new Womble characters. In the UK, the series was purchased by ITV.[2]
In late August 2013 it was announced that the Wombles would return with a new television series. Richard Desmond snapped up the rights to the new TV series which will consist of 26 episodes each 11 minutes in length. The new series will be made using computer-generated imagery (CGI) and is due to air in 2015 on Channel 5.[3][4][5]
Episode list
Series one (1997)
| No. | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | "The Ghost of Wimbledon Common" | 5 March 1997 |
| Bungo and Tomsk think they've seen a ghost. | ||
| 02 | "Orinoco the Magnificent" | 12 March 1997 |
| Orinoco becomes convinced he can do magic when a new arrival turns up. | ||
| 03 | "Tomsk to the Rescue" | 19 March 1997 |
| Tomsk saves Shansi Tarzan-style. | ||
| 04 | "Madame Cholet's Day Off" | 26 March 1997 |
| Madame Cholet is driven out of the Burrow after a bad day. | ||
| 05 | "Shansi's Surprise" | 2 April 1997 |
| A surprise party is planned for Shansi. | ||
| 06 | "Beautiful Boating Weather" | 9 April 1997 |
| The young Wombles go boating, but Stepney is scared of water. | ||
| 07 | "Camping and Cloudberries" | 16 April 1997 |
| Bungo believes there's a dragon on the prowl when the young Wombles go camping. | ||
| 08 | "Any Womble for Tennis?" | 23 April 1997 |
| Orinoco, Alderney and Shansi accidentally cause a scene at Wimbledon. | ||
| 09 | "Out of This Earth" | 30 April 1997 |
| After hearing the story of the Womble pirate One-Eyed Jamaica, Stepney goes treasure-hunting. | ||
| 10 | "MacWomble Is Coming" | 7 May 1997 |
| Cairngorm MacWomble the Terrible visits the Wimbledon Burrow. | ||
| 11 | "Spring into Action" | 14 May 1997 |
| 12 | "Hola Obidos" | 26 May 1997 |
| 13 | "Welcome Back Bungo" | 28 May 1997 |
Series two (1998)
| No. | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | "Car Trouble" | 6 January 1998 |
| 02 | "Deep Space Wombles" | 13 January 1998 |
| 03 | "Orinoco's Sick Day" | 20 January 1998 |
| 04 | "Wild News Chase" | 29 January 1998 |
| 05 | "MacWomble the Charming" | 10 February 1998 |
| 06 | "Rainy Daze" | 17 February 1998 |
| 07 | "Great Cake Mystery" | 23 February 1998 |
| 08 | "Bigfoot Womble" | 3 March 1998 |
| 09 | "Chaos on the Common" | 10 March 1998 |
| 10 | "Weather Or Not" | 17 March 1998 |
| 11 | "Trouble at the Thames" | 24 March 1998 |
| 12 | "Great Womble Explorer" | 31 March 1998 |
| 13 | "Womble Winterland" | 7 April 1998 |
Series three (1998)
| No. | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | "New Year! New You!" | 6 October 1998 |
| 02 | "Alderney's Big Break" | 7 October 1998 |
| 03 | "The Thingummawotsit" | 8 October 1998 |
| 04 | "The Sleep Wombler" | 9 October 1998 |
| 05 | "A Life in the Day Of Madame Cholet" | 12 October 1998 |
| 06 | "Wom-TV" | 13 October 1998 |
| 07 | "Star Struck" | 14 October 1998 |
| 08 | "Practically Joking" | 15 October 1998 |
| 09 | "Tomsk's Pen Pal" | 16 October 1998 |
| 10 | "What's a Womble" | 19 October 1998 |
| 11 | "Queen for a Day" | 20 October 1998 |
| 12 | "The Womble Races" | 21 October 1998 |
| 13 | "The Womble Times" | 22 October 1998 |
| 14 | "Fancy! Fancy Dress" | 23 October 1998 |
| 15 | "Time Travelling Tomsk" | 26 October 1998 |
| 16 | "Bungo Bingo" | 27 October 1998 |
| 17 | "The Thames Burrow Adventure" | 28 October 1998 |
| 18 | "The Wombles of Our Discontent" | 29 October 1998 |
| 19 | "Riddle Me This" | 30 October 1998 |
| 20 | "Unlucky Me" | 2 November 1998 |
| 21 | "Nanny Alexandria Comes to Stay" | 3 November 1998 |
| 22 | "The Unwelcome Womble" | 4 November 1998 |
| 23 | "Shansi's Spider" | 5 November 1998 |
| 24 | "Anchors Aweigh" | 6 November 1998 |
| 25 | "Womble Inventor of the Year" | 9 November 1998 |
| 26 | "A Visit to the Highland Burrow" | 10 November 1998 |
References
- ↑ Childs, Martin (2011-01-03). "Elisabeth Beresford: Children's author who created the Wombles". Independent (London). Retrieved 2011-08-14.
- ↑ "Underground, Overground - The Wombles get wired". BBC. 1998-02-17. Retrieved 2011-08-14.
- ↑ "The Wombles return to TV on Channel 5 in 2015 - TV News - Digital Spy". digitalspy.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
- ↑ "The Wombles to return on Channel 5 | Media | The Guardian". theguardian.com. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
- ↑ "The Wombles are coming back to TV - Telegraph". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
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