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Creator:
Elisabeth Beresford
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Seasons:
1 full episode list
Release Date:
5 February 1973 (UK) more
Genre:
Animation | Family more
Plot:
The misadventures of a fantasy folk community dedicated to cleaning up litter and put it to their own use.
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User Comments:
Still good more (3 total)

Cast

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Bernard Cribbins ... Narrator (4 episodes, 1973)
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Series Directed by
Ivor Wood (4 episodes, 1973)
 
Series Writing credits
Elisabeth Beresford (4 episodes, 1973)

Series Original Music by
Mike Batt (4 episodes, 1973)
 
Series Film Editing by
Martin Bohan (4 episodes, 1973)
 
Series Set Decoration by
Barry Leith (4 episodes, 1973)
 
Series Animation Department
Ivor Wood .... animator (4 episodes, 1973)

Barry Leith .... animator (unknown episodes)
 
Series Music Department
Mike Batt .... lyrics (4 episodes, 1973)

Clem Cattini .... musician: drums (unknown episodes)
Les Hurdle .... musician: bass (unknown episodes)
Chris Spedding .... musician: guitars (unknown episodes)
 

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Additional Details

Runtime:
5 min (60 episodes) (1973-1975)
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Colour:
Colour
Company:
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The term 'Womble' or 'Wombles' was used to describe new recruits and probationary firefighters in the London Fire Brigade during the 1970's. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Just a Minute: (#2.1)" (1994) more

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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
Still good, 9 November 2004
Author: John Fernandez (kennelman) from Sussex, England

The story goes that Elizabeth Beresford was driving across Wimbledon Common one day when one of her young children called out 'We're in Wombledon!' and Beresford spent the rest of the journey wondering about characters called 'Wombles' and the show was thus born.

The stop-frame animation techniques may look dated when compared to - say - Wallace and Grommet, but actually add to the charm. Cribbins is sublime as the narrator, and Mike Batt's pacy theme tune was so good it launched his own mini pop career as a performer in the seventies.

A seventies classic that the kids will love.

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