Wombling Free

Wombling Free
Directed by	Lionel Jeffries
Produced by	Ian Shand
Written by	Lionel Jeffries
Narrated by	Lionel Jeffries
Starring	David Tomlinson Frances de la Tour Bonnie Langford
Music by	Mike Batt
Cinematography	Alan Hume
Editing by	Peter Tanner
Distributed by	Cookie Jar Group
Release date(s)	1977
Running time	96 min
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Wombling Free was a 1977 film adaption of the children's television series The Wombles.

Cast

Humans

• David Tomlinson: Roland Frogmorton
• Frances de la Tour: Julia Frogmorton
• Bonnie Langford: Felicity 'Kim' Frogmorton
• Bernard Spear: Arnold Takahashi
• Yasuko Nagazumi: Doris Takahashi
• John Junkin: County Surveyor

Wombles

The Womble characters were portrayed by dwarf actors Kenny Baker, Eileen Baker, Sadie Corre, Tony Friel, John Lummiss, Jack Purvis, Albert Wilkinson and Marcus Powell. Womble voices were provided by David Jason, Janet Brown, Jon Pertwee, John Graham and Lionel Jeffries.

Songs

The songs and incidental music were composed by Mike Batt. Some of the songs had previously been released by Batt's novelty band The Wombles, several becoming Top 10 hits.

• "The Wombling Song"
• "The Creation Of The World"
• "Edinburgh Rock"
• "Minuetto Allegretto"
• "The Womble Burrow"
• "Wombling White Tie And Tails"
• "Under The Hill And Not Far Away"
• "Magic Cricket "
• "The March Of The Machine"
• "Exercise Is Good For You"
• "The Underground Garden"
• "Count Down And Lift-Off"
• "Womble Of The Universe"
• "The Queen"

A soundtrack album was released in 1978.

Production

Locations

Most exterior shots were filmed in Black Park, Wexham, Buckinghamshire.

External links

• Wombling Free at the Internet Movie Database