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 | Canada United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 52 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers |
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| Producer | Cassandra Schafhausen |
| Cinematography | Mark Bond |
| Editor | Andi Sloss |
| Running time | 10 minutes |
| Production companies | CINAR Films United Film & Television Productions FilmFair Limited |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV Network (CITV) and HTV Wales |
| Release | 5 March 1997 – 10 April 2000 |
The Wombles is a Canadian/British 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]
Episode list
Series 1 (1997)
| No. | Title | Original air date | |
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| 01 | "The Ghost of Wimbledon Common" | 5 March 1997 | |
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Bungo and Tomsk think they've seen a ghost. | |||
| 02 | "Orinoco the Magnificent" | 12 March 1997 | |
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Orinoco becomes convinced he can do magic when a new arrival turns up. | |||
| 03 | "Tomsk to the Rescue" | 19 March 1997 | |
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Tomsk saves Shansi Tarzan-style. | |||
| 04 | "Madame Cholet's Day Off" | 26 March 1997 | |
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Madame Cholet is driven out of the Burrow after a bad day. | |||
| 05 | "Shansi's Surprise" | 2 April 1997 | |
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A surprise party is planned for Shansi. | |||
| 06 | "Beautiful Boating Weather" | 9 April 1997 | |
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The young Wombles go boating, but Stepney is scared of water. | |||
| 07 | "Camping and Cloudberries" | 16 April 1997 | |
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Bungo believes there's a dragon on the prowl when the young Wombles go camping. | |||
| 08 | "Any Womble for Tennis?" | 23 April 1997 | |
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Orinoco, Alderney and Shansi accidentally cause a scene at Wimbledon. | |||
| 09 | "Out of This Earth" | 30 April 1997 | |
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After hearing the story of the Womble pirate One-Eyed Jamaica, Stepney goes treasure-hunting. | |||
| 10 | "MacWomble Is Coming" | 7 May 1997 | |
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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 2 (1998)
| No. | Title | Original air date |
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| 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 3 (1998)
| No. | Title | Original air date |
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| 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 |
Voice artists
Spanish (Spain)
- Demián Velazco Rochwerger as Great Uncle Bulgaria
- Sol Nieto as Madame Cholet
- Emiliano Dionisi as Wellington
- Javier Naldjián as Bungo
- Hernán Bravo as Tobermory
- Ezequiel Romero as Orinoco
- Horacio Gervais as Tomsk
- Pablo Gandolfo as Stepney
- Emanuel Cáceres as Cairngorm, the MacWomble the Terrible
- Elena Díaz Toledo as Hoboken
References
- ^ Childs, Martin (3 January 2011). "Elisabeth Beresford: Children's author who created the Wombles". Independent. London. 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.
External links
Categories:
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- British children's animated comedy television series
- ITV children's television shows
- Television shows set in London
- British television shows based on children's books
- 1997 British television series debuts
- 1998 British television series endings
- 1990s British children's television series
- British preschool education television series
- Television series by Cookie Jar Entertainment
- Television series by DHX Media
- Television series by ITV Studios
- Television shows produced by Harlech Television (HTV)
- English-language television shows
- 1990s British animated television series