The Wombles (1973 TV series)
| The Wombles | |
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Series 2 intro title | |
| Genre | Children’s animation Comedy |
| Created by | Elisabeth Beresford |
| Written by | Elisabeth Beresford |
| Directed by | Ivor Wood |
| Voices of | Bernard Cribbins |
| Narrated by | Bernard Cribbins |
| Theme music composer | Mike Batt |
| Opening theme | "The Wombling Song" |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 60 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Graham Clutterbuck |
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| Running time | 4 minutes |
| Production company | FilmFair London |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC1 |
| Release | 5 February 1973 – 24 October 1975 |
| Related | |
| The Wombles (1997 TV series) | |
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The Wombles is a British stop-motion animated children's television series based on the books written and created by Elisabeth Beresford. The series follows the adventures of the Wombles, who are creatures that live underground, collecting and recycling human rubbish.
The theme of the programme was to teach about the boost to the idea of recycling, and to fit the growing awareness of environmental issues.
The series first aired on 5 February 1973 on BBC1, and last aired on 24 October 1975. The original television series was regularly screened for many years. After FilmFair was acquired by the Canadian company Cinar Films (later WildBrain) in 1997, a new series of episodes was created, with three new Womble characters.