The Wombles

TV Series
1973–19751973–1975
5m

The misadventures of a fantasy folk community dedicated to cleaning up litter and putting it to their own use.The misadventures of a fantasy folk community dedicated to cleaning up litter and putting it to their own use.The misadventures of a fantasy folk community dedicated to cleaning up litter and putting it to their own use.

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Creator
- Elisabeth Beresford
Stars
- Bernard Cribbins
- Dieter Hallervorden

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Bernard Cribbins

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60 episodes60 eps • 1973–1975

Dieter Hallervorden

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In Wimbledon Common live curious creatures called Wombles, small furry fellows who dedicate themselves to collecting all the litter humans leave behind and putting it to good use. In addition to this environmental crusade, we follow their various adventures as this collection of very different individuals get along with their eccentricities and habits often getting them into odd situations. —Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)

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Genres
- Animation
- Family
Parents guide
- Add content advisory

Trivia
The term 'Womble' or 'Wombles' was used to describe new recruits and probationary firefighters in the London Fire Brigade during the 1970's.

Connections
Featured in The 100 Greatest Kids TV Shows (2001)

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Still good

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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