The Wombles (1996 TV series)

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The Wombles
Genre Children’s animation
Created by Elisabeth Beresford
Written by
Directed byJohn Ellis
Voices of
Theme music composer Mike Batt
Country of origin
  • Canada
  • United Kingdom
No. of series3
No. of episodes52 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
ProducerCassandra Schafhausen
CinematographyMark Bond
EditorAndi Sloss
Running time10 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network ITV (CITV strand)
Release5 March 1997 (1997-03-05) 
10 November 1998 (1998-11-10)
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The Wombles

The Wombles is an 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]

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References

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  2. "Underground, Overground – The Wombles get wired". BBC. 17 February 1998. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  3. 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.