The Wombles
series not in production
Ended
Animation
Family
Seasons | 5
Episodes | 125
avg.Runtime | 10 min
First EP | 1973-02-05
Last EP | 1975-10-24
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The Wombles is a stop motion animated British television series made in 1973–1975. After the first Wombles book, published in 1968, was featured on the BBC children's television programme Jackanory, the BBC commissioned producer FilmFair to create a television series of the books. The series was produced by Graham Clutterbuck and directed by Ivor Wood using stop-motion. The characters were all voiced by actor Bernard Cribbins. Sets and model making were by Barry Leith. Two series of 30 five minute episodes were produced, with the first series airing in 1973, animated by Ivor Wood, and the second in 1975, animated by Barry Leith. In all, sixty episodes were produced. The original television series was regularly screened for many years. After FilmFair was acquired by the Canadian company Cinar Films in 1996, a new series of episodes was created, with a number of new Womble characters. In the UK, the series was purchased by ITV.
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Season List
season 1 || Season 1
Relesed on | 1973-02-05
1
Orinoco & The Big Black Umbrella
1973-02-05
On any day, the Womble Orinoco is swept by the wind.
2
The Rocking Chair
1973-02-06
After Orinoco gets stuck in a tire, the Wombles realise they can use it to fix Great Uncle Bulgaria's chair.
3
A Sticky Ending (or A Sticky End)
1973-02-07
The Wombles have a leaking ceiling and come up with an inventive way of fixing it.
4
Great Uncle Bulgaria's Keep Fit Lesson
1973-02-09
After the Wombles find a football, Great Uncle Bulgaria becomes inspired to start a new "keep fit" regime.
5
A Safe Place
1973-02-12
A safe place must be found for a valuable Womble history book.
6
Peep-Peep-Peep
1973-02-13
Great Uncle Bulgaria wants the Wombles to keep in touch with each other while they're working, so Wellington invents, in the words of Orinoco, a "talking tin can"!
7
The Purple Paw Mystery
1973-02-14
Great Uncle Bulgaria's fountain pen runs out of ink, so asks Tomsk to pay Tobermary a visit to collect some more. While there, Tobermary enlists the help of Tomsk in manufacturing the ink, but when he cuts corners he creates a mess around the entire burrow.
8
Bungo's Birthday Party
1973-02-16
Bungo thinks that everyone forgot about his birthday, but he didn´t expect that everyone has a secret that Bungo doesn´t known.
9
The Invisible Womble
1973-02-19
Orinoco thinks that if he turns invisible no one will interrupt his sleeping while he pretends that he is in work.
10
Orinoco Sees The Light
1973-02-20
Wellington has planted some daffodil seeds and he is "awfully disappinted" when they don't grow. Orinoco suggests he plants light bulbs instead.
11
The Conkering Hero
1973-02-21
The Wombles learn how to play conkers and how to count.
12
One Pair Of Feet
1973-02-23
After a human being is spotted on the common, the Wombles rush back to their burrow. However, in the panic Wellington is left behind...
13
Tobermory On Television
1973-02-26
Tobermory makes his own TV show for the Wombles.
14
Crossed Lines
1973-02-27
Tobermory invents a new telephone system for everyone but the telephone lines are having problems and many conversations are heard by Tobermory.
15
Blow The Womble Down
1973-02-28
The Wombles get blown about when they find a vacuum cleaner.
16
Madame Cholet Returns
1973-02-03
Making cakes turns into a problematic situation.
17
Weighing In Time
1973-06-19
Orinoco decides to put himself on a diet, because he thinks he's too fat.
18
Musical Wombles
1973-06-19
The Wombles make music with tins and cans.
19
Wombles And Ladders
1973-06-20
A ladder is adapted to Womble size
20
Orinoco And The Ghost
1973-06-21
Orinoco thinks that there is a ghost in his house
21
A Game Of Golf
1973-06-22
Golf balls sometimes travel in the wrong direction
22
North, South, East, West
1973-06-25
Tobermory makes a machine that can predict the weather.
23
The Picnic
1973-06-26
Orinoco shows us how to make a picnic basket that is not heavy to carry.
24
Games In The Snow
1973-06-27
The Wombles have fun in the snow and, in the process, create a minor avalanche
25
The Snow Wombles
1973-06-28
The annual competition to see who can make the best snowman.
26
What's Cooking?
1973-06-29
A bird nests in the Wombles' ventilation shaft.
27
Spring Cleaning Time
1973-07-02
When the Wombles have to spring clean, an elastic washing line leads to trouble.
28
Marrow Pie
1973-07-03
The Wombles use too much fertiliser on a marrow, causing it to grow and grow.
29
The Cement Mixer
1973-07-05
The Wombles get into trouble with some wet cement.
30
The Circus Comes To Wimbledon
1973-07-06
When the circus to Wimbeldon Common, the Wombles put on their own act.
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“I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.” – Walt Disney