The Wombles (1996 TV series)
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]
| The Wombles | |
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| Genre | Children’s animation |
| 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 HTV Wales |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV (CITV) |
| Original release | 5 March 1997 – 10 April 2000 |
| Related | |
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Episodes
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. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. 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.
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