Clangers
The Clangers are strange, long-nosed, pink, woolly creatures that live inside a small blue planet, which lies far, far away in space.Under the dustbin-lidded craters that cover the planet's surface is the cave system where the these strange yet cuddly extraterrestrials live. They share their world with the bizarre Soup Dragon, who lives in a soup well and provides them with their staple diet of green soup and blue string pudding; the Glow Buzzers, which supply light and tasty glow honey; and the tiny orange Froglets, magical creatures that live inside a travelling top-hat. Other beings encountered by the Clangers are the Iron Chicken, originally found in pieces and who, once reconstructed by the little planet's inhabitants, now lives in a nest in the sky; the large, odd, blue-skinned Skymoos; and the water-providing Cloud.
A space module lands on the Clangers planet, from which steps a human astronaut.
The Iron Chicken is in her nest singing along to her radio, when suddenly it stops working.
Major gives three Froglets medals for helping him, but the other Froglets are jealous.
The Eggbot crash lands on the Clangers' Planet and shakes the notes off the music trees.
Tiny is poorly but Small thinks that some music might make her feel better.
Small comes to the rescue when Granny, Major, Mother and the Soup Dragon get into trouble.
Small finds a strange looking object in space. He gives it to Mother as a present for her garden.
Nothing is going right for any of the Clangers, but when a wave of beautiful coloured light from a strange star passes over the planet it has a magical effect on everything.
The Skymoos have collected bits of metal from the Iron Chicken's nest and are building a special nest of their own on the Clangers' planet. The Clangers are intrigued - who can it be for?
It's Small's birthday, and Tiny is planning to put on a special show for him.
Small is out fishing and Baby Soup Dragon is helping his Mum, so Tiny has no one to play with.
Tiny has invited the Wols for a day out on the Clangers Planet.
Whilst trying to fly, Baby Skymoo is relying on the Cloud to catch her if her flying abilities let her down.
A travelling shop opens up on the Clangers' planet.
While out fishing in the music boat, Small catches a strange object. He doesn't know what it is but thinks Tiny may like it. However, it turns out she finds it rather scary.
During a meteor shower, a giant boulder drops from the sky and blocks the double doors leading to the Clangers' living cave. Can the Clangers invent something to help move it?
Major invents a Clanger finder, but it isn't very useful - it always finds the Clanger who is holding it. He needs a bigger challenge, so Granny makes a suggestion.
Major invents a giant magnet, which causes chaos as everything metal flies towards it. But in the end, it's just what is needed to rescue a moon whale trapped in some space junk.
While out fishing in space, Tiny catches four strange metal objects. She takes them home, but when she and Small look in the music boat, the objects have gone. They must be alive!
Major’s spanner, Mother’s trowel and even Baby Soup Dragon’s ball disappear on the same day. Tiny and Small can’t find them. Are they just lost or could something be taking them?
There's going to be a dance fiesta on the Clangers’ planet with a glitterball trophy for the winner. The Soup Dragon is organising things, while everyone else is practising their dances.
Baby Soup Dragon gets his tail stuck in the door. This makes him wonder what the point is of having a tail. His mother and the Clangers help him find the real answer.
Tiny has carelessly flipped her cotton ball into the top hat. But when she looks for it, she ends up in a top hat world and is taken to places she never knew existed.
Baby Soup Dragon finds some coloured 'jewels' have fallen on the planet’s surface. But he soon discovers that they are not jewels at all but something much more exciting.
Four objects of various shapes and colours visit the Clangers’ planet. They disappear underground as a fifth one arrives. But what are they? And why are they here?
A space dustcart drops its load on the Clangers planet. At first, the Clangers think it’s just a lot of rubbish, until they notice that one of the parts looks like a robot...
Mother Clanger closes her garden to visitors to get a bit of peace.
A strange flying creature visits the Clangers' planet and starts eating up any music it can find - until the sounds of the Hoot Planet prove too much for it to swallow.
The Hoot Planet visits the Clangers, and wool starts raining down from the sky.
The Cloud catches a chill and starts dropping snowflakes.
Major Clanger makes a new garden trolley for Mother, and when she accidentally wheels it over his foot, it turns out to be more useful than he could ever have imagined.
Small Clanger accidentally sends himself into orbit.
The Iron Chicken invites the Wols to supper, only to find that her nest has disappeared.
A seed is planted in Mother's garden and it soon grows into a flower, full of curiosity.
An alien builder arrives on the planet with plans to develop it into a housing estate.
Mother Clanger has grown a beautiful new flower, but it smells horrible.
The Clangers need to clean the dust weeds from the ceiling of their cave.
A strange object falls into the Iron Chicken's nest.
The Clangers help a shy bird make a comfy nest to lay her egg in.
The Iron Chicken comes down to the planet to baby sit, with hilarious results.
A space tortoise is woken up by a mysterious tune Tiny first heard coming from the sky.
Tiny and Small are in the music boat. They find a sticky green pod on a Sky Moo's snout.
Baby Soup Dragon develops his musical skills, much to everyone else's dismay.
In space, Tiny and Small discover the memory box Mother made when she was a little girl.
Two Hoots come to visit the Clangers. Tiny wants Big Hoot to play a duet with her.
Major invents a system so he can hear the other Clangers when they call him for soup.
Major invents something new, but what can it be for? Tiny and Small give him an idea.
A purple Froglet has appeared, and the other Froglets don't know what to make of it.
Small Clanger catches a deep-space probe.
The Soup Dragon cheers Tiny up when the Iron Chicken goes away on a trip.
Granny, Tiny and Small go on a trip that leads them to a forgotten tunnel.
A giant whale comes drifting past, and the kind Clangers decide to give it a snack.
The Music Tree notes for Tiny Clanger's marvellous new melody are blown away by a big wind.
A Sky Moo gives Small Clanger a strangely shaped little thing that it has found in space.
Major Clanger decides that Soup Dragon must be fed-up with dishing up soup.
Major Clanger invents a knitting machine to save Granny ever having to knit again.
It is Granny's birthday and all the Clangers are planning their presents for her
A strange little egg-shaped creature lands on the planet and gets stuck in a cave.
The planet is overrun with vegetation when Tiny and Small sing a growing song to a plant.
Tiny's radio hat develops a fault, so she can't hear the Iron Chicken's lullaby.
Crystal-shaped seeds that sparkle and glow land on the Clangers' planet.
Tiny and Small discover a strange tunnel that appears to suck things upwards...
Small has invited the Iron Chicken to a picnic. But the Iron Chicken is late.
Tiny, Small, the Froglets and Baby Dragon are having fun playing games with the Cloud.
While playing a game Tiny and Small accidentally knock over a tankard.
Tiny is stuck for ideas for a new tune to make up.
Small Clanger finds a strange ball while out fishing in space.
Tiny Clanger suggests that Mother Clanger composes a tune.
A Skymoo accidentally knocks the Iron Chicken out of her nest.
Small misses seeing two meteors streaking across the sky.
Tiny and her flower friends hear a strange voice joining in with their music.
The Iron Chicken tidies her nest and dumps a huge bundle of unwanted junk metal on to the Clangers' planet.
Baby Soup Dragon decides he wants to be a Clanger.
Tiny and Small find two circles of cloth that are actually holes, one leading to another.
Small and Tiny can't resist trying out Major Clanger's cleaning machine.
Small decides that there should be a Dragon Day to thank the Soup Dragon for her soup.
A little Hoot lands on the Clanger's planet and causes mayhem with his incessant mischievous hooting.
The Clangers gather to watch a solar eclipse but Iron Chicken's nest blocks the view.
There are problems for a Sky Moo when the weather turns cold, but the Clangers try to help.
The Iron Chicken says something is coming. Everyone seems to know what it is except Tiny Clanger.
Tiny and Small find a strange silver ball. When it bounces it glows and rings.
The Clangers help Granny make her knitting space more special.
A meteor shower of gemstones falls on the planet.
Small is bored. Mother suggests he asks Granny to play with him.
Mother's flowers are wilting. Tiny comes up with a brilliant idea to help her water them.
A special star passes over the planet and as it does, the star roses bloom.
Granny's comfy puffball chair gets punctured by a knitting needle.
A radio falls out of the sky, and Tiny, Small, and Baby Soup Dragon are fascinated by it.
Small finds some 'space treasure' but doesn't know what it is for.
A robot lands on the planet, and the Clangers are scared of it.
Tiny and Small come up with a tune for the Iron Chicken to dance to.
Major, Mother, Tiny, and Small become lost while exploring a new planet.
Small gives Tiny a lovely sparkly bag that he caught while fishing in space.
Baby Soup Dragon cheats in a race around the planet, but a Froglet spots him.
Small catches seven coloured stones floating in space.
Small and Major Clanger discover a bowl of glow honey in a crater.
Tiny and Small discover the froglets sitting abnormally silent and calm in their cave.
Major invents a new two-seater rocket for special trips.
Major Clanger is making too much noise, so Mother suggests they swap jobs.
The Iron Chicken looks after three little Wols who turn out to be quite a handful.
Major Clanger discovers some wonderful wall pictures in an underground cave.
The Froglets produce a noisy, bouncy, purple blob from the Top Hat.
The new table Major has made collapses, spilling soup everywhere.
Three pale things drift towards the planet seeking music, heat and light to revive them.
A strange visitor gives the Clangers an unexpected gift.
However polite you are, some visitors just don’t enjoy themselves.
The Clangers’ caves are sweetly lit but Small Clanger is too inquisitive.
Some visitors are rather noisy and not easy to get rid of!
There are no daffodils on the Clangers’ planet but it’s not really as lonely as it looks.
Caring for a newcomer presents some problems.
Machines are useful but must be used carefully.
A garden can sometimes grow too well.
Vanity makes people a bit unsociable sometimes.
The froglets find a romantic way to remove an unwelcome guest.
Sometimes the place is too noisy to practice ones music.
One can find some use for most machines even when they don’t do just what they are supposed to.
There are concerts in the most unlikely places.
Major Clanger has made a flying machine. With some ceremony the Clangers pump up the compressed air balloons which power it. Major Clanger takes his seat, the machine leaps into action and flaps itself to pieces. Major Clanger is disconsolate but Mother Clanger sends Small Clanger and Tiny Clanger to the soup-wells in their pole-car (a sort of wheeled punt) to fetch some green soup for him. Major Clanger drinks the soup and settles down for a rest. Meanwhile Small Clanger and Tiny Clanger go outside to look at the remains of the flying machine. Tiny Clanger knocks one of the power-balloons and it comes off and shoots up into the sky. This interests Small Clanger who grabs the empty balloon and runs to the soup-dragon and asks her to blow into the balloon with light-airs from her cooking. She does this. Small Clanger ties Tiny Clanger to the balloon and, holding on to the string himself, leaps through the caves in long leaps supported by the balloon. The other Clangers come and dance around them. Suddenly the string comes undone and Tiny Clanger rises to the roof where she remains, squeaking, while the Clangers try various ways of fetching her down. In the end they bounce Small Clanger trampolinically in a tablecloth until he bounces high enough to grab her
The Clangers net a passing object but it makes life a bit too exciting.
Some chickens are mild and friendly, or would like to be.
Music hath charms."... and it grows well too, which is fortunate because the soup-dragon ate most of it.
Visitors are always welcome... until they start eating the place.
Tiny Clanger finds a novel and melodious way to visit her friend.
Major Clanger’s boat rises at last, on wings of song.
The Clangers entertain some unexpected guests.
Even a dragon has feelings and must be cared for.
Be very careful what you plant. Some things grow very large and very loud.
The Clangers give their friend a beautiful voice but it does not make him popular with his own kind.
Even to Clangers, wealth does not always bring happiness.
The Clangers suffer from a shortage of consumer goods, but they prefer life that way.
There’s one episode called ‘Vote For Froglet’, which I’ve never seen. And you won’t! It doesn’t exist [any more]. I was so angry in 1973, the Winter of Discontent, when the Miners Union and the government were locked in mortal combat and the economy of the country was going into the ground, that I honestly thought, having been in Germany at the end of the War and seen what happened when an economy collapsed completely, I really got frightened, I thought the process of government was completely buggered by inter-party squabbling. So I went to the BBC and said, “Can I do a little Clangers film about the election?” It’s basically about the narrator, that’s me, being the interlocutor as well, telling the Clangers that they’ve got to vote, either for the Froglet or for the Soup Dragon. And they refused point blank to have anything to do with it. It was a sort of tiny morality play really. It only lasted three to four minutes and I made it complete in three days
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| Language | English |
| Release | 1969-11-16 |
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