The Wombles
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.
It's New Years Eve, Great Uncle Bulgaria's favourite time of year. But when he is nowhere to be found, the wombles become worried.
When Alderney injures her back paw on spring cleaning day, all the wombles decide to give her a present to make her feel better.
The wombles become confused when they each find a thingummawotsit, and are unsure what they do!
There's a Phantom Wombler on the common - rubbish is clearing itself away magically and unexplainably. Bungo and the others are determined to catch this mystery creature and set a series of cleverly masterminded traps.
Madame Cholet takes the wombles on a guided tour of her life, by showing them old mementoes.
Great Uncle Bulgaria, Madame Cholet and Tobermary were all planing on going to see the Thames Burrow Pantomime, until Orincoco loses their tickets. Therefore the young wombles come up with an idea to entertain the older wombles, instead of the show.
As Tomsk is performing his night-watch duty he realises Shansi is missing and organises an emergency search party.
Great Uncle Bulgaria's former nanny is visiting, but on the big day Bungo fills the burrow with practical jokes.
Tomsk is thrilled to receive a letter from his new pen pal, Moosonee Womble, until he realises he must write back.
While the wombles are playing, Bungo gets a nasty knock on the head and seems to forget who he is.
The Queen is paying a visit to Wimbeldon Common.
Stepney and Wellington fall out when she invents a Womble vehicle better than his Wimbledon Wombles Wombuggy.
It's the Wimbledon Wombles turn to produce the copy of the Womble Times, which goes out to all the Wimbledon burrows everywhere. With Great Uncle Bulgaria as editor, everyone has an important role on the paper, but, as ace reporter, Bungo thinks his is the most important.
It's New Years Eve, Great Uncle Bulgaria's favourite time of year. But when he is nowhere to be found, the wombles become worried.
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The wombles become confused when they each find a thingummawotsit, and are unsure what they do!
There's a Phantom Wombler on the common - rubbish is clearing itself away magically and unexplainably. Bungo and the others are determined to catch this mystery creature and set a series of cleverly masterminded traps.
Madame Cholet takes the wombles on a guided tour of her life, by showing them old mementoes.
Great Uncle Bulgaria, Madame Cholet and Tobermary were all planing on going to see the Thames Burrow Pantomime, until Orincoco loses their tickets. Therefore the young wombles come up with an idea to entertain the older wombles, instead of the show.
As Tomsk is performing his night-watch duty he realises Shansi is missing and organises an emergency search party.
Great Uncle Bulgaria's former nanny is visiting, but on the big day Bungo fills the burrow with practical jokes.
Tomsk is thrilled to receive a letter from his new pen pal, Moosonee Womble, until he realises he must write back.
While the wombles are playing, Bungo gets a nasty knock on the head and seems to forget who he is.
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Stepney and Wellington fall out when she invents a Womble vehicle better than his Wimbledon Wombles Wombuggy.
It's the Wimbledon Wombles turn to produce the copy of the Womble Times, which goes out to all the Wimbledon burrows everywhere. With Great Uncle Bulgaria as editor, everyone has an important role on the paper, but, as ace reporter, Bungo thinks his is the most important.
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Bungo gets stuck up a tree.
Tobermory organises the young Wombles' tidying-up methods.
Tomsk cannot make his bed so builds a hammock.
Orinoco uses a coat and a pair of boots to trick Bungo and Tomsk.
Wellington, Tomsk and Bungo make their own train.
Orinoco's greed ruins a midnight feast.
Tomsk accidentally joins the water pipe to the telephone pipe.
Orinoco goes fishing for pancakes after being shooed out of the kitchen.
Nobody will pick any blackberries, and that makes Madame Cholet angry.
Orinoco and Wellington make a 'mid-morning snack machine'.
Great Uncle Bulgaria's portrait is ruined.
An enormous road to be built causes panic.
Papers and wet laundry get muddled on the washing line.
Tomsk gets stuck in a hollow tree trunk.
A Scottish relative comes to stay.
MacWomble's constant bagpipe playing drives everyone crazy.
MacWomble sends the young Wombles out to gather bracken to make porridge.
The Wombles do their version of the Highland Games.
Seeing that it is Burns Night, MacWomble is feeling homesick. So the other wombles decide to cheer him up.
MacWomble decides to head back home after the Loch Ness Monster has been sighted.
Tomsk and Bungo get hiccups after eating hot buttercup crumpets.
Wellington makes a film about the Wimbledon Burrow.
Tomsk and Wellington hunt for pirate treasure.
The Wimbledon Burrow needs insulating.
Wellington, Orinoco and Tomsk invent a new way to collect fallen leaves.
The young Wombles make their own newspaper.
The young Wombles learn first aid.
Orinoco falls asleep when he should have been scaring crows away
The young Wombles play practical jokes.
The young Wombles perform magic tricks.
On any day, the Womble Orinoco is swept by the wind.
After Orinoco gets stuck in a tire, the Wombles realise they can use it to fix Great Uncle Bulgaria's chair.
The Wombles have a leaking ceiling and come up with an inventive way of fixing it.
After the Wombles find a football, Great Uncle Bulgaria becomes inspired to start a new "keep fit" regime.
A safe place must be found for a valuable Womble history book.
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"!
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.
Bungo thinks that everyone forgot about his birthday, but he didn´t expect that everyone has a secret that Bungo doesn´t known.
Orinoco thinks that if he turns invisible no one will interrupt his sleeping while he pretends that he is in work.
Wellington has planted some daffodil seeds and he is "awfully disappinted" when they don't grow. Orinoco suggests he plants light bulbs instead.
The Wombles learn how to play conkers and how to count.
After a human being is spotted on the common, the Wombles rush back to their burrow. However, in the panic Wellington is left behind...
Tobermory makes his own TV show for the Wombles.
Tobermory invents a new telephone system for everyone but the telephone lines are having problems and many conversations are heard by Tobermory.
The Wombles get blown about when they find a vacuum cleaner.
Making cakes turns into a problematic situation.
Orinoco decides to put himself on a diet, because he thinks he's too fat.
The Wombles make music with tins and cans.
A ladder is adapted to Womble size
Orinoco thinks that there is a ghost in his house
Golf balls sometimes travel in the wrong direction
Tobermory makes a machine that can predict the weather.
Orinoco shows us how to make a picnic basket that is not heavy to carry.
The Wombles have fun in the snow and, in the process, create a minor avalanche
The annual competition to see who can make the best snowman.
A bird nests in the Wombles' ventilation shaft.
When the Wombles have to spring clean, an elastic washing line leads to trouble.
The Wombles use too much fertiliser on a marrow, causing it to grow and grow.
The Wombles get into trouble with some wet cement.
When the circus to Wimbeldon Common, the Wombles put on their own act.
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| Language | English |
| Release | 1973-02-05 |
| Producer | FilmFair |