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The Wombles

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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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5th February 1973 - 24th October 1975
Producer
Micheline Charest
Top Cast
Terrence ScammellBernard CribbinsRick Jones
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Orinoco & The Big Black Umbrella
5th February 1973

Episode 1

On any day, the Womble Orinoco is swept by the wind.

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The Rocking Chair
6th February 1973

Episode 2

After Orinoco gets stuck in a tire, the Wombles realise they can use it to fix Great Uncle Bulgaria's chair.

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A Sticky Ending (or A Sticky End)
7th February 1973

Episode 3

The Wombles have a leaking ceiling and come up with an inventive way of fixing it.

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Great Uncle Bulgaria's Keep Fit Lesson
9th February 1973

Episode 4

After the Wombles find a football, Great Uncle Bulgaria becomes inspired to start a new "keep fit" regime.

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A Safe Place
12th February 1973

Episode 5

A safe place must be found for a valuable Womble history book.

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Peep-Peep-Peep
13th February 1973

Episode 6

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"!

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The Purple Paw Mystery
14th February 1973

Episode 7

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.

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Bungo's Birthday Party
16th February 1973

Episode 8

Bungo thinks that everyone forgot about his birthday, but he didn´t expect that everyone has a secret that Bungo doesn´t known.

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The Invisible Womble
19th February 1973

Episode 9

Orinoco thinks that if he turns invisible no one will interrupt his sleeping while he pretends that he is in work.

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Orinoco Sees The Light
20th February 1973

Episode 10

Wellington has planted some daffodil seeds and he is "awfully disappinted" when they don't grow. Orinoco suggests he plants light bulbs instead.

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The Conkering Hero
21st February 1973

Episode 11

The Wombles learn how to play conkers and how to count.

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One Pair Of Feet
23rd February 1973

Episode 12

After a human being is spotted on the common, the Wombles rush back to their burrow. However, in the panic Wellington is left behind...

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Tobermory On Television
26th February 1973

Episode 13

Tobermory makes his own TV show for the Wombles.

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Crossed Lines
27th February 1973

Episode 14

Tobermory invents a new telephone system for everyone but the telephone lines are having problems and many conversations are heard by Tobermory.

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Blow The Womble Down
28th February 1973

Episode 15

The Wombles get blown about when they find a vacuum cleaner.

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Madame Cholet Returns
3rd February 1973

Episode 16

Making cakes turns into a problematic situation.

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Weighing In Time
19th June 1973

Episode 17

Orinoco decides to put himself on a diet, because he thinks he's too fat.

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Musical Wombles
19th June 1973

Episode 18

The Wombles make music with tins and cans.

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Wombles And Ladders
20th June 1973

Episode 19

A ladder is adapted to Womble size

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Orinoco And The Ghost
21st June 1973

Episode 20

Orinoco thinks that there is a ghost in his house

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A Game Of Golf
22nd June 1973

Episode 21

Golf balls sometimes travel in the wrong direction

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North, South, East, West
25th June 1973

Episode 22

Tobermory makes a machine that can predict the weather.

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The Picnic
26th June 1973

Episode 23

Orinoco shows us how to make a picnic basket that is not heavy to carry.

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Games In The Snow
27th June 1973

Episode 24

The Wombles have fun in the snow and, in the process, create a minor avalanche

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The Snow Wombles
28th June 1973

Episode 25

The annual competition to see who can make the best snowman.

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What's Cooking?
29th June 1973

Episode 26

A bird nests in the Wombles' ventilation shaft.

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Spring Cleaning Time
2nd July 1973

Episode 27

When the Wombles have to spring clean, an elastic washing line leads to trouble.

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Marrow Pie
3rd July 1973

Episode 28

The Wombles use too much fertiliser on a marrow, causing it to grow and grow.

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The Cement Mixer
5th July 1973

Episode 29

The Wombles get into trouble with some wet cement.

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The Circus Comes To Wimbledon
6th July 1973

Episode 30

When the circus to Wimbeldon Common, the Wombles put on their own act.