''The Wombles'' is a

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animated British television series made in 1973–1975. The

Wombles ''The Wombles'' are fictional pointy-nosed, furry creatures created by Elisabeth Beresford and originally appearing in a series of children's novels from 1968. They live in burrows, where they aim to help the environment by collecting and recyc ...

are creatures that live underground, collecting and recycling human rubbish. After the first Wombles book, published in 1968, was featured on the

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programme ''

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'', the BBC commissioned producer

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to create a television series of the books. The series was produced by Graham Clutterbuck and directed by

Ivor Wood Ivor Sydney Wood (4 May 1932 – 14 October 2004) was a British-French' animator, director, producer and writer. He was known for his work on children's television series. Born in Leeds to an English father and a French mother, his family move ...

using

. The characters were all voiced by actor

Bernard Cribbins Bernard Joseph Cribbins (29 December 1928 – 27 July 2022) was an English actor and singer whose career spanned over eight decades. During the 1960s, Cribbins became known in the UK for his successful novelty records " The Hole in the Ground" ...

. 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. The original television series was regularly screened for many years. After FilmFair was acquired by the Canadian company

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(later

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) in 1997, a new series of episodes was created, with three new Womble characters.

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