''Wolf It'' is a British television series produced by

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and broadcast on

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for 4 series between 1993 and 1996. The show is a spin off from the Saturday morning television series '' What's Up Doc?'' and features Bro and Bro, two

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who featured regularly in the aforementioned show. The programme was filmed in and around the Maidstone television studios, where it was also set, with Bro & Bro having set up home in a film vault. The wolves called each other "Bro". Their real names were never heard, as there was always some noise which would mask whatever was being said by any person who was saying their names at the time. The show replaced ''

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'', and like the previous show, also showed cartoons, all from the ''

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'' and ''

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'' series, which ITV owned the rights to at the time, 2 shorts were shown each episode. Bro and Bro were voiced by Don Austen and

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. Eccleston was replaced for series 3 onwards of '' What's Up Doc?'' by Dave Chapman, though Eccleston continued to perform his character for all episodes of ''Wolf It!'' Series 3 and 4 were known as Wolf It: The Nexxxt Generation.

Releases

In 1994, a video was released containing 4 episodes from the first series, albeit without the cartoon shorts. However, apart from this, there have been no further releases, and the episodes have not been rerun.

Trivia

*Eccleston and Austen have been frequent collaborators as puppeteers. The year before ''Wolf It'''s second series they introduced the

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characters Mr Sage and Mr Onion on

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Saturday Morning show ''

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'' who remained on the series until its final broadcast

They also puppeteered Iver & Groove on pre-school programme ''

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'' and Scratch and Sniff on both ITV Saturday Morning show '' Ministry of Mayhem'' and its spin-off '' Scratch & Sniff's Den of Doom''.

Transmission guide

*Series 1: 13 editions from 4 November 1993 – 10 February 1994 *Series 2: 12 editions from 21 September 1994 – 7 December 1994 *Renamed Wolf it - The Next Generation *Series 3: 8 editions from 23 August 1995 – 11 October 1995 *Series 4: 4 editions from 28 August 1996 – 18 September 1996 {{Use dmy dates, date=April 2020 1993 British television series debuts 1996 British television series endings 1990s British children's television series British children's comedy television series British television shows featuring puppetry British English-language television shows ITV children's television shows Television series about wolves Television series by ITV Studios Television shows produced by Scottish Television