The Clangers
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Clangers (usually referred to as The Clangers) is a British stop-motion animated children's television series, consisting of short films about a family of mouse-like creatures who live on, and inside, a small moon-like planet. They speak only in a whistled language, and eat green soup (supplied by the Soup Dragon) and blue string pudding. The programmes were originally broadcast on BBC1 between 1969 and 1972, followed by a special episode which was broadcast in 1974.
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Encyclopedic overview
28 sectionsContents
- Background
- Storyline
- Production
- Characters
- Other inhabitants
- Visitors
- Music and sound effects
- Episodes from the original series
- Series 1 (1969–1970)
- Series 2 (1971–1972)
- Special (1974)
- Episodes from the revival series
- Series 1 (2015–2016)
- Series 2 (2017-2018)
- Series 3 (2019-2020)
- Specials
- Reception
- Awards
- Legacy
- Other countries
- Soundtrack album
- Track listing
- Home media
- VHS
- DVD
- Blu-ray
- References
- External links
Clangers (usually referred to as The Clangers) is a British stop-motion animated children's television series, consisting of short films about a family of mouse-like creatures who live on, and inside, a small moon-like planet. They speak only in a whistled language, and eat green soup (supplied by the Soup Dragon) and blue string pudding. The programmes were originally broadcast on BBC1 between 1969 and 1972, followed by a special episode which was broadcast in 1974.
The series was made by Smallfilms, the company set up by Oliver Postgate (who was the show's writer, animator and narrator) and Peter Firmin (who was its modelmaker and illustrator). Firmin designed the characters, and Joan Firmin, his wife, knitted and "dressed" them. The music, often part of the story, was provided by Vernon Elliott.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “The Clangers” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.