Bernard Cribbins in conversation
Bernard Cribbins talked about his time as the voice of The Wombles during an appearance at the BFI Southbank in London on 16 January. ‘Bernard...
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Bernard Cribbins awarded special BAFTA
Bernard Cribbins, the voice of the original Wombles TV series, will receive a Special Award at this year’s Children’s BAFTAs, for his outstanding...
Children in Need song features The Wombles
The Wombles are among the stars of this year’s BBC Children in Need charity single, featuring children’s TV favourites past and present. Boasting...
Mike Batt box set to include Wombles compilation
Mike Batt is releasing a box set of his work, The Mike Batt Music Cube, which includes a few Wombles songs. The 16-disc collection (eight double...
Save British children’s television programmes
Great Uncle Bulgaria has relaunched a campaign to save British-made children’s television in the UK. Despite the government and Ofcom agreeing that...
New version of the Complete Collection DVD
The Wombles Complete Collection has been re-released in limited edition “recycled and recyclable packaging” - just in time for a wombling merry...
Complete 1970s Wombles series released on DVD
A new DVD box set brings together every episode of the original 1970s TV series for the first time ever, from Orinoco And The Big Black Umbrella right...
New episode: Badass Wombles Of Central Park
The Wombles have moved to New York in a campaign to save British kids’ TV. In a one-minute sketch called Badass Wombles Of Central Park, they are...
Free Wombles DVD with The Sunday Times
Uncle Bulgaria’s favourite newspaper, The Times, is giving away a set of classic kids’ TV shows, starting with a free Wombles DVD inside this...
Uncle Bulgaria in ‘recycled’ TV advert
The Wombles are featured in a new TV advert for gas and electricity supplier EDF Energy. It’s a montage of old footage with an environmental theme,...
Children’s TV On Trial
The Wombles are included in BBC Four’s Children’s TV On Trial week, which looks back at kids’ telly from the 1950s to the 1990s - you may have seen...
Bernard Cribbins among best-loved TV voices
Bernard Cribbins, the narrator/voice of the original Wombles TV series, was voted the fourth best-loved voice from British children’s television in a...