Mike Batt discusses being excluded from the Wombles remake
Mike Batt has spoken of his sadness at being shut out of the new Wombles remake, in an interview with The Mail on Sunday.
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Elisabeth Beresford’s son ‘fights for the soul of the Wombles’
Marcus Robertson has criticised the new owners of the Wombles in an interview with the Mail on Sunday newspaper and a TV appearance on Good Morning Britain, in an effort to protect his mother’s legacy.
Mike Batt performs Wombles song at Pete Paphides book launch
A one-off supergroup performed songs including Remember You’re A Womble at the launch event for Broken Greek, the childhood memoir of music journalist Pete Paphides.
Green Plaque for Wombles author Elisabeth Beresford
Elisabeth Beresford has been honoured with a Green Plaque on her former home in Wandsworth, south London.
The Wombles feature in Fortnum & Mason documentary
Inside Fortnum & Mason includes an interview about ‘Fortune & Bason’ with author Elisabeth Beresford’s children, Kate and Marcus.
Write Said Fred: Bernard Cribbins publishes his autobiography
Bernard Cribbins’s autobiography, Bernard Who?, was published on 11 October, covering his lifelong, varied career on stage and screen.
Common origins: 50 years since the first Wombles book was published
The very first Wombles book was published in September 1968. Look back at their bear-like beginnings and early evolution.
Wombles book appears on the Antiques Roadshow
The original 1968 Wombles book was featured on the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow, thanks to Elisabeth Beresford’s daughter Kate Robertson.
Robin Le Mesurier explains his ‘unwomblish behaviour’
In a new autobiography, guitarist Robin Le Mesurier talks about his time in the Wombles pop group in the 1970s.
Two new Wombles episodes screened at Cambridge Film Festival
Two full episodes from the forthcoming Wombles TV series have been previewed to a public audience for the first time.