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Mike Batt discusses being excluded from the Wombles remake

15 March 2020

Mike Batt has spoken of his sadness at being shut out of the new Wombles remake, in an interview with The Mail on Sunday.

Elisabeth Beresford’s son ‘fights for the soul of the Wombles’

22 March 20208 March 2020

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

7 March 20207 March 2020

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.

Wandsworth Council. Elisabeth Beresford MBE 1926-2010. Children's author and creator of The Wombles lived here 1952-1971.

Green Plaque for Wombles author Elisabeth Beresford

8 June 20198 June 2019

Elisabeth Beresford has been honoured with a Green Plaque on her former home in Wandsworth, south London.

Marcus and Kate Robertson, children of Elisabeth Beresford

The Wombles feature in Fortnum & Mason documentary

8 June 201911 May 2019

Inside Fortnum & Mason includes an interview about ‘Fortune & Bason’ with author Elisabeth Beresford’s children, Kate and Marcus.

Bernard Cribbins: Bernard Who? 75 Years of Doing Just About Everything

Write Said Fred: Bernard Cribbins publishes his autobiography

14 October 201814 October 2018

Bernard Cribbins’s autobiography, Bernard Who?, was published on 11 October, covering his lifelong, varied career on stage and screen.

The Wombles book on the Antiques Roadshow

Common origins: 50 years since the first Wombles book was published

14 September 20191 September 2018

The very first Wombles book was published in September 1968. Look back at their bear-like beginnings and early evolution.

The Wombles book with inscription to Kate

Wombles book appears on the Antiques Roadshow

8 June 201915 October 2017

The original 1968 Wombles book was featured on the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow, thanks to Elisabeth Beresford’s daughter Kate Robertson.

Robin Le Mesurier book cover

Robin Le Mesurier explains his ‘unwomblish behaviour’

1 May 201730 April 2017

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

28 April 20186 November 2016

Two full episodes from the forthcoming Wombles TV series have been previewed to a public audience for the first time.

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