New official Wombles social media account launched
A new ‘WomblesOfficial’ account has appeared on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, teasing us with Womble figures in silhouette and the hashtag...
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Wombling merry Christmas presents
What’s under the Christmas tree on Wimbledon Common? Give your loved ones the gift of wombling this year, or get some ideas for your own festive...
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 children’s author and creator of the...
The Wombles feature in Fortnum & Mason documentary
A new documentary about Orinoco’s favourite luxury food emporium includes an interview about the Wombles with author Elisabeth Beresford’s children....
Write Said Fred: Bernard Cribbins publishes his autobiography
Bernard Cribbins’s autobiography, Bernard Who?, was published on 11 October - targeting the Christmas book market, just as he approaches his 90th...
Common origins: 50 years since the first Wombles book was published
First edition of The Wombles, as seen on the Antiques Roadshow It’s 50 years since the very first Wombles book was published, in September 1968....
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. Kate went along...
Wombles’ place names on Only Connect
Hot on the heels of The Chase, now the BBC2 quiz show Only Connect has featured the Wombles. In the ‘Dandies v Gaffers’ episode broadcast on 29...
Tidy Bag appears on The Chase
Tidy Bag was featured as a question on the ITV quiz show The Chase, presented by Bradley Walsh. In the episode aired on 11 September 2017, one of the...
Robin Le Mesurier explains his ‘unwomblish behaviour’
In a new autobiography, guitarist Robin Le Mesurier talks about his time performing in the Wombles pop group in the 1970s, and sets the record...
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. Mike Batt visited Cambridge...
Ray Winstone records Wombles TV voice
A new behind-the-scenes video shows actor Ray Winstone recording the voice of Tobermory for the forthcoming Wombles TV series. Footage of him working...