Common vision: 50 years of The Wombles on TV
It’s 50 years since The Wombles first appeared on our TV screens in stop-motion animation, starting on 5 February 1973 on BBC1.
Tagged ‘Bernard Cribbins’
Bernard Cribbins Day on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Radio 4 Extra celebrates the life of Bernard Cribbins with a day of programmes about or starring the much-loved actor on 29 December.
Wombles fans and family pay tribute to Bernard Cribbins
Bernard Cribbins, the voice of the 1970s Wombles TV series, has died at the age of 93.
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...
Bernard Cribbins autobiography published
The long-awaited autobiography of national treasure Bernard Cribbins is published on 11 October 2018, written in collaboration with James Hogg....
Bernard Cribbins reads from The Wombles in Wimbledon
Bernard Cribbins gave a live reading from The Wombles at a children’s theatre in Wimbledon. He appeared in a Sunday Story Session at the 300-seat...
Bernard Cribbins at Polka Theatre in Wimbledon
Bernard Cribbins is coming to Polka! Whether you know him from CBeebies’ Old Jack’s Boat or Jackanory, the voice of the Wombles or as the station...
Bernard Cribbins: Behind The Voices
Bernard Cribbins shares how he created the voices of the Wombles in a new video by TV Licensing. The short film was released as part of TeleScope...
Bernard Who? on BBC Radio 4
This year, the actor Bernard Cribbins celebrates his 85th birthday and more than 70 years in showbusiness. In this revealing two-part series he talks...
Old Jack’s Boat - new Bernard Cribbins TV series
Bernard Cribbins returns to children’s television in a brand new series for CBeebies, the BBC channel for children up to six years old. He stars as...
Wombles in Carphone Warehouse adverts
The Wombles and Bernard Cribbins are appearing in the latest advertising campaign for mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse. Press, radio and...
Audiobook of The Wombles
Five-CD recording of the first Wombles book, read by Bernard Cribbins. (Also available as a digital download.) “The Wombles Audio Edition, published...
Bernard Cribbins collects his OBE
Bernard Cribbins was presented with his OBE by Princess Anne, the Princess Royal, in a ceremony at Windsor Castle on Thursday, 3 November. The...
Hardback gift edition of The Wombles published
A full-colour hardback ‘gift book edition’ of The Wombles was published this week by Bloomsbury. The lovingly crafted edition of the first Wombles...
Bernard Cribbins honoured with OBE
Bernard Cribbins, the voice of the Wombles, has been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2011. The 82-year-old actor, who was rewarded...
Join the hunt for Britain’s best storyteller
Bernard Cribbins and the Wombles have joined a nationwide hunt for Britain’s best amateur storyteller. Broadband provider TalkTalk is campaigning to...
Bernard Cribbins autographs
Bernard Cribbins appeared at the Collectormania signing event in 2007, where I met him and got his autograph. Five years later, I got another chance to meet him at London Film & Comic Con 2012.
Get Bernard Cribbins back into the charts
A Facebook campaign is aiming to get Bernard Cribbins back into the charts with his 1962 hit Right Said Fred. The plan is for enough people to buy the...
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...
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...
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...
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...