Bargain Hunt celebrates the Wombles
The BBC antiques game show Bargain Hunt has featured a lovely segment on the Wombles, with an interview with Kate and Marcus Robertson.
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Interview with Kate Robertson about her biography of Elisabeth Beresford
An in-depth chat with author Elisabeth Beresford’s daughter about her biography, The Creator Of The Wombles, published in March 2023.
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.
The Creator Of The Wombles: The First Biography Of Elisabeth Beresford
A biography of Elisabeth Beresford, by her daughter Kate Robertson, will be published on 6 March.
The Making of The Wombles Stories exhibition in Newcastle
A free pop-up exhibition from Seven Stories, The National Centre for Children’s Books, featuring items from their Wombles collection which have never been on display before.
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....
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....
Wombling Weekend at Seven Stories
Christmas is over and with lots of festive waste to dispose who should we call? Why, Elisabeth Beresford’s heroes of recycling of course! Meet the...
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 exhibition opens on Alderney
“It’s a typewriter. It’s like a computer.” As two young boys looked at the old desk, I was quite impressed that children nowadays even know what a...
Wombles exhibition on Alderney confirmed
Elisabeth Beresford on Alderney in 1979 An official exhibition paying tribute to Elisabeth Beresford and the Wombles will go ahead this summer on the...
‘The Wombles, Elisabeth Beresford and her Alderney’ exhibition
Elisabeth Beresford’s Wombles are going on display in the world’s first exhibition using the author’s personal collection. The small Channel Island of...
Elisabeth Beresford’s home for sale on Alderney
Elisabeth Beresford’s children, Kate and Marcus, have decided to sell her house on Alderney following the author’s death in December 2010, and they...
Plans for a Wombles museum on Alderney
Elisabeth Beresford’s home on Alderney could be turned into an official Wombles museum. The creator of The Wombles died in December 2010, and ITV...
The One Show: Growing up with Elisabeth Beresford
BBC One’s topical magazine show The One Show broadcast a lovely feature about Elisabeth Beresford, the creator and author of The Wombles, on 10...
Elisabeth Beresford obituary on Radio 4
Elisabeth Beresford is featured in BBC Radio 4’s weekly obituary programme, Last Word, which marks the lives of significant figures who have died...
Wombles fans pay tribute to Elisabeth Beresford
Elisabeth 'Liza' Beresford: 6 August 1926 - 24 December 2010 Elisabeth Beresford, the creator of the Wombles, has died at the age of 84. After...
Elisabeth Beresford biography
Read about the life of author Elisabeth Beresford, and how she developed the Wombles characters - first in her books and later for television.