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The Wombles

★ 7.5 1973 · 1970s 2 seasons BBC One

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Synopsis

The misadventures of a small community dedicated to cleaning up litter and putting it to their own use.

Cast & Crew

Bernard Cribbins

Bernard Cribbins

Narrator

Trivia about The Wombles

They were awarded the Music Week Award for Top Singles Band of 1974.

To promote the Wombles' first single, he had his mother make him a Womble costume, which he wore for most of the working week.

After the Wombles' first chart hit, he went on to perform and produce a number of successful novelty singles as The Wombles in the 1970s.

They amassed eight Top 40 singles in the UK and reached No. 55 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart with 1974's, "Wombling Summer Party" single on Columbia Records.