Clangers - The Complete Clangers

Starring: Clangers Original UK Premiere: 1969 Dvd Release: 15th October, 2001 Number Of Discs: 2 Format: Box set, PAL, Region 2 Encoding

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The Clangers is a gentle, British stop motion animated childrens television series made by Smallfilms who were Oliver Postgate & Peter Firmin. The first episode was broadcast by the BBC on November 16, 1969 & a further twenty-five episodes were made. The twenty sixth episode was broadcast on November 10, 1972 & the final Clangers programme was an election special on October 10, 1974. The program featured a number of small creatures living in peace & harmony on - & in - a small, hollow blue planet far away, nourished by Blue String Pudding & Green Soup harvested from the planets volcanic soup wells by the Soup Dragon. The Clangers looked similar to mice, though they were pink, wore clothes & spoke in whistles. The series creators have said that the Clangers, living in vacuum, did not actually communicate by sound, but rather by a type of nuclear magnetic resonance, which was translated to audible whistles for the human audience.

The Complete Clangers is an unmissable double-DVD set containing all 26 episodes of this classic television series. Devised by Oliver Postgate & Peter Firmin, whose other credits include such masterpieces as Ivor the Engine & Bagpuss, the programmes detail life on the small blue planet, somewhere out in space, that is home to these long-nosed, gentle, pink creatures with their distinctive whistling language. Life is simple when youre a Clanger; with plentiful green soup & blue-string pudding to eat, the main worry is being hit by objects from space. Fortunately, Clangers have armour to protect their little knitted bodies & live in caves within the planet enclosed by metal lids, the slamming of which gives them their name. A peaceful race, the Clangers live in harmony with the other inhabitants of their world, the Soup Dragon, the Froglets, several Glow Buzzers & the Iron chicken, as well as any other visitors who may drop by.

When youre sitting comfortably, prepare to wallow in nostalgia with these timeless tales or introduce them to a new generation, neither of you will be disappointed.

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