Clangers

Clangers

1969
Clangers
Clangers

Clangers

7.4 | NR | en | Animation

The Clangers are strange, long-nosed, pink, woolly creatures that live inside a small blue planet, which lies far, far away in space.Under the dustbin-lidded craters that cover the planet's surface is the cave system where the these strange yet cuddly extraterrestrials live. They share their world with the bizarre Soup Dragon, who lives in a soup well and provides them with their staple diet of green soup and blue string pudding; the Glow Buzzers, which supply light and tasty glow honey; and the tiny orange Froglets, magical creatures that live inside a travelling top-hat. Other beings encountered by the Clangers are the Iron Chicken, originally found in pieces and who, once reconstructed by the little planet's inhabitants, now lives in a nest in the sky; the large, odd, blue-skinned Skymoos; and the water-providing Cloud.

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EP26  Major's Helper
Mar. 11,2020
Major's Helper

A space dustcart drops its load on the Clangers planet. At first, the Clangers think it’s just a lot of rubbish, until they notice that one of the parts looks like a robot...

EP25  Changes
Mar. 10,2020
Changes

Four objects of various shapes and colours visit the Clangers’ planet. They disappear underground as a fifth one arrives. But what are they? And why are they here?

EP24  The Soup Flower Trees
Mar. 09,2020
The Soup Flower Trees

Baby Soup Dragon finds some coloured 'jewels' have fallen on the planet’s surface. But he soon discovers that they are not jewels at all but something much more exciting.

EP23  Top Hat
Mar. 06,2020
Top Hat

Tiny has carelessly flipped her cotton ball into the top hat. But when she looks for it, she ends up in a top hat world and is taken to places she never knew existed.

EP22  A Tail Tale
Mar. 05,2020
A Tail Tale

Baby Soup Dragon gets his tail stuck in the door. This makes him wonder what the point is of having a tail. His mother and the Clangers help him find the real answer.

EP21  Dance Dance Dance
Mar. 04,2020
Dance Dance Dance

There's going to be a dance fiesta on the Clangers’ planet with a glitterball trophy for the winner. The Soup Dragon is organising things, while everyone else is practising their dances.

EP20  Treasure Hunt
Mar. 03,2020
Treasure Hunt

Major’s spanner, Mother’s trowel and even Baby Soup Dragon’s ball disappear on the same day. Tiny and Small can’t find them. Are they just lost or could something be taking them?

EP19  Toots
Mar. 02,2020
Toots

While out fishing in space, Tiny catches four strange metal objects. She takes them home, but when she and Small look in the music boat, the objects have gone. They must be alive!

EP18  Junk Planet
Nov. 30,2019
Junk Planet

Major invents a giant magnet, which causes chaos as everything metal flies towards it. But in the end, it's just what is needed to rescue a moon whale trapped in some space junk.

EP17  Major's Greatest Invention
Nov. 24,2019
Major's Greatest Invention

Major invents a Clanger finder, but it isn't very useful - it always finds the Clanger who is holding it. He needs a bigger challenge, so Granny makes a suggestion.

EP16  The Meteor Shower
Nov. 23,2019
The Meteor Shower

During a meteor shower, a giant boulder drops from the sky and blocks the double doors leading to the Clangers' living cave. Can the Clangers invent something to help move it?

EP15  The Scary Thing
Nov. 17,2019
The Scary Thing

While out fishing in the music boat, Small catches a strange object. He doesn't know what it is but thinks Tiny may like it. However, it turns out she finds it rather scary.

EP14  The Travelling Salesman
Nov. 16,2019
The Travelling Salesman

A travelling shop opens up on the Clangers' planet.

EP13  Baby Skymoo and the Cloud
Aug. 05,2019
Baby Skymoo and the Cloud

Whilst trying to fly, Baby Skymoo is relying on the Cloud to catch her if her flying abilities let her down.

EP12  Woly Holiday
Aug. 02,2019
Woly Holiday

Tiny has invited the Wols for a day out on the Clangers Planet.

EP11  Finders Keepers
Aug. 01,2019
Finders Keepers

Small is out fishing and Baby Soup Dragon is helping his Mum, so Tiny has no one to play with.

EP10  Small's Big Surprise
Jul. 31,2019
Small's Big Surprise

It's Small's birthday, and Tiny is planning to put on a special show for him.

EP9  Baby Skymoo
Jul. 30,2019
Baby Skymoo

The Skymoos have collected bits of metal from the Iron Chicken's nest and are building a special nest of their own on the Clangers' planet. The Clangers are intrigued - who can it be for?

EP8  Catch a Falling Star
Jul. 29,2019
Catch a Falling Star

Nothing is going right for any of the Clangers, but when a wave of beautiful coloured light from a strange star passes over the planet it has a magical effect on everything.

EP7  The Song of the Stars
Jul. 26,2019
The Song of the Stars

Small finds a strange looking object in space. He gives it to Mother as a present for her garden.

EP6  Small to the Rescue
Jul. 25,2019
Small to the Rescue

Small comes to the rescue when Granny, Major, Mother and the Soup Dragon get into trouble.

EP5  Healing Harmonies
Jul. 24,2019
Healing Harmonies

Tiny is poorly but Small thinks that some music might make her feel better.

EP4  Strange Music
Jul. 23,2019
Strange Music

The Eggbot crash lands on the Clangers' Planet and shakes the notes off the music trees.

EP3  Medal
Jul. 22,2019
Medal

Major gives three Froglets medals for helping him, but the other Froglets are jealous.

EP2  Radio Wol
Jul. 21,2019
Radio Wol

The Iron Chicken is in her nest singing along to her radio, when suddenly it stops working.

EP1  The Visitor
Jul. 17,2019
The Visitor

A space module lands on the Clangers planet, from which steps a human astronaut.

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7.4 | NR | en | Animation , Family , Kids | More Info
Released: 1969-11-16 | Released Producted By: , Country: United Kingdom Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/cbeebies/episodes/b05zfxkz
Synopsis

The Clangers are strange, long-nosed, pink, woolly creatures that live inside a small blue planet, which lies far, far away in space.Under the dustbin-lidded craters that cover the planet's surface is the cave system where the these strange yet cuddly extraterrestrials live. They share their world with the bizarre Soup Dragon, who lives in a soup well and provides them with their staple diet of green soup and blue string pudding; the Glow Buzzers, which supply light and tasty glow honey; and the tiny orange Froglets, magical creatures that live inside a travelling top-hat. Other beings encountered by the Clangers are the Iron Chicken, originally found in pieces and who, once reconstructed by the little planet's inhabitants, now lives in a nest in the sky; the large, odd, blue-skinned Skymoos; and the water-providing Cloud.

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TheLittleSongbird Words cannot describe how much I loved my childhood. Watching films like Beauty and the Beast, Bambi and the Wizard of Oz and shows like Pingu, Rosie and Jim and this, The Clangers. Since then I have gone on watching various films and TV show, animated and non-animated, and I always try to revisit my childhood favourites. The Clangers is one of those I revisit, it's just that I loved it as a kid and it still holds up for me.Visually, The Clangers is wonderful. Maybe not the most visually sumptuous I have seen, but it does have a unique visual style with lovely sets, props and colours. The music is also memorable and pleasant. The stories are often simple, but humorous too and rather cute. A major reason why The Clangers works so wonderfully is the narration of Oliver Postgate, I agree he is like a grandfather reading to his grandchild, and the narration itself is wonderfully written, a perfect balance of humour and whimsy. I love the mellow tone to his voice and his way of telling the story that he does with humour and excitement. And I have to say the characters are endearing, of course they're simple but they are memorable and likable I think.Overall, a childhood favourite and in my opinion a must watch for those not already familiar with it. 10/10 Bethany Cox
Tweekums As a child in the early seventies I loved The Clangers. Made at a time when space was the big thing and we all "knew" that there would be people living on the moon before the end of the century this was made to meet the interests of the youngest of space fans.Living on a distant planet which looks like a small version of the Moon the Clangers are a family of small mousy creatures who live in caverns under the surface, The don't talk as we do but are voiced by a Swanee whistle with the narrator explaining to us what they are saying. They have many adventures which are always gentle in tone they often feature other creatures such as the Soup Dragon and my personal favourite the Iron Chicken.The characters are all fairly simple, the Clangers themselves are knitted soft toys and the Iron Chicken is made of Maccano. The narration by the creator, the late Oliver Postgate, couldn't be better, he has a gentle tone that feels almost like a grandfather telling a story to his grandchildren. While a little Jerky the stop-go animation is charming, I'm sure this series will appeal to younger children today as well as too their parents and people who watched it when they were children themselves.
didi-5 'The Clangers' is quite rightly looked upon as one of the greatest ever children's TV programmes. Created at the time that man walked on the moon for the first time, it benefited both from the interest in the space age, and the new availability of colour on television.Therefore the series is loud, inventive, colourful, and fun. The family, Father and Mother, and Small and Tiny Clangers, are inquisitive, sweet, and talk in strange whistling noises (sometimes putting in little jokes to irk the paymasters at the BBC!). Below them deep in the ground, the Soup Dragon stirs an ever-boiling, never-ending, supply of green gloop, while Mother Clanger makes her blue string pudding.Visitors to Clanger land never stay long, and always leave bewildered! The series was different to any which had gone before and has quite rightly become something of a cult.
bob the moo Far from Earth on a distant planet live the Clangers – a strange, mousey form of alien life that sound uncannily like a load of penny whistles being played. Each episode, the Clangers face a different story on their quiet little planet – and none of them are ever straight forward. This series ran for less than 30 episodes but its influence runs deeper and it is telling that everyone knows the noise a Clanger makes and they are still sought after toys that are produced all these years later.The stories are never that amazing but, narrated by Postgate, they have a sense of humour and unique wit that is often associated with Smallfilms cartoons and things like Magic Roundabout – it is hard to put into words but it is unmistakably British and not something that you see repeated often. The narration works wonderfully and really helps the shorts work but it is the imaginative animation that makes it stand out as one of those short animations that stay with children for decades. How I pity the generation that grow up the Saturday morning computer-generated serials that all involve robots and guns and constant action – they all look the same and do nothing to encourage imagination or invention in their minds.The movement of the characters is jerky of course but it is not the quality that is important, rather it is the unique feel to it that works and the imaginative characters etc. It looks good and many people would be able to identify the series just by a single frame – so distinctive is it. The overall effect is a classic British animation that is funny, imaginative and distinctive with silly stories blessed with a touch of absurdist wit. Well worth seeing and well worth getting kids now to watch.