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1 day ago · Ah yes, the Wombles. Those loveable pioneers of recycling and sustainability, created by author Elisabeth Beresford in a series of children’s novels in the late 1960s. A BBC1 series about them ran for two years from 1973 and its enduring popularity today is largely thanks to the music Batt wrote to accompany the show.
4 days ago · The Wombles, originally characters from Elisabeth Beresford's children's books that debuted in 1968, eventually took to the television screens. Following their literary and TV adventures, the ...
4 days ago · Almost unforgivably, there’s only a passing mention here of the way the BBC’s Jackanory helped promote and even commission great writing from authors such as Joan Aiken, Helen Cresswell and Elisabeth Beresford from the 1960s to the 1990s. I suppose the fact that you can leave such giants out is an indication of how rich the tradition is.
4 days ago · The Wombles, originally created by Elisabeth Beresford in her 1968 children's novels, eventually became TV favourites. Then came the musical breakout under musician Mike Batt's direction ...
4 days ago · The Wombles originated from a series of children's novels by Elisabeth Beresford starting in 1968 and later became beloved television characters.
19 hours ago · Curious Magic, by Elisabeth Beresford (1980) The Mysterious Girl in the Garden, by Judith St. George (1981) The Secret World of Polly Flint, by Helen Cresswell (1982) The Castle Boy, by Catherine Storr (1983) Changing Times, by Tim Kennemore (1984) ya *The Messenger, by Monica Dickens (1985) Children of Winter, by Berlie Doherty (1985) ya
3 days ago · Mr Beresford, who is also self-proclaimed 'Lord of the Rings', said he had visited the landmark many times, had taken film crews from around the world across it and had even sold...
