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Clangers
"A family of knitted aliens eking out a threadbare existence on a bleak and cold world"
Overview
Chronicles the melancholically funny lives of the Clangers, a flutey-voiced family of woolen, knitted aliens living below the surface of a knobbly little planet far out in space. Their misadventures brought them into contact with such unlikely creatures as the Soup Dragon, the Froglets, the Iron Chicken and the Glow Buzzers.
Status
Returning Series
Created By
Oliver Postgate
Network
BBC One
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes
Flying
Major Clanger builds a flying machine, and Tiny Clanger gets stuck at the top of the cave with a balloon.
The Visitor
The Clangers find a television set.
Chicken
The Clangers build some fireworks, one of which collides with a passing Iron Chicken.
Music
Tiny Clanger discovers music.
The Intruder
A space probe from Earth lands on the Clangers' planet.
Visiting Friends
Tiny Clanger builds a helicopter to visit the Iron Chicken.
Fishing
The Clangers build a flying music boat, and Major Clanger goes fishing in it.
The Top Hat
The Clangers find some Froglets in a top hat.
The Egg
The Soup Dragon gets broody and gains a son.
The Hoot
A noisy metal creature is retrieved from space, disturbing the Clangers' peace.
The Meeting
More Hoots arrive and seem upset that the first Hoot has changed.
Treasure
Even to Clangers, wealth does not always bring happiness.
Goods
The Clangers suffer from a shortage of consumer goods, but they prefer life that way.
