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Name: The Clangers
Genre: Animation & Cartoon, Kids & Family
Released: 2016/11/16
Cast: Oliver Postgate

2016
3 Seasons
7.4 (708)

The Clangers is a British television show that aired on CBeebies from 1969 to 1974. The show was created by Oliver Postgate, who also wrote and narrated the episodes. The Clangers featured a family of pink, mouse-like creatures who lived on a small, blue planet. The planet was home to a variety of strange and fantastical creatures, including the Soup Dragon, a strange, dragon-like creature who made soup for the Clangers.

The Clangers were a peaceful and friendly family, who were always ready to help anyone in need. Their planet was full of strange and wonderful things, like the Sky Moos, who floated through the air, and the Glow Bugs, little bugs that glowed in the dark. The Clangers communicated with each other through a series of whistles and honks, which Oliver Postgate provided.

The show was beloved by children and adults alike, and remains a classic of British television. The whimsical creatures, imaginative settings, and gentle humor of The Clangers have made it a favorite among generations of viewers. The show was also groundbreaking in its use of stop-motion animation, which was still a relatively new technology at the time.

The Clangers has remained popular over the years, and has been released on DVD and Blu-ray in several different editions. The show also inspired a new version in 2015, which was produced by CBeebies and featured new characters and storylines.

One of the things that made The Clangers so special was the way that it created a whole world that was both strange and familiar at the same time. The planet that the Clangers lived on was full of wonderful, imaginative creatures, but it was also a place where everyday things, like baked beans and tea, could become magical. The Clangers were a reminder that even in the most unusual places, there is always something that makes us feel at home.

The show was also notable for its gentle humor and its emphasis on kindness and compassion. The Clangers were always looking out for one another, and they were always ready to help those in need. The show's message of friendship and cooperation made it a favorite with parents and educators, who appreciated its positive values.

Another aspect of The Clangers that made it so popular was its use of stop-motion animation. The show was made using a technique called stop-motion animation, in which small models are moved incrementally and photographed, creating the illusion of movement. This technique gave The Clangers a unique look and feel, and helped to create the show's magical and otherworldly atmosphere.

In conclusion, The Clangers is a beloved British television show that has captured the hearts of generations of viewers. Its whimsical creatures, imaginative settings, and gentle humor have made it a classic, and its positive message of friendship and cooperation has resonated with audiences of all ages. The show's use of stop-motion animation was groundbreaking at the time, and helped to create a unique and magical world that will always be remembered.

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Seasons

52. Things

June 23, 2016

Three pale things - a shell, a spiral and a cone - drift towards the planet seeking music, heat and light to revive them. Tiny and Small have seen them before and know just what to do. Will they be able to revive the new pale star-shaped thing?

51. Building Bridges

June 22, 2016

The new table Major has made collapses, spilling soup everywhere. Tiny and Small are sent off to fetch some more soup, but the soup trolley crashes into a new bump in the path on the way to the soup wells. Major finds a new use for his collapsed table.

50. Blob

June 21, 2016

The Froglets produce a purple blob out of the Top Hat, and Tiny loves it! The blob is noisy and bouncy, and when Tiny and Small discover it can split in two, and the two can split into four, and four into eight and so on, soon all the caves are alive with bouncing blobs!

49. The Discovery

June 20, 2016

Small is unhappy with his drawing, so he finds a place to practise in peace. Major Clanger discovers some wonderful wall pictures in an underground cave and invites everyone to see them, but it turns out that Small has seen the pictures before.

48. The Wols

June 19, 2016

Mother Wol asks the Iron Chicken if she will look after her three little Wols while she goes to get some things for her new nest. The Iron Chicken is happy to do so, but she hasn't counted on them being so boisterous.

47. All Change Day

June 16, 2016

Major Clanger is making too much noise in his workshop and Mother is fed up with it. She suggests they should swap jobs. But Granny's attempt to make the soup proves tricky, and the less said about the Soup Dragon's knitting the better.

46. The Golden Planet

June 15, 2016

Major invents a new two-seater rocket for special trips. When he and Small look through the telescope, they see just the place - a golden planet. Unfortunately Tiny discovers that the golden planet they see is not what it appears to be.

45. Calm in the Caves

June 14, 2016

Tiny and Small discover the froglets sitting abnormally silent and calm in their cave, in front of three stones which glow blue and emit an unearthly sound. Major Clanger thinks these must be 'hush stones' - however, the effect is anything but calming.

44. Busy Buzzers

June 13, 2016

Small and Major Clanger discover a bowl of glow honey that the glowbuzzers have left out in a crater. They take it inside to eat but find some very agitated glowbuzzers, who need them to put it back where they found it for a special visitor.

43. Rainbow Star

June 12, 2016

Small, wearing a rainbow-striped scarf, catches seven coloured stones floating in space. The Iron Chicken has also found a strange metal disc in space. Do the stones and the disc somehow fit? The answer lies in the colours of the scarf.

42. Hide-and-Seek

June 9, 2016

Small, Tiny and Baby Soup Dragon have a race around the planet. Baby Soup Dragon wins, but the Clangers don't know that he cheated! An orange Froglet sees it all and comes up with a clever way to teach Baby Soup Dragon a lesson.

41. The Little Bag

June 8, 2016

Small gives Tiny a lovely sparkly bag which he has caught when fishing in space. It is perfect for Tiny's panpipes. But when she goes to get her panpipes out of the bag, she is amazed to find it speaks, in sounds and shapes.

40. The Puzzle

June 7, 2016

On their way to tea with the Iron Chicken, Major, Mother, Tiny and Small spot a fascinating new planet. Major insists on exploring it and they all become lost inside. Luckily, a passing Sky Moo spots their empty music boat and brings Granny to the rescue!

39. The Chicken Waltz

June 6, 2016

Tiny makes up a lovely new tune to dance to. The Iron Chicken tries to join in but it is just too difficult for her to manage, so Tiny and Small come up with a much simpler rhythm that the Iron Chicken can dance to - The Chicken Waltz!

38. Snapper

June 5, 2016

A robot like a camera on wheels lands on the planet, flashing, bleeping and taking photos. At first the Clangers are scared of it but as they begin to accept it, they find it has a lot to show them about the universe and everywhere it has been.

37. The Box

June 2, 2016

Small finds some 'space treasure' but doesn't know what it is for. Then Tiny too finds her own space treasure - a strange box. Only when they both realise that the two pieces might fit together, do they get to see the unexpectedly beautiful results.

36. Sweet Music

June 1, 2016

A radio falls out of the sky. Tiny, Small and Baby Soup Dragon don't know what it is, and are fascinated by the sounds that come from it. But it would have been better if Baby Soup Dragon hadn't decided to play with it in the middle of the night.

35. Chairs

May 31, 2016

Granny's comfy puffball chair gets punctured by a knitting needle. Major Clanger comes up with a better idea - he will make a chair for Granny. From the results of his handiwork he realises the sense of Granny's original request.

34. Star Roses

May 30, 2016

A special star passes over the planet and as it does, the star roses bloom. The star appears, but where are the roses? Could their absence have anything to do with the Skymoos that Tiny and Small hear on the other side of the planet?

33. Tiny's Good Idea

May 29, 2016

It is very hot in Mother's garden and all her flowers are wilting. Major has invented an auto-waterer to help but it doesn't work. Tiny comes up with a brilliant idea for watering the garden based on a marble-chute toy she has invented.

32. Granny and Small

May 26, 2016

Small is bored, Tiny, Major and Mother are all too busy. Mother suggests he asks Granny to play with him. He is doubtful, but he couldn't have been more mistaken as she takes him on an adventure to a place he has never seen before.

31. The Game

May 25, 2016

A meteor shower of gemstones falls on the planet. Baby Soup Dragon beats Tiny and Small in a game to win them. The others continue the game without him and his stones, he realises that there is more fun to be had in playing than just winning.

30. Planty

May 24, 2016

The Clangers help Granny make her knitting space more special. Major makes her a fan and Mother gives her a purple plant from her garden called Planty. But when Granny wakes up from her nap, Planty has moved. Tiny and Small try to solve the mystery.

29. The Ball

May 23, 2016

Tiny and Small find a strange silver ball. When it bounces it glows and rings. It bounces into Mother's Garden and they are amazed to learn from her, that the ball is a living thing, like them. And Granny is convinced it must have friends nearby.

28. The Brilliant Surprise

December 14, 2015

When Tiny Clanger receives a message from the Iron Chicken that 'it's coming', she is mystified as to what the 'it' might be - and even more puzzled that no one will tell her. Everyone seems to be in on the secret, but in the end, Tiny gets a brilliant surprise!

27. The Little Chill

December 17, 2015

It's a very cold day on the Clangers' planet. So cold, that the Iron Chicken has to come down to the living cave to get warm! But when a Sky Moo wants to do the same, she finds the doors are frozen shut and she can't get in. Granny comes to the rescue with a clever plan to keep her and the other Sky Moos warm.

26. Find the Eclipse

July 20, 2015

Major Clanger has made special eclipse glasses for everyone to wear so they can watch a solar eclipse safely. But as the moon moves towards the sun, the Iron Chicken's nest blocks the view. Can the Clangers come up with a solution in time to see the wonderful solar eclipse?

25. Home Sweet Hoot

July 17, 2015

A little Hoot lands on the Clanger's planet and causes mayhem with his incessant mischievous hooting. The Clangers decide it has to go home. But with the Hoot Planet so far away, how can they attract its attention? Luckily, Major has just invented a make-it-louder machine that does the job perfectly.

24. Dragon Day

July 16, 2015

Small decides that there should be a Dragon Day to thank the Soup Dragon for being so kind as to provide them with soup every day. The Soup Dragon is quite overcome, especially when everyone gives her presents. The Iron Chicken arrives late and exhausted, but it turns out that her present is the best of all.

23. Bubble Trouble

July 15, 2015

Major Clanger has invented a machine for cleaning up the planet. But when he gets called away by Granny, Small and Tiny can't resist trying it for themselves. Unfortunately, it proves harder to control than they thought, and they accidentally suck up a swarm of Glow Buzzers. It takes all their ingenuity to rescue them!

22. Holes

July 14, 2015

Tiny and Small find a box that has fallen from space. It contains just two circles of black cloth, but these are no ordinary circles - they are holes, and one leads to another. Tiny and Small are very excited and try to tell Major about their discovery, but he is too busy to listen and so they decide to do their own experiments, with quite amazing results.

21. Baby Soup Clanger

July 13, 2015

Baby Soup Dragon is upset because his mother won't let him use her big ladle and help make the soup. Tiny and Small tell him not to worry - he can help them instead. He does, and he enjoys it so much that he decides he wants to be a Clanger instead of a Soup Dragon. But after a little while, the Clangers are not so sure this is a good idea!

20. Small's New Star

July 10, 2015

The Iron Chicken tidies her nest and dumps a huge bundle of unwanted junk metal on to the Clangers' planet. At first Major wants to keep it but Mother thinks he has quite enough junk already. It is Small who comes up with an idea that will see the metal return into space transformed.

19. The Singing Asteroid

July 9, 2015

Tiny and her flower friends are playing a lovely tune with the music trees when suddenly they hear a strange voice joining in; it seems to be coming from high in the sky. On investigation, Tiny discovers a lone flower singing as she travels alone through space on a rocky asteroid. Tiny discovers that the flower is lonely and comes up with a clever plan to help her.

18. Major's Meteor

July 8, 2015

Small is really upset when, out fishing in the music boat with Major Clanger, he not only fails to catch anything but also misses seeing the two spectacular lights that streak across the sky - meteors, as Granny later tells him. Major Clanger determines to cheer Small up by inventing a 'meteor machine'.

17. Crash Bang Chicken

July 7, 2015

A Skymoo accidentally knocks the Iron Chicken out of her nest, and in falling to the surface of the Clangers' planet she hurts her wing. But although Major Clanger manages to mend it, she has lost her confidence and can't fly. It takes all the ingenuity of Small Clanger, and another intervention by the Skymoo, to get her back to her nest under her own wing power.

16. Mother's Melody

July 6, 2015

Tiny Clanger has made up a lovely new tune to play with her singing flower friends. Mother Clanger thinks Tiny is very talented, but when Tiny suggests Mother should have a go, she gets very flustered and rushes off to her garden. But Major Clanger has a plan - and soon there is the sound of lovely music coming from the garden.

15. The Metal Bug

July 3, 2015

Small Clanger finds a strange ball while out fishing in space. No one knows what it is so Major decides to put it on a shelf in his workshop. But a little while later he finds it in two hollow pieces on the ground - and the Soup Dragon discovers that something has been eating the copper trees.

14. Tiny's Orchestra

July 2, 2015

Tiny is stuck for ideas for a new tune to make up, so she asks Mother and Major what kind of tune they would most like to hear. Major wants something 'bold and stirring' while Mother would like something 'light and charming'. Tiny's best attempts to please them both come to nothing, until a ride on a Skymoo gives her the inspiration she needs.

13. In A Spin

July 1, 2015

Tiny and Small accidentally spill green soup all over Granny's best shawl, and when they ask Cloud and the froglets to help them clean up the mess, things only end up getting worse.

12. Lonely As A Cloud

June 30, 2015

Tiny, Small, the Froglets and Baby Dragon have great fun playing games with the Cloud, but when Major calls them in for bed, the Cloud is left alone and sad.

11. Space Tangle

June 29, 2015

Small notices that the Iron Chicken has become trapped by junk metal that has got caught in orbit around her nest, but Major comes up with a clever solution.

10. The Curious Tunnel

June 26, 2015

Tiny and Small discover a strange tunnel that appears to suck things upwards. Revival of the classic animation about the adventures of a clan of friendly aliens living on a small blue planet.

9. The Crystal Trees

June 25, 2015

As the air grows cold, a crystal shaped seed lands on the Clangers' planet. Granny helps Tiny to plant it and it quickly grows into a wonderful Crystal Tree. Other seeds fall and soon there is a small forest of them. Mother Clanger has heard that these amazing trees can sparkle and glow, but none of the Clangers know how this is done, until, completely by accident Tiny discovers that music is the answer.

8. Tiny's Lullaby

June 24, 2015

Tiny's radio hat develops a fault, which means she cannot listen to her favourite nightly lullaby, so she decides to make up her own song instead.

7. The Giant Plant

June 23, 2015

Tiny and Small plant a little plant in Mother's garden. They get impatient for it to grow, but have little idea what they're letting themselves in for.

6. I Am The Eggbot

June 22, 2015

A strange little egg-shaped creature lands on the planet - an Eggbot. It sings a high note - doh. It proceeds to explore and gets stuck in a cave deep underground, where it is heard by the sleeping Clangers. They are amazed when they hear another note, a low doh, and find a giant Eggbot come to rescue the little Doh, with the help of six other singing Eggbots - Ray, Me, Fah, Soh, Lah and Te!

5. The Flying Froglets

June 19, 2015

It is Granny's birthday and all the Clangers are planning their presents for her. Small asks Major Clanger if he can help him invent something for her but Major says his work is too difficult for such a young Clanger. Small decides to invent something himself, something which involves puffballs, airfruit and three extremely acrobatic - or should we say aerobatic - froglets.

4. The Knitting Machine

June 18, 2015

Major Clanger invents a knitting machine, thinking this will save Granny ever having to make the effort to knit again. But Granny likes knitting and when she sees the hideous garments the machine produces, she challenges it to a great knit-off to determine who is the best knitter.

3. In The Soup

June 17, 2015

When Major Clanger decides that the Soup Dragon must be fed-up with dishing up soup for them all every day, he invents a machine to collect the soup instead. But when he takes some soup without even asking the Soup Dragon, he overfills the machine and it gets stuck in the doorway. Only with the help of the Soup Dragon can it be freed, and as it is freed, it explodes everywhere. Perhaps sometimes it is best to leave things as they always were.

2. The Little Thing

June 16, 2015

A Sky Moo gives Small Clanger a strangely shaped little thing that it has found in space. None of the Clangers has a clue what it is. Small decides to give it to the Iron Chicken for her nest, but as she is flying back down in the Music Boat she sees a big thing with a strange piece missing in its side. Reuniting the little thing and the big thing has a very surprising result!

1. The Lost Notes

June 15, 2015

The Music Tree notes for Tiny Clanger's marvellous new melody are blown away when a big wind blows across the planet. No one can find them. But Tiny hears Mother Clanger whistling a tune while she gardens. It's Tiny's tune - and she heard it coming from high in the sky!

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