The Adventures of Parsley

The Adventures of Parsley
GenreChildren's television series
Created byMichael Bond
Written byMichael Bond
Directed byIvor Wood
Narrated byGordon Rollings
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes32
Production
Running time5 minutes
Production companyFilmFair
Original release
NetworkBBC1
Release6 April 1970 (1970-04-06) –
1 February 1971 (1971-02-01)
Related
The Herbs
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The Adventures of Parsley is a 32-episode children's television series animated in stop motion.[1] Produced by FilmFair, The Adventures of Parsley was a spin-off of The Herbs. Its opening credits featured either Parsley the lion roaring or Dill the dog barking with their head in a circle, in a parody of Leo the Lion. Unlike in The Herbs the animal characters talked, a typical episode featuring a dialogue between the overenthusiastic Dill and the more laid back, deadpan Parsley. Other characters from The Herbs made occasional appearances. As in The Herbs the narration was provided by actor Gordon Rollings.

Like The Herbs, The Adventures of Parsley were created and written by Michael Bond, directed by Ivor Wood, and shown on BBC1 where the latter series was first shown on 6 April 1970. The five-minute episodes concluded the day's broadcast of children's programmes, and preceded the BBC's early evening news broadcast.

  1. ^ "Toonhound - The Adventures of Parsley (1970)". www.toonhound.com. Retrieved 20 November 2022.