The Animals of Farthing Wood (TV series)

The Animals of Farthing Wood
Genre
Created byColin Dann (original books)
Written by
  • Sue Butterworth
  • Alan Case
  • Valerie Georgeson
  • Gordon Harrison
  • Elphin Lloyd-Jones
  • Jenny McDade
  • Steve Walker
Directed by
  • Philippe LeClerc
  • Elphin Lloyd-Jones
Voices of
Theme music composerDetlev Kühne
ComposerDetlev Kühne
Country of origin
  • United Kingdom
  • France
Original languageEnglish
No. of series3
No. of episodes39 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
ProducerJohn M. Mills
Running time25 minutes
Production companies
  • Telemagination
  • La Fabrique
Original release
NetworkBBC (Children's BBC)
Release6 January 1993 (1993-01-06) –
21 December 1995 (1995-12-21)
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The Animals of Farthing Wood is a British animated series commissioned by the European Broadcasting Union between 1993 and 1995, and is based on the series of books written by English author Colin Dann.[1] It was produced by Telemagination, based in London, and La Fabrique, based in Montpellier in France, but also aired in other European countries.[2] The first countries to air the series were Norway, Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium, Ireland, Italy, and the United Kingdom, in January 1993.

In October 2016, Network Distributing released all three series of The Animals of Farthing Wood onto a DVD box set. This was the first time that all episodes had been released in English as an official and complete set.[3] As of 2021, the series is available for digital purchase in the UK on Amazon Prime Video.[4]

  1. ^ Leapman, Michael (12 December 1992). "BBC children's chief defends use of cartoons". Independent. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
  2. ^ Williams, Michael (13 October 1992). "'Animals' series toons up for January premiere".
  3. ^ "Animals of Farthing Wood (The): The Complete Series". networkonair.com. Retrieved 28 June 2017.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ https://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Animals-of-Farthing-Wood/dp/B08S1F4LGY