Friday, 10 June 2016

Clangers!

While you weren't looking, the BBC have been showing a new series of that 70's kids show The Clangers. It's all been updated (there are fewer Clangers, but they've all got names), with a nice, but unobstrusive, combination of CGI and stop motion. The stories are also engaging:


Obviously I like it. Michael Palin takes the place of Oliver Postgate, but Smallfilms are still involved. They gone full media on it with a magazine and a really nice web site:


Just when you think the licence fee isn't worth paying.

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