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Using trial and error. and — perhaps unexpectedly — there were also scripts. yes, including all the hoots and whistles, which olivers son, daniel, is now trying to protect. people always used to wonder about what the clangers were actually saying on the tv show. because they were always written out in english, and that is what my dad used to whistle from. so, they were actually saying things to each other. now, thanks to crowdfunding, a special book is set to be made, including those stories...

BritBox January 2022 Highlights London, 13 December: BritBox today announced box sets and films launching on the service throughout January 2022.  Happy New Year! We’re kicking off 2022 with a great selection of programmes that will boost our Old School collection. These include Worzel Gummidge Down Under, Ivor the Engine, A Little Princess and additional seasons of Rentaghost and Maid Marian & Her Merry Men amongst others. 

The son of Oliver Postgate, creator of the 1970s show, reveals what was in the scripts for the delightful and puzzling swannee-whistle creatures

A favourite of 1970s children in Britain, the innocent creatures would go on lovable adventures on a small planet and communicate in a swanee-whistle language.

In our frantic times, the Archers provides a much-needed therapeutic dose of ennui

Fans have long harboured questions about the underlying meaning of the sounds uttered by the pink knitted mouse-like characters

Album: The Coral - Coral Island | reviews, news & interviews Album: The Coral - Coral Island Album: The Coral - Coral Island Merseyside veterans faded fairground concept is steeped in pop craft by Nick HastedSaturday, 24 April 2021 Merseyside rock’s taste for glowing lysergic locales defines The Coral’s tenth LP, Coral Island, a double concept album which makes them the house band in a seedy fairground full of sepia memories and sawdust spirits. Merseyside rock’s tas...

In a new installment of The Animation that Changed Me, a series in which leading artists discuss one work of animation that deeply influenced them, we’re taking a trip into the British countryside of yesteryear. Our guest is stop-motion filmmaker Nick Park, whose works of plasticine-puppet animation at Aardman have earned him global renown. Park is the creator of Wallace & Gromit, Creature Comforts, and Shaun the Sheep; he also co-directed Chicken Run, the highest-grossing stop-motion film...

Blue plaques in Kent to The Rolling Stones and The Beatles, David Bowie, Carry On stars and James Bond creator Ian Fleming  |  Want to take a walk in the footsteps of famous names from the past? Take a trip with your local blue plaques and pick up some nuggets of knowledge along the way. Find one near you here... The Beatles’ film, Magical Mystery Tour, some of which was filmed in the West Malling area The Beatles When you get your kebab in West Malling, you get a slice of history with ...

INTERVIEW: Cerys Matthews on her passion for Burns and why we all need radio more than ever © BBC / Leigh Kelly Cerys Matthews Cerys Matthews is deep in conversation about her new poetry album when she suddenly begins reciting her favourite Robert Burns verse in her distinctive Welsh accent. “My curse upon your venom’d stang, That shoots my tortur’d gums alang, An’ thro’ my lug gies mony a twang, Wi’ gnawing vengeance, Tearing my nerves wi’ bitter pang, Like racking engines!” s...