- The Woofits
The Woofits were a series of childrens books written in the 1980s by the British television and radio personality
Michael Parkinson , best known for his TV chat shows.The stories featured the Woofits a family of
anthropomorphic dog-like creatures who lived in the fictionalYorkshire coal mining village of Grimeworth (based on the real life Cudworth where Parkinson was born and nearby village ofGrimethorpe ).Books
The four original books published in 1980 were
*The Woofits Day Out
*The Woofits Play Cricket
*The Woofits Play Football
*The Daily WoofitIn addition there were Woofit Annuals for the years 1980, 1981, 1982 and 1983.
Television
In 1981
Yorkshire Television made two series of Woofits cartoons to be shown on ITV's lunchtime slot for young children based on the original stories and new stories with Michael Parkinson narrating them.
*Series 1: 6 editions -30 April 1981 -04 June 1981
*Series 2: 12 editions -11 February 1982 -29 April 1982 Characters
The main members of the Woofit family lived in 3 terraced houses along Grimeworth Street, Grimeworth these were -
Number 8
*Grandpa Ironside and Grandma Emily, the heads of the familyNumber 10
*Uncle Athelstone, miner who was a member of collierybrass band
*Uncle Gaylord, Athelstone's brother afootball pools winner who considered himself .Number 12
*John Willy Woofit, son of Ironside and coal miner
*Lavina, wife of John Willy
*Elton, son of Lavinia and John Willy, dreamed of being apop star .
*Angela, sister of Elton who had ambitions to be a TV newsreaderOther characters included Baskerville Woofit (editor of the Daily Woofit) and local policeman Sargeant Cox.
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