Wombling Free

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name = Wombling Free


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director = Lionel Jeffries
producer = Ian Shand
writer = Lionel Jeffries
narrator = Lionel Jeffries
starring = David Tomlinson, Bonnie Langford, David Jason (voice), Jon Pertwee (voice)
music = Mike Batt
cinematography = Alan Hume
editing = Peter Tanner
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released = 1977
runtime = 96 min
country = UK
language = English
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imdb_id = 0076931

"Wombling Free" was a 1977 film adaption of the children's television series "The Wombles".

Cast

Humans

*David Tomlinson - Roland Frogmorton
*Frances de la Tour - Julia Frogmorton
*Bonnie Langford - Felicity 'Kim' Frogmorton
*Bernard Spear - Arnold Takahashi
*Yasuko Nagazumi - Doris Takahashi
*John Junkin - County Surveyor

Wombles

The Womble characters were portrayed by dwarf actors Kenny Baker, Eileen Baker, Sadie Corre, Tony Friel, John Lummiss, Jack Purvis, Albert Wilkinson and Marcus Powell. Womble voices were provided by David Jason, Janet Brown, Jon Pertwee, John Graham and Lionel Jeffries.

ongs

The songs and incidental music were composed by Mike Batt. Some of the songs had previously been released by Batt's novelty band "The Wombles", several becoming Top 10 hits.

*The Wombling Song
*The Creation Of The World
*Edinburgh Rock
*Minuetto Allegretto
*The Womble Burrow
*Wombling White Tie And Tails
*Under The Hill And Not Far Away
*Madam Cholet
*The March Of The Machine
*Exercise Is Good For You
*The Underground Garden
*Count Down And Lift-Off
*Womble Of The Universe
*The Queen

A soundtrack album was released in 1978.

Production

Locations

Most exterior shots were filmed in Black Park, Wexham, Buckinghamshire.

External links

*imdb title|id=0076931|title=Wombling Free