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Clangers
Clangers
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Clangers

“A family of knitted aliens eking out a threadbare existence on a bleak and cold world”

6.9 / 10
1969
2 seasons
26 episodes
KidsAnimationFamily

Chronicles the melancholically funny lives of the Clangers, a flutey-voiced family of woolen, knitted aliens living below the surface of a knobbly little planet far out in space. Their misadventures brought them into contact with such unlikely creatures as the Soup Dragon, the Froglets, the Iron Chicken and the Glow Buzzers.

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Cast

Oliver Postgate

Seasons

  • Flying

    1.Flying

    16-11-19699m

    Major Clanger builds a flying machine, and Tiny Clanger gets stuck at the top of the cave with a balloon.

  • The Visitor

    2.The Visitor

    23-11-19699m

    The Clangers find a television set.

  • Chicken

    3.Chicken

    30-11-19699m

    The Clangers build some fireworks, one of which collides with a passing Iron Chicken.

  • Music

    4.Music

    07-12-19699m

    Tiny Clanger discovers music.

  • The Intruder

    5.The Intruder

    28-12-19699m

    A space probe from Earth lands on the Clangers' planet.

  • Visiting Friends

    6.Visiting Friends

    01-01-19709m

    Tiny Clanger builds a helicopter to visit the Iron Chicken.

  • Fishing

    7.Fishing

    11-01-19709m

    The Clangers build a flying music boat, and Major Clanger goes fishing in it.

  • The Top Hat

    8.The Top Hat

    18-01-19709m

    The Clangers find some Froglets in a top hat.

  • The Egg

    9.The Egg

    25-01-19709m

    The Soup Dragon gets broody and gains a son.

  • The Hoot

    10.The Hoot

    01-02-19709m

    A noisy metal creature is retrieved from space, disturbing the Clangers' peace.

  • The Meeting

    11.The Meeting

    08-02-19709m

    More Hoots arrive and seem upset that the first Hoot has changed.

  • Treasure

    12.Treasure

    12-02-19709m

    Even to Clangers, wealth does not always bring happiness.

  • Goods

    13.Goods

    22-02-19709m

    The Clangers suffer from a shortage of consumer goods, but they prefer life that way.

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