Clangers

Clangers

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

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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Seasons

Flying

1. Flying

Air Date: 1969-11-16

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

Air Date: 1969-11-23

The Clangers find a television set.

Chicken

3. Chicken

Air Date: 1969-11-30

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

Music

4. Music

Air Date: 1969-12-07

Tiny Clanger discovers music.

The Intruder

5. The Intruder

Air Date: 1969-12-28

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

Visiting Friends

6. Visiting Friends

Air Date: 1970-01-01

Tiny Clanger builds a helicopter to visit the Iron Chicken.

Fishing

7. Fishing

Air Date: 1970-01-11

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

The Top Hat

8. The Top Hat

Air Date: 1970-01-18

The Clangers find some Froglets in a top hat.

The Egg

9. The Egg

Air Date: 1970-01-25

The Soup Dragon gets broody and gains a son.

The Hoot

10. The Hoot

Air Date: 1970-02-01

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

The Meeting

11. The Meeting

Air Date: 1970-02-08

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

Treasure

12. Treasure

Air Date: 1970-02-12

Even to Clangers, wealth does not always bring happiness.

Goods

13. Goods

Air Date: 1970-02-22

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

The Tablecloth

1. The Tablecloth

Air Date: 1971-04-18

A strange visitor gives the Clangers an unexpected gift.

The Rock Collector

2. The Rock Collector

Air Date: 1971-04-25

An astronaut arrives on the planet.

Glow-Honey

3. Glow-Honey

Air Date: 1971-05-02

Small Clanger wanders off into some caves, looking for glow-honey, and gets lost.

The Teapot

4. The Teapot

Air Date: 1971-05-09

A teapot fished from space is less useful than the Clangers thought it would be.

The Cloud

5. The Cloud

Air Date: 1971-05-16

The Cloud is invited to Mother Clanger's birthday party, and rains on the Froglets.

The Egg

6. The Egg

Air Date: 1971-05-23

The Iron Chicken lays an egg, and the Clangers try to look after it.

The Noise Machine

7. The Noise Machine

Air Date: 1971-05-30

The Clangers assemble a machine they find in space, and the iron chick gets into trouble.

The Seed

8. The Seed

Air Date: 1971-06-06

The Clangers tend a seed, and soon their planet is swamped with vegetation.

Pride

9. Pride

Air Date: 1971-06-13

Small Clanger finds a mirror, and vanity almost costs him his supper.

Bags

10. Bags

Air Date: 1972-10-13

A Gladstone bag appears on the Clangers' planet and is mistaken for a strange, new life-form.

The Blow-Fruit

11. The Blow-Fruit

Air Date: 1972-10-27

Small Clanger and the Baby Soup Dragon cause trouble playing with jet-propelled fruit.

Pipe Organ

12. Pipe Organ

Air Date: 1972-11-03

When the soup-trolley loses a wheel, Major Clanger tries to make a soup-pump.

The Music of the Spheres

13. The Music of the Spheres

Air Date: 1972-11-10

There are concerts in the most unlikely places.

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Rating

6.9/10

Release Date

1969-11-16

Episodes

26 (2 seasons)

Status

Ended

Cast

Production Companies

Smallfilms