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.
Seasons
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.
2. The Visitor
Air Date: 1969-11-23
The Clangers find a television set.
3. Chicken
Air Date: 1969-11-30
The Clangers build some fireworks, one of which collides with a passing Iron Chicken.
4. Music
Air Date: 1969-12-07
Tiny Clanger discovers music.
5. The Intruder
Air Date: 1969-12-28
A space probe from Earth lands on the Clangers' planet.
6. Visiting Friends
Air Date: 1970-01-01
Tiny Clanger builds a helicopter to visit the Iron Chicken.
7. Fishing
Air Date: 1970-01-11
The Clangers build a flying music boat, and Major Clanger goes fishing in it.
8. The Top Hat
Air Date: 1970-01-18
The Clangers find some Froglets in a top hat.
9. The Egg
Air Date: 1970-01-25
The Soup Dragon gets broody and gains a son.
10. The Hoot
Air Date: 1970-02-01
A noisy metal creature is retrieved from space, disturbing the Clangers' peace.
11. The Meeting
Air Date: 1970-02-08
More Hoots arrive and seem upset that the first Hoot has changed.
12. Treasure
Air Date: 1970-02-12
Even to Clangers, wealth does not always bring happiness.
13. Goods
Air Date: 1970-02-22
The Clangers suffer from a shortage of consumer goods, but they prefer life that way.
1. The Tablecloth
Air Date: 1971-04-18
A strange visitor gives the Clangers an unexpected gift.
2. The Rock Collector
Air Date: 1971-04-25
An astronaut arrives on the planet.
3. Glow-Honey
Air Date: 1971-05-02
Small Clanger wanders off into some caves, looking for glow-honey, and gets lost.
4. The Teapot
Air Date: 1971-05-09
A teapot fished from space is less useful than the Clangers thought it would be.
5. The Cloud
Air Date: 1971-05-16
The Cloud is invited to Mother Clanger's birthday party, and rains on the Froglets.
6. The Egg
Air Date: 1971-05-23
The Iron Chicken lays an egg, and the Clangers try to look after it.
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.
8. The Seed
Air Date: 1971-06-06
The Clangers tend a seed, and soon their planet is swamped with vegetation.
9. Pride
Air Date: 1971-06-13
Small Clanger finds a mirror, and vanity almost costs him his supper.
10. Bags
Air Date: 1972-10-13
A Gladstone bag appears on the Clangers' planet and is mistaken for a strange, new life-form.
11. The Blow-Fruit
Air Date: 1972-10-27
Small Clanger and the Baby Soup Dragon cause trouble playing with jet-propelled fruit.
12. Pipe Organ
Air Date: 1972-11-03
When the soup-trolley loses a wheel, Major Clanger tries to make a soup-pump.
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