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.
Cast
Oliver Postgate
Narrator (voice)
Seasons
E1Flying
Nov 16, 1969
Major Clanger builds a flying machine, and Tiny Clanger gets stuck at the top of the cave with a balloon.
E2The Visitor
Nov 23, 1969
The Clangers find a television set.
E3Chicken
Nov 30, 1969
The Clangers build some fireworks, one of which collides with a passing Iron Chicken.
E4Music
Dec 7, 1969
Tiny Clanger discovers music.
E5The Intruder
Dec 28, 1969
A space probe from Earth lands on the Clangers' planet.
E6Visiting Friends
Jan 1, 1970
Tiny Clanger builds a helicopter to visit the Iron Chicken.
E7Fishing
Jan 11, 1970
The Clangers build a flying music boat, and Major Clanger goes fishing in it.
E8The Top Hat
Jan 18, 1970
The Clangers find some Froglets in a top hat.
E9The Egg
Jan 25, 1970
The Soup Dragon gets broody and gains a son.
E10The Hoot
Feb 1, 1970
A noisy metal creature is retrieved from space, disturbing the Clangers' peace.
E11The Meeting
Feb 8, 1970
More Hoots arrive and seem upset that the first Hoot has changed.
E12Treasure
Feb 12, 1970
Even to Clangers, wealth does not always bring happiness.
E13Goods
Feb 22, 1970
The Clangers suffer from a shortage of consumer goods, but they prefer life that way.
E1The Tablecloth
Apr 18, 1971
A strange visitor gives the Clangers an unexpected gift.
E2The Rock Collector
Apr 25, 1971
An astronaut arrives on the planet.
E3Glow-Honey
May 2, 1971
Small Clanger wanders off into some caves, looking for glow-honey, and gets lost.
E4The Teapot
May 9, 1971
A teapot fished from space is less useful than the Clangers thought it would be.
E5The Cloud
May 16, 1971
The Cloud is invited to Mother Clanger's birthday party, and rains on the Froglets.
E6The Egg
May 23, 1971
The Iron Chicken lays an egg, and the Clangers try to look after it.
E7The Noise Machine
May 30, 1971
The Clangers assemble a machine they find in space, and the iron chick gets into trouble.
E8The Seed
Jun 6, 1971
The Clangers tend a seed, and soon their planet is swamped with vegetation.
E9Pride
Jun 13, 1971
Small Clanger finds a mirror, and vanity almost costs him his supper.
E10Bags
Oct 13, 1972
A Gladstone bag appears on the Clangers' planet and is mistaken for a strange, new life-form.
E11The Blow-Fruit
Oct 27, 1972
Small Clanger and the Baby Soup Dragon cause trouble playing with jet-propelled fruit.
E12Pipe Organ
Nov 3, 1972
When the soup-trolley loses a wheel, Major Clanger tries to make a soup-pump.
E13The Music of the Spheres
Nov 10, 1972
There are concerts in the most unlikely places.
Storyline
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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