Created by Elisabeth Beresford, the Wombles first appeared on the BBC 50 years ago, with the new festive episodes based on Beresford\u2019s original work and directed by Benidorm\u2019s Johnny Vegas.<\/p>\n
The first episode will be titled Bungo, and introduces the Wombles, who live in a burrow under Wimbledon Common and spend their time tidying up human mess.<\/p>\n
\u201cYoung Bungo has just chosen his name from Great Uncle Bulgaria\u2019s atlas and is ready to become a Womble of the World as he embarks on his first day of work, tidying the Common,\u201d the BBC teased in the synopsis.<\/p>
The charming adventures will be available on BBC 4 and BBC Sounds, though a release date has yet to be confirmed.<\/p>\n
The news follows on from the announcement last month that the beloved characters would be getting a revamp<\/a> 50 years after the original series aired.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n Deadline reported a reboot was in the works from Altitude TV, with\u00a0How to Train Your Dragon<\/a>\u2019s Will Davies on script duties.<\/p>\n Details on exactly how the reboot will modernise the stop-motion animation style and Great Uncle Bulgaria and co, however, are currently scarce.<\/p>\n The Wombles will air during Christmas 2023. To discover your new favourite programmes, <\/strong>visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Streaming Guide<\/a>\u00a0to find out what\u2019s on.<\/strong><\/p>\n Try Radio Times magazine today and get 10 issues for only \u00a310 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>subscribe now<\/a>. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times podcast<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n Johnny Vegas directed the Wombles’ new festive adventures. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":40612,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/11\/the-wombles-return-on-bbc-radio-4-narrated-by-richard-e-grant.jpg",1279,853,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/11\/the-wombles-return-on-bbc-radio-4-narrated-by-richard-e-grant-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/11\/the-wombles-return-on-bbc-radio-4-narrated-by-richard-e-grant-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/11\/the-wombles-return-on-bbc-radio-4-narrated-by-richard-e-grant-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/11\/the-wombles-return-on-bbc-radio-4-narrated-by-richard-e-grant-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/11\/the-wombles-return-on-bbc-radio-4-narrated-by-richard-e-grant.jpg",1279,853,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/11\/the-wombles-return-on-bbc-radio-4-narrated-by-richard-e-grant.jpg",1279,853,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Johnny Vegas directed the Wombles' new festive adventures.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/40611"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Johnny](\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/The-Wombles-f4e4c3e.jpeg?quality=90&resize=619%2C413\" "\\"The")
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