Created by Peter Kingston Opening theme Tony Kinsey Original language(s) English First episode date 11 September 1987 Network ITV Language English | Voices of Tim "Timbo" Lloyd Country of origin United Kingdom No. of episodes 42 Final episode date 4 December 1987 Number of episodes 42 | |
Similar Wil Cwac Cwac, Huxley Pig, The Adventures of Parsley, The Herbs, Junglies | ||
Wimpole Village is a pre-school series which aired on Children's ITV. It ran for 42 episodes in 1987. The series is named after the creator's house, "Wimpole House".
Contents
The rights to Wimpole Village were acquired by Cameron Thomson Entertainment licensed the series to terrestrial television and cable operators in North America and Europe. There has been talk of a revamped series or possible reruns.
Content
The series centered around the inhabitants of a little village. All characters have names according to their profession.
Books
Similar to The Mr Men, several books were also created by studio publications. Again with pictures by Peter Kingston.
Videos
Between
On 4 March 1991, Tempo Pre-School (distributed by Abbey Home Entertainment) re-released the first Wimpole Village video with the same 8 episodes from it and a door plaque came free with the video inside its box.
Children's Compilations
On September 1989, Tempo Video (distributed by Wm. Collins) released a compilation video with a double bill of Wimpole Village containing "Nigel Notetaker" and "The Sea Rescue" together along with a double bill of Broomstick Cottage and a single episode each from Huxley Pig and The Herbs.
Between 1991 and 1994, episodes of Wimpole Village have been released on children's compilation videos released by Abbey Home Entertainment Distribution.
In October 1991, the "Haybarn Fire" episode of Wimpole Village was released on a single pre-school compilation which was exclusively sold and distributed under license from Abbey Home Entertainment by Entertainment UK Ltd (in its "Starvision" and "Funhouse" range of children's videos) along with Huxley Pig, Broomstick Cottage and Will Quack Quack.