The Adventures of Parsley was a 32-episode children's television series

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 animated in stop motion

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. Produced by FilmFair

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, The Adventures of Parsley was a spin-off

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 of The Herbs

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The Herbs is a television series for young children made for the BBC by Graham Clutterbuck's FilmFair company. It was written by Michael Bond , directed by Ivor Wood using 3D stop motion model animation and first transmitted from 12 February 1968 in the BBC1 Watch with Mother timeslot...

. The Herbs and The Adventures of Parsley were created and written by Michael Bond

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, directed by Ivor Wood

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, and distributed by BBC1. BBC1 premiered The Adventures of Parsley on 6 April 1970. The five-minute-long episodes concluded the day's broadcast of children's programming, and preceded the early evening broadcast of BBC News

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The Adventures of Parsley episodes

Title	Broadcast date	Synopsis
"Cowboys and Indians"	6 April 1970	While playing "a nice quiet game of cowboys and Indians", Parsley and Dill are alarmed to see smoke-rings in the sky. Believing that Indians are actually attacking the Herb Garden, they make plans for battle with Constable Knapweed, Mr. Onion and the Chives - only for them all to be embarrassed when Tarragon the Dragon reveals that it was just him.
"Aunt Mint's Barbeque Party"		Parsley and Dill receive a telegram from Aunt Mint inviting them to a barbecue, but they have trouble reading what it says and matters are further complicated when Dill eats the telegram by mistake. When they smell cooking they discover too late that they had been invited to a barbecue.
"Toothache"		After biting his tongue, Parsley bumps into Bayleaf's wheelbarrow. When questioned by Constable Knapweed, he does nothing but groan and howl, leading Knapweed and Bayleaf to conclude that he must have toothache. Their attempt to help him does not end well for Dill's house.
"Dill's Who's Who Entry"		Dill writes a flattering description of himself as an entry for Who's Who Who's Who Who's Who is the title of a number of reference publications, generally containing concise biographical information on a particular group of people... . Parsley does not consider the description at all accurate and insists on going through it with him.
"Parsley's Invention of a Mechanical Dog"		Tired of hearing about Dill's obsession with bones, Parsley attempts to invent a mechanical dog which isn't obsessed with them.
"Holiday's at Home"		Parsley is thinking of going on holiday, but cannot decide where to go or even how to get there. Him and Dill invent a set of paper wings to fly there, but neither Parsley nor Tarragon the Dragon have much success with them.
"Parsley at a Loose End"		Feeling at a loose end, Parsley offers services in the agony column Agony column Agony column may refer to:*The Agony Column, a novel by Earl Derr Biggers*A column of a newspaper that contains advertisements of missing relatives and friends*The Agony Column, an alternative title to the 1918 film The Blind Adventure... of a newspaper - only to receive more jobs than he can handle.
"Dill's Restaurant"		Dill opens a restaurant, but Parsley is not impressed when he finds that most of the food served there is centred around bones. Dill has a steak, but an attempt to cook it - with Constable Knapweed's help - ends in disaster.
"Sage's Birthday"
"Buried Bones"
"The Conch Shell"
"Putting on a Show"
"Works of Art by Dill"
"The Crystal Ball"
"Dill's Day"
"The Quiz"
"Dill's Television Set"
"Eggs and a Golf Ball"		Parsley mistakes one of Sir Basil's golf balls for an egg, and attempts to get Sage the Owl to hatch it.
"On Strike"
"The Pop Group"
"Mahatma Dill"
"The Art of Self Defence"
"Parsley's Insomnia"
"Parsley's Car"
"Dill Learns French"
"School Prize"
"Dill's One Dog Show"
"Dill's Garage"
"The Endurance Test"
"Ugh' Day"
"Taxi Service"
"Old Memories"