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Wombling Free was a 1977 film adaption of the children's television series The Wombles
The Wombles (TV series)
The Wombles is a stop motion animated British television series made in 1973–1975. Further animated episodes were made in 1996–1997.After the first Wombles book, published in 1968, was featured on the BBC children's television programme Jackanory....

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Humans

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  • Frances de la Tour
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    : Julia Frogmorton
  • Bonnie Langford
    Bonnie Langford
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  • Bernard Spear
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Wombles

The Womble characters were portrayed by dwarf actors Kenny Baker
Kenny Baker
Kenneth George "Kenny" Baker is a British actor and musician, best known as the man inside R2-D2 in the popular Star Wars film series.- Career :...

, Eileen Baker, Sadie Corre
Sadie Corré
Sadie Corré was a 4'2" English actress, tap dancer, comic performer and leading pantomime cat. She was sometimes credited as Sadie Corrie.-Early years:Her parents were Abraham and Kate Corré, who owned the Carlton Tavern public house...

, Tony Friel
Tony Friel
Tony Friel is a bass guitarist known for his role in different New Wave bands.He attended Heys Boys Secondary School, where met Martin Bramah and got, along him, Art O Level. He and Bramah shared many interests. In mid-1970s, they were introduced, by their friend Barbara Smith, to her brother Mark E...

, John Lummiss, Jack Purvis
Jack Purvis (actor)
Jack Purvis was a British film actor. Purvis was a dwarf, and thus was mainly cast in roles requiring actors of short stature...

, Albert Wilkinson and Marcus Powell. Womble voices were provided by David Jason
David Jason
Sir David John White, OBE , better known by his stage name David Jason, is an English BAFTA award-winning actor. He is best known as the main character Derek "Del Boy" Trotter on the BBC sit-com Only Fools and Horses from 1981, the voice of Mr Toad in The Wind In The Willows and as detective Jack...

, Janet Brown, Jon Pertwee
Jon Pertwee
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, John Graham and Lionel Jeffries
Lionel Jeffries
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Songs

The songs and incidental music were composed by Mike Batt
Mike Batt
Michael Philip "Mike" Batt is a British songwriter, musician, producer and Deputy Chairman of the British Phonographic Industry...

. Some of the songs had previously been released by Batt's novelty band The Wombles
The Wombles (band)
The Wombles are a British novelty pop group, featuring musicians dressed as the characters from children's TV show The Wombles, which in turn was based on the children's book series by Elisabeth Beresford. Songwriter and record producer, Mike Batt, wrote the series' theme tune, and went on to...

, several becoming Top 10 hits.
  • "The Wombling Song"
  • "The Creation Of The World"
  • "Edinburgh Rock"
  • "Minuetto Allegretto"
  • "The Womble Burrow"
  • "Wombling White Tie And Tails"
  • "Under The Hill And Not Far Away"
  • "Magic Cricket "
  • "The March Of The Machine"
  • "Exercise Is Good For You"
  • "The Underground Garden"
  • "Count Down And Lift-Off"
  • "Womble Of The Universe"
  • "The Queen"


A soundtrack album was released in 1978.
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