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Wolves, Witches and Giants
GenreAnimation
Fantasy
Written byEd Welch
Directed bySara Bor
Simon Bor
Narrated bySpike Milligan
ComposerEd Welch
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series4
No. of episodes53
Production
Executive producerJohn Marsden
Running time9 minutes
Production companyHoneycomb Animation
Original release
NetworkITV (CITV)
Release9 October 1995 (1995-10-09) –
21 October 1998 (1998-10-21)

Wolves, Witches and Giants, narrated by Spike Milligan, is a children's cartoon series of humorous adaptations of classic fairy tales, featuring a collection of villains including the wily wolf, a wicked witch and an enormous giant. It was written by musician Ed Welch, based on an LP, also performed by Milligan.[1] The directors and producers were Simon & Sara Bor of Honeycomb Animation. There were 4 series of 13 episodes and 3 specials produced for ITV from 1995 to 1999. Reruns ran on Discovery Kids (UK) until its defunct in 2007 and later, on CITV from July 2005.

It included adaptations of many tales such as Little Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Hansel and Gretel, Cinderella, and The Three Billy Goats Gruff.[2]

It was made by the same producers that made the original Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids (and its new series), Tube Mice, Binka, and Funky Valley.[3][4]

Although being based in Medieval times, it has featured some modern equipment, such as the Wily Wolf driving a blue sports car, a tailor playing on a handheld game console, Little Red Riding Hood's bed-ridden grandmother watching an Australian soap on her TV, or the Wicked Witch using a microwave.

All the series was animated in hand-drawn cel animation, but the title sequence itself from the 4th series uses digital-ink-and-paint animation.

Episode list

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Series 1

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Series 2

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Special

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Series 3

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Special

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Series 4

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Special

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  • Aladdin (1999, first broadcast on the German channel Pro 7; extended version of Season 4, Episode 13)

References

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  1. ^ "Ed Welch". BFI. Archived from the original on 10 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Toonhound - Wolves Witches and Giants (1995-1999)". www.toonhound.com.
  3. ^ "Toonhound - Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids (2000 - 2005)". www.toonhound.com.
  4. ^ "Honeycomb Animation". BFI. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021.
  5. ^ "The Wolf and the Seven Kids (1995)". BFI. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021.
  6. ^ "The Three Billy Goats Gruff (1995)". BFI. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Little Red Riding Hood (1995)". BFI. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021.
  8. ^ "Rapunzel (1995)". BFI. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021.
  9. ^ "Jack and the Beanstalk (1995)". BFI. Archived from the original on 9 September 2021.
  10. ^ "The Three Little Pigs (1995)". BFI. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021.
  11. ^ "The Giant with the Golden Hair (1995)". BFI. Archived from the original on 9 September 2021.
  12. ^ "Peter and the Wolf (1995)". BFI. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021.
  13. ^ "Chicken Licken (1996)". BFI. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021.
  14. ^ "Beauty and the Beast (1996)". BFI. Archived from the original on 9 September 2021.
  15. ^ "The Little Snow Girl (1996)". BFI. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021.
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