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''Pogles' Wood'' (in its first series it was entitled ''The Pogles'') is an animated British

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between 1965 and 1967, first broadcast by the

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between 1965 and 1968 (but repeated regularly until the early 1970s). The original six episode series, ''The Pogles'', was broadcast from 29 July 1965, within the children's magazine programme ''Clapperboard''. The 26-episode sequel, ''Pogles Wood'', was shown as part of the ''

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'' strand, whose target audience was pre-school children (meaning, in the 1960s, children under 5 years of age): a somewhat younger audience than that for ''Clapperboard''. The 32 episodes were filmed using stop-frame animation, in

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's barn (not in a BBC television studio). All were made in black-and-white. The episodes were narrated by

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, who introduced the story (typically beginning each episode with the show's catchphrase, ''Now where shall we find the Pogles?'') and also voiced several of the characters. The Pogles were tiny magical beings who lived in a hollow tree in a wood. The four principals were Mr and Mrs Pogle, their adopted son Pippin, and a squirrel-like creature named Tog, who was Pippin's playmate.

Original series - "The Pogles"

Comprising six episodes of nine minutes each, ''The Pogles'' set the scene for the sequel series entitled ''Pogles' Wood''. Besides its focus on the titular family, the original series is especially distinguished from the later series by its appearances of the Witch, a mysterious and evil shape-changing character, and the tone of the episodes was regarded as sinister. After initially broadcasting it, the BBC considered it "too frightening" for its proposed inclusion in ''

'', intended to be viewed by a very young audience, and advised

to make all future episodes revolve around more everyday countryside matters. To reinforce these changes, the title of the show was changed.

Episodes

* 1: The Magic Bean (29 July 1965) * 2: A Silver Crown (5 August 1965) * 3: Pogle Go Home! (12 August 1965) * 4: A Flower For Wishes (19 August 1965) * 5: The Singing Bird (26 August 1965) * 6: King of The Fairies (2 September 1965)

Sequel series - "Pogles' Wood"

The subsequent 26 episodes were broadcast under the revised title ''Pogles' Wood''. This was shown as part of the ''Watch With Mother'' strand (billed by the BBC as ''for the very young''). In this revised show the episodes were each 15 minutes long, to fit the standard length for editions of ''Watch With Mother''. The first 13 episodes of the revised show centred on farm and countryside life, viewed through the eyes of Pippin, Tog, and Mr & Mrs Pogle. The second set of 13 programmes had a stronger story element, wherein Pippin and Tog typically find an object and take it back to the storytelling plant, who brings it to life (in a precursor of the later ''

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'' show). Repeats from ''Pogles Wood'' continued until September 1973, when the series was retired, as BBC children's television finally moved fully over to a colour service. The umbrella series, ''Watch With Mother'', continued (though with a change of name): but thereafter broadcast only those of its regular shows which had been made in colour.

Episodes

Series 1 (April 1966 – June 1966): * Grains of Wheat * Milk From The Dairy * Honey Bees * Sheep's Wool * Eggs For Breakfast * Trains * Tog-In-The-Middle (Sometimes billed in Radio Times as Pig-In-The-Middle) * The Secret House * Noisy Engines * Badgers and Beans * Bears in the Wood * Tree Farming * Cake Crumbs * Keep Clear of The Water Series 2 (October 1967 – January 1968): * Woodwinds * Strong Music * A Little House * Bears In The Wood * Bricks * A Paper Tiger * The Princess and The Jewel * Flowers * Kings and Queens * Clocks * Woodwork * Roundabouts * Umbrellas

Comics

''The Adventures of Pippin and Tog'' was a popular children's

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based on the television show, published annually each Christmas in the 1970s. It featured comics originally prepublished in the children's magazine Pippin, drawn by Bill Mevin.

Home releases

All of the episodes of both ''The Pogles'' and ''Pogles' Wood'' survive, and all are available on DVD. Episodes of ''Pogles Wood'', selected by its creators, were initially released on DVD in 2006 by the ''Dragons' Friendly Society'' (an organisation founded by Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin). Subsequently, three further DVDs followed, again released by the ''Dragons' Friendly Society'', including the final collection of 14 episodes, released in November 2015 under the title ''Pogles' End''.

Production staff

;Writer *

;Puppets and Pictures *

;Voices * Olwen Griffiths – Mrs Pogle and Pippin * Steve Woodman – Plant and Tog * Oliver Postgate – Pogle, The Witch, King of the Fairies, Hedgepig, Fairies ;Music *

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References

External links

Official ''Pogles' Wood'' website

Publishers of ''Pogles Wood'' on DVD and CD-Rom

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