''The Adventures of Parsley'' is a 32-episode

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animated in

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. Produced by

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, ''The Adventures of Parsley'' was a spin-off of ''

The Herbs ''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 (creator of Paddington Bear), directed by Ivor Wood using 3D stop motion model animation and f ...

''. Its opening credits featured either Parsley the lion roaring or Dill the dog barking with their head in a circle, in parody of

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's logo. Unlike in ''The Herbs'' the animal characters talked, a typical episode featuring a dialogue between the overenthusiastic Dill and the more laid back, deadpan Parsley. Other characters from ''The Herbs'' made occasional appearances. As in ''The Herbs'' the narration was provided by actor

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. Like ''The Herbs'', ''The Adventures of Parsley'' were created and written by

Michael Bond Thomas Michael Bond (13 January 1926 – 27 June 2017) was a British author. He is best known for a series of fictional stories for children, featuring the character of Paddington Bear. More than 35 million Paddington books have been sold ...

, directed by

Ivor Wood Ivor Sydney Wood (4 May 1932 – 13 October 2004) was a prolific Anglo-French' animator, director, producer and writer. He was known for his work on children's television series. Born in Leeds to an English father and a French mother, his famil ...

, and shown on

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where the latter series was first shown on 6 April 1970. The five-minute episodes concluded the day's broadcast of children's programmes, and preceded the BBC's early evening news broadcast.

Episodes

Home releases

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(2001)

Book adaptation

A book compiling the stories of several episodes, ''The Adventures of Parsley the Lion'', was also released.

References

External links

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