''Wolf It'' is a British television series produced by
Scottish Television
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and broadcast on
CITV
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for 4 series between 1993 and 1996. The show is a spin off from the Saturday morning television series ''
What's Up Doc?'' and features Bro and Bro, two
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wolves
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who featured regularly in the aforementioned show. The programme was filmed in and around the Maidstone television studios, where it was also set, with Bro & Bro having set up home in a film vault.
The wolves called each other "Bro". Their real names were never heard, as there was always some noise which would mask whatever was being said by any person who was saying their names at the time.
The show replaced ''
Rolf's Cartoon Club'', and like the previous show, also showed cartoons, all from the ''
Looney Tunes'' and ''
Merrie Melodies'' series, which ITV owned the rights to at the time, 2 shorts were shown each episode.
Bro and Bro were voiced by
Don Austen and
John Eccleston. Despite Eccleston's shoes being filled on the original ''
What's Up Doc?'' (series 3 onwards) by
Dave Chapman, best known perhaps for portraying
Otis the Aardvark as well as multiple characters on ''
Dick and Dom in Da Bungalow
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''. Eccleston continued to perform his character for subsequent series of ''Wolf It!''
Series 3 and 4 were known as Wolf It: The Next Generation.
Releases
In 1994, a video was released containing 4 episodes from the first series, albeit without the cartoon shorts. However, apart from this, there have been no further releases, and the episodes have not been rerun.
Trivia
*Eccleston and Austen have been frequent collaborators, also working together as Sage & Onion- puppet
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*Series 1: 13 editions from 4 November 1993 – 10 February 1994
*Series 2: 12 editions from 21 September 1994 – 7 December 1994
*Renamed Wolf it - The Next Generation
*Series 3: 8 editions from 23 August 1995 – 11 October 1995
*Series 4: 4 editions from 28 August 1996 – 18 September 1996
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