Animals of Farthing wood

jonjons · 19/10/10 - 13:18

Did anyone use to watch this?
THe polar bear was the leader and i remmeber he got jealous when he had a rival

and the gorrila always had fights with his wife

[Deleted User] · 19/10/10 - 13:24

did you watch this?

rick182 · 19/10/10 - 13:25

It was about Britsh countryside animals

[Deleted User] · 19/10/10 - 13:26

I didn't sit in front of it myself but my daughter loved it. She got the magazine series as well.

Yes it was about British wild animals with foxes and things ...

James2001 · 19/10/10 - 13:34

Me and a friend were only watching through my old tapes of the show a couple of weeks ago. The end of Series 2 where Bold dies still gets to me. Suprisingly dark and well written for a kids show to be honest.

Camino · 19/10/10 - 14:29

i didnt know they had polar bears in Farthing Wood

lordOfTime · 19/10/10 - 14:31

I believe the OP is talking about a similar animation called Noah's Island in which Noah was the Polar Bear on this island. He was voiced by Ron Moody who did Badger in Farthing Wood.

Much preferred Farthing Wood. It's an old favourite of mine.

parthy · 19/10/10 - 14:36

I adore this cartoon, even now at the ripe old age of 26.

I've never seen the OP's trippy, made-up version of it though.

jonjons · 19/10/10 - 14:42

oo im sorry i meant noahs island

[Deleted User] · 19/10/10 - 14:48

LOVED Farthing Wood. Had the magazine and EVERYTHING

Georged123 · 19/10/10 - 14:58

Cant really remember this too well as I was only very young but having a main character like Bold and many others die in a kids TV series would be shocking today and shows how mature and adult this series really was.

A remake of this would sit nicely on a Saturday night or maybe a one-off Christmas Day special in the future.

[Deleted User] · 19/10/10 - 14:58

I was utterly addicted to Animals of Farthing Wood. I had every book, every magazine, every item that I could get - I had.

I cried when Mr and Mrs Pheasant died

[Deleted User] · 19/10/10 - 15:09

It was quite dark and often sad. It reminded me of Watership Down.

[Deleted User] · 19/10/10 - 15:14

http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/animation/watch/v4794873athHHt28
Ah the memories. I was obsessed! The worst bit for me was Mr and Mrs Pheasant too.

cnbcwatcher · 19/10/10 - 15:21

I don't remember watching this much but I do remember having a couple of the books and magazines.

parthy · 19/10/10 - 15:29

MrsSpoon wrote: »

It was quite dark and often sad. It reminded me of Watership Down.

It was influenced by Watership Down.

[Deleted User] · 19/10/10 - 15:40

I have never seen the first series and need to.

Barbella · 19/10/10 - 15:45

My old mum mentioned this to me this morning ( only she called it Starling Wood). She was being all nostalgic remembering picking my kids up from school and them watching it when they got home.

My kids loved it and there was a local woodland where we used to go for walks that we called Farthing Wood, and in fact I still call it that! People look at me blankly when I call it that and then have to rememebr that its actually got a proper name.

That weasel was really annoying I seem to remember though.

fmradiotuner1 · 19/10/10 - 15:53

I did as a kid.
I her the first series is on DVD in both German And English.

gorgeousgirl · 19/10/10 - 16:39

Yes, I used to be addicted to that whole series. I had the books, tapes, videos, everything. Weasel was always my favourite.

[Deleted User] · 19/10/10 - 16:51

Loved this show as a kid. Collected all the magazines and god knows what else. I also remember writing out the whole story on 14/15 sheets of A4 paper (both sides) for my mum to read.

. I dont think she did though.

Ethereal · 19/10/10 - 16:53

I adored this programme! The episode where the hedgehogs die crossing the busy road traumatised me as a child and I can still remember it now.

[Deleted User] · 19/10/10 - 16:54

I loved this!! I cried so much when the mice were killed.

lozzerbozzer · 19/10/10 - 18:37

loved this show, i had all the magazines and everything...wish i'd never thrown them away . I remember sobbing when the hedgehogs died and badger later on the series.
When i look back and think about it, i can't believe how dark it was. There's no way they'd make this and put it on kids tv now. Has it ever been repeated?

Barbella · 19/10/10 - 19:02

lozzerbozzer wrote: »

loved this show, i had all the magazines and everything...wish i'd never thrown them away . I remember sobbing when the hedgehogs died and badger later on the series.
When i look back and think about it, i can't believe how dark it was. There's no way they'd make this and put it on kids tv now. Has it ever been repeated?

Don't know if anyone remembers David The Gnome's death episode. It was on at about the same time as Farthing Wood.

I watched it with my kids when I was about 23 years old and I cried. Couldn't belive it was a kids cartoon. It was all innocent in my day, Bagpus and Blue Peter. David the Gnome and Farthing Wood were pretty dark in terms of the themes they tackled.

Seems the 1990's were quite daring in terms of death in kids TV;)

[Deleted User] · 19/10/10 - 19:31

My son loved FW - I think he was about 10 - and I was pleased to get him away from all the American cartoons-to-sell-the-toys (Okay I know there were FW tie-ins, but at least it started life as a series of books). Then, in his late teens when discussing TV shows with his friends, turns out they all watched it and loved it too.

Some months ago, FW was mentioned in a thread about whether it was right or not to show the true nature of nature

Can't say that my son or his friends were traumatised by the death bits. In fact, I'm sure that FW has a lot to do with his love of animals (his fav cuddlies were a badger and a mole!)

Hey there!

Quick Links

Animals of Farthing wood

Comments