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{{Short description|British children's TV series (1969–1974)}}
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{{Use British English|date=June 2013}}
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{{Infobox television
| image        = Clangers Logo.png
| caption      =
| creator      = [[Oliver Postgate]]
| starring     = 
| narrator     = {{plainlist|
* Oliver Postgate (1969–1972, 1974)
* [[Michael Palin]] (2015–2020)
* [[William Shatner]] (American version, 2015–2020)
}}
| country      = United Kingdom
| num_series   = {{plainlist|
* 2 (original)
* 3 (revival)
}}
| num_episodes = {{plainlist|
* Original series: 26 (plus 1 special)
* Revival series: 104 (plus 2 specials)
}}
| camera       = Single camera
| runtime      = {{plainlist|
* 10 minutes per episode (1969–1972, 1974)
* 11 minutes per episode (2015–2020)<ref name=graun />
}}
| company      = {{plainlist|
* [[Smallfilms]] (1969–1972, 1974, 2015–2017)
* Coolabi Productions (2015–2020)<ref name=graun />
* Factory (2015–2020)
* [[Ingenious Media]] (2015–2020)
}}
| network      = [[BBC One|BBC1]]
| network2     = {{plainlist|
* [[CBeebies]]
* [[Universal Kids|Sprout]]
}}
| first_aired  = {{Start date|df=y|1969|11|16}}
| last_aired   = {{End date|df=y|1974|10|10}}
| first_aired2 = {{Start date|df=y|2015|06|15}}
| last_aired2  = {{End date|df=y|2020|03|11}}
}}
'''''Clangers''''' (usually referred to as ''The Clangers'')<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sheridan |first1=Simon |title=The A-Z of Classic Children's Television: From Alberto Frog to Zebedee |date=2004 |publisher=Reynolds & Hearn Ltd |isbn=1903111277 |pages=85–87}}</ref> is a British [[Stop motion|stop-motion]] [[Animated series|animated]] [[children's television series]], consisting of short films about a family of [[Mouse|mouse-like]] creatures who live on, and inside, a small moon-like planet. They speak only in a [[whistled language]], and eat green soup (supplied by the Soup Dragon) and blue string pudding. The programmes were originally broadcast on [[BBC One|BBC1]] between 1969 and 1972, followed by a special episode which was broadcast in 1974.

The series was made by [[Smallfilms]], the company set up by [[Oliver Postgate]] (who was the show's writer, animator and narrator) and [[Peter Firmin]] (who was its modelmaker and illustrator). Firmin designed the characters, and Joan Firmin, his wife, knitted and "dressed" them. The music, often part of the story, was provided by [[Vernon Elliott]].

A third series, narrated by [[Monty Python]] actor [[Michael Palin]], was broadcast in the UK in June 2015 on the [[BBC]]'s [[CBeebies]] TV channel, gaining hugely successful viewing figures, following on from a short special broadcast by the BBC earlier that year. The new programmes are still made using stop-motion animation (instead of the [[computer-generated imagery]] which had replaced the original stop-motion animation in revivals of other children's shows such as ''[[Fireman Sam]]'', ''[[Thomas & Friends]]'' and ''[[The Wombles]]''). Further new series were made in 2017 and 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://coolabi.com/clangers-celebrates-50th-anniversary-with-brand-new-third-series|title=Clangers celebrates 50th anniversary with brand new third series|website=Coolabi.com|access-date=3 October 2018}}</ref><!--Details later in article-->

''Clangers'' won the [[British Academy Children's Award for Pre-School Animation]] in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2015/childrens/pre-school-animation|title=2015 Children's Pre-School Animation {{!}} BAFTA Awards|website=Awards.bafta.org|language=en|access-date=11 July 2017}}</ref>

==Background==
''The Clangers'' originated in a series of children's books developed from another [[Smallfilms]] production, ''[[Noggin the Nog]]''. Publishers Kay and Ward created a series of books based on the ''Noggin the Nog'' television episodes, which was subsequently expanded into a series called ''Noggin First Reader'', aimed at teaching children to read.

In one of these, called ''Noggin and the Moonmouse'', published in 1967, a new [[Manger|horse-trough]] was put up in the middle of the town in the North-Lands. A [[spacecraft]] hurtled down and splash-landed in it: the top unscrewed, and out came a largish, mouse-like creature in a [[duffel coat]], who wanted fuel for his spaceship. He showed Nooka and the children that what he needed was vinegar and soap-flakes, so they filled up the fueltank of the little spherical ship, which then "took off in a dreadful cloud smelling of vinegar and soap-flakes, covering the town with bubbles".<ref name="CliveBanks">{{cite web|url=http://www.clivebanks.co.uk/Oliverpostgateinterview.htm|title=An interview with Oliver Postgate|website=Clivebanks.co.uk|date=March 2005|access-date=9 December 2008}}</ref>

In 1969 (the year of NASA's first landing on the Moon), the [[BBC]] asked Smallfilms to produce a new series for [[Color television|colour television]], but without specifying a storyline. Postgate concluded that as [[space exploration]] was topical the new series should take place in space and, inspired by the real Moon Landing, Peter Firmin designed a set which strongly resembled the Moon. Postgate adapted the Moonmouse from the 1967 story, by simply removing its tail ("because it kept getting into the [[soup]]").<ref name="CliveBanks"/> Hence the Clangers looked similar to mice (and, from their pink colour, pigs). They wore clothes reminiscent of Roman armour, "against the space debris that kept falling onto the planet, lost from other places, such as television sets and bits of an Iron Chicken",<ref name="CliveBanks"/> and they spoke in [[whistled language]].

==Storyline==
''The Clangers'' was described by Postgate as a family in space. They were small creatures living in peace and harmony on – and inside – a small, hollow planet, far, far away: nourished by Blue String Pudding, and by Green Soup harvested from the planet's volcanic soup wells by the Soup Dragon.

The word "Clanger" is said to derive from the sound made by opening the metal cover of one of the creatures' crater-like burrows, each of which was covered with an old metal dustbin lid, to protect against [[meteorite]] impacts (and space debris). In each episode there would be some problem to solve, typically concerning something invented or discovered, or some new visitor to meet. Music Trees, with note-shaped fruit, grew on the planet's surface, and music would often be an integral feature in the simple but amusing plots. In the "Fishing" episode, one of the Cheese Trees provided a cylindrical five-line [[Staff (music)|staff]] for notes taken from the Music Trees.

Postgate provided the narration, for the most part in a soft, melodic voice, describing and accounting for the curious antics of the little blue planet's knitted pink inhabitants, and providing a "translation", as it were, for much of their whistled dialogue. Postgate claimed that in reality when the Clangers' were whistling, they were "swearing their little heads off".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/classic/clangers/clangers_v5.shtml|title=BBC - Cult - Classic TV - Clangers Video|website=[[BBC]]|access-date=7 December 2024}}</ref>

==Production==
[[File:Clangers 2016 V&A Museum of Childhood.jpg|thumb|Clangers and Iron Chicken puppets at the V&A Museum of Childhood in 2016.]]
The first of the 26 episodes (aired as two series of 13 programmes each) was broadcast on [[BBC One|BBC1]] from 16 November 1969. The last edition of the second series was transmitted on 10 November 1972.

There was also one final programme, a seven-minute election special entitled ''Vote for Froglet'', broadcast on 10 October 1974 (the day of the General Election). [[Oliver Postgate]] said in a 2005 interview that he was not sure whether the 1974 special still existed,<ref name="CliveBanks"/> and it has been referred to as a "missing episode".<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/classic/clangers/trivia.shtml |title=Cult – Classic TV – The Clangers Trivia |publisher=BBC |date=10 October 1974 |access-date=18 September 2016}}</ref> In fact the whole episode is available from the [[British Film Institute]].<ref name="player.bfi.org.uk">{{cite web|url=https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-vote-for-froglet-1974-online/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180220154643/https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-vote-for-froglet-1974-online |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 February 2018 |title=Watch Vote for Froglet online |website=Player.bfi.org.uk |access-date=18 September 2016}}</ref>

The original Mother Clanger puppet was stolen in 1972.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tv.bt.com/tv/tv-from-bt/the-clangers-10-surprising-facts-about-the-childrens-tv-classic-11364025612680|title=The Clangers: 10 surprising facts about the children's TV classic|website=BT.com|language=en|access-date=4 January 2020|archive-date=23 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223083242/http://tv.bt.com/tv/tv-from-bt/the-clangers-10-surprising-facts-about-the-childrens-tv-classic-11364025612680|url-status=dead}}</ref> Today, Major Clanger and the second Mother Clanger are on display at the [[Canterbury Heritage Museum#Rupert Bear Museum|Rupert Bear Museum]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Postgate's genius lives on at museum|url=http://www.canterbury.gov.uk/main.cfm?objectid=4324|publisher=Canterbury City Council|access-date=20 October 2010|date=16 December 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101031161016/http://canterbury.gov.uk/main.cfm?objectid=4324|archive-date=31 October 2010}}</ref>

The Clangers grew in size between the first and last episodes, to allow Firmin to use an [[Action Man]] model figure in the episode "The Rock Collector".<ref name="CliveBanks"/>

[[BBC]]'s [[CBeebies]] channel and the American pre-school channel, [[Universal Kids|Sprout]], produced a new series for broadcasting in their 2015 schedules,<ref name=BBC24523203>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24523203|title=Clangers to make TV return|work=[[BBC News]]|date=15 October 2013|access-date=15 October 2013}}</ref> with [[Michael Palin]] narrating in place of the late Oliver Postgate.<ref name="Remake">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29107225|title=Michael Palin to narrate The Clangers series|work=BBC News|date=8 September 2014|access-date=9 September 2014}}</ref> Sprout were major funders and co-producers having commissioned the series in tandem with the BBC, with [[William Shatner]] narrating the Sprout version.<ref name="today.com">{{cite web|title=William Shatner calls 'Clangers' a 'beautiful' children's show|url=http://www.today.com/popculture/william-shatner-clangers-beautiful-childrens-show-t26191|website=Today Pop Culture|date=15 June 2015|access-date=16 June 2015}}</ref>

==Characters==
The principal characters are the Clangers themselves, the females wearing tabards and the males brass armour:

* '''Small Clanger''': the son of Mother and Major Clanger, and the older brother of Tiny Clanger, Small Clanger is very inquisitive and inventive, which - despite his best intentions - has sometimes led to some element of chaos amongst the Clangers, the soup pump being a classic example. Small Clanger is often the focus of the episodes, as he is the most adventurous of the family. He wears brass armour in the original show, but wears a blue tabard in the new version.
* '''Tiny Clanger''': youngest of the family, daughter to Mother and Major Clanger, and younger sister to Small Clanger, Tiny Clanger often plays a key role in the episodes too. She has a kind and gentle nature, that is apparent in many episodes in which a new visitor arrives, as she usually tries to communicate peacefully with them. She wears a red tabard in the original show. This changed to a bright pink one in the first series of the new version before turning to a reddish pink in later series.
* '''Major Clanger''': the father and head of the family, he is determined to get all things right on their planet, and can be grumpy. He wears brass armour. Narrator of the 2015 series, [[Michael Palin]], said that Major Clanger is one of his favourite characters.<ref>{{cite web|last=Braxton|first=Mark|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-06-15/michael-palin-clangers-is-one-of-the-best-things-ive-ever-been-offered|title=Michael Palin salutes the return of the Clangers after 40 years|website=[[Radio Times]]|date=15 June 2015|access-date=18 September 2016}}</ref>
* '''Mother Clanger''': mother to Tiny Clanger and Small Clanger, Mother Clanger is the matriarch of the family and is often seen preparing and dispensing the Clangers' soup or Blue String Pudding, though her favourite thing to do is gardening. She wears a red tabard.
* '''Granny Clanger''': an elderly Clanger, she is fond of knitting and often falls asleep. She wears a black tabard in the original show, but a lilac one in the new version. She is also Major Clanger's mother.
* Three other Clangers, two males with different coloured hair and a female wearing blue, also appear in the original episodes, but they have been dropped for the 2015 revival.

===Other inhabitants===
* '''Soup Dragon''': a benign, female creature with a penchant for Blue String Soup, The Soup Dragon dwells in the soup wells within the Clangers' planet. She is often summoned by tapping on the top of what look like small inactive volcanoes; she slides the lid back, and then takes a jug from (usually) Small Clanger, which she fills for them to eat. A green glow is visible beneath her when she emerges, suggesting the presence of a substantial lake of green soup.
* '''Baby Soup Dragon''': the Soup Dragon's son, Baby Soup Dragon was brought into the Clangers' world when the Soup Dragon became broody, which meant the Clangers could not get any soup. Tiny Clanger called the Iron Chicken by radio, for advice, and she told Tiny to get the egg which she had left on the surface of the planet and to fill it with ingredients. Then they made a nest with macaroni sticks, not far from the soup wells, and placed the egg in the middle. The Iron Chicken asked the Clangers to stand back while she shot the iron egg with a beam from her nest: this had an effect, and the Soup Dragon saw the egg and instinctively sat upon it, moments after the beam was shut off. Then the Soup Dragon was startled and leapt up to find that the egg was hatched and she had a Baby Soup Dragon.
* '''Froglets''': a trio of small orange [[Extraterrestrial life|aliens]] with black, stalk-like legs and large eyes, who travel around in a [[top hat]]. In the 2015 series, they can change colour to yellow and blue (and, on one occasion, Green). In "The Medal", a series 3 episode of the revived series, 6 froglets can be seen together, and in series 2, one episode has 4, including the green one.
* '''The Cloud''': a [[Cotton wool|cotton-wool]] cloud that floats over the surface of the planet, releasing musical raindrops. In the 2015 series, it displays the ability to change its shape.
* '''Music Trees''': the two small Music Trees are a permanent fixture on the surface of the Clangers' planet. They sit in a small divot on the surface (in the 2015 series, they sit atop a small hill) and are often harvested by the Clangers for their musical notes, although the Clangers always politely ask the trees first, after which the trees release some of their notes onto the ground, suggesting some form of sentience.
* '''Glow Buzzers''': [[Electric light|lightbulb-like]] creatures which live around the Clangers' caves, in hives that they fill with "Glow Honey". They helped Small Clanger find his way out of the flower caves when he followed them one time to find out where they got the Glow Honey from. The Glow Buzzers are rendered digitally in the new series.
* '''Iron Chicken''': a "[[bird]]" made of scrap metal (modelled from [[Meccano]]), which lives in an orbiting nest made of metallic junk. The pieces were found around the [[Smallfilms]] studio.
* '''Iron Chick''': the Iron Chicken's chick, who appeared in two episodes of series 2, but never appeared in the 2015 series.
* '''Sky Moos''': large, flying, blue [[Cattle|cow-like]] creatures that appear in several episodes. They are always hungry, which can come in handy.
* '''Singing Flowers''': a pair of singing flowers introduced in the 2015 series who are friends of Tiny Clanger.

===Visitors===
Other characters appeared in only one or two episodes each:
* '''Hoots''': small horn-like creatures with three legs, speaking like trumpets.
* '''A Spaceman''': an [[astronaut]] who arrives to collect rock samples. Upon landing, the Clangers observe his movements and discover that he is digging up rocks. Small Clanger peeks out of a hole and takes the wicker basket he is (rather humorously) placing the collected rocks in. The astronaut turns to find his basket gone and begins to look for it, searching the surface until he lifts the lid off one of the holes only to find Tiny Clanger within. This clearly scares the astronaut, who proceeds to run away, and falls straight down one of the holes into the planet where he then falls into a soup well. After the Clangers retrieve him and clean him up, he appears to be still in shock, as he then begins to run around again in panic, at which point he accidentally runs himself into orbit around their planet. Small Clanger retrieves him with a fishing rod and a magnet. The Clangers eventually bundle him back into his spacecraft and send him home.
* '''Lunar Rover''': the rover appeared when the Clangers were building a structure on the surface and one of them noticed an incoming object. They all dived below for safety, and on impact the rover destroyed the structure they were building, much to the Clangers' annoyance. They all observed the rover, staying just out of its sight. When it began to dig - and seemingly eat - some of the surface, Major Clanger intervened and stopped it. It then turned to face him and they attempted to shake hands, at which point the Rover's "nose" came off in Major Clanger's hand. He tries to return it, but the Rover drives off, finds a suitable bit of ground, then launches itself back into space. Major Clanger exclaims that it is "Marvellous".
* '''Eggbots''': a group of egg-shaped, [[Matryoshka doll|nesting doll]]-like robots who make sounds based on the [[solfège]] scale (each smaller Eggbot emitting a successive musical note ''Do-Re-Mi-Fa-So-La-Ti-Do'').
* '''Metal Caterpillar''': a metallic caterpillar who hatched from a metal egg which Small Clanger found in space, it ate anything that was metal, until it wove a cocoon and became a moth.
* '''Wols''': metallic colorful owls, who fly by spinning. The Iron Chicken had to look after three baby Wols whilst their parent was away.
* The Tin Bird visited the Clangers' planet during an episode of the 2017 series, looking for a place to build a nest.

==Music and sound effects==
One of the most noted aspects was the use of [[sound effect]]s, with a score composed by [[Vernon Elliott]] under instructions from Postgate. Although the episodes were scripted, most of the music used in the two series was written in translation by Postgate in the form of "musical sketches" or graphs that he drew for Elliott, who converted the drawings into a musical score. The music was then recorded by the two, along with other musicians – dubbed the ''Clangers Ensemble'' – in a village hall, where they would often leave the windows open, leading to the sounds of birds outside being heard on some recordings. Much of the score was performed on Elliott's bassoon, and also included harp, clarinet, glockenspiel and bells.

The distinctive whistles made by the Clangers, performed on [[Slide whistle|swanee whistle]]s, have become as identifiable as the characters themselves, much imitated by viewers. The series creators have said that the Clangers, living in [[vacuum]], did not communicate by sound, but rather by a type of [[nuclear magnetic resonance]], which was translated to audible whistles for the human audience. These whistles followed the rhythm and intonation of a script in English. The action was also narrated by a voice-over from Postgate. When the series was shown without narration to a group of overseas students, however, many of them felt that the Clangers were speaking their particular language.

Postgate recounted: "When the BBC got the script, [they] rang me up and said "At the beginning of episode three, where the doors get stuck, Major Clanger says 'sod it, the bloody thing’s stuck again'. Well, darling, you can't say that on children's television, you know, I mean you just can't". I said "It's not going to be said, it's going to be whistled", but [they] just said "But people will know!" I said no, that if they had nice minds, they'd think "Oh dear, the silly thing's not working properly". If you watch the episode, the one where the rocket goes up and shoots down the Iron Chicken, Major Clanger kicks the door to make it work and his first words are "Sod it, the bloody thing's stuck again". Years later, when the merchandising took off, the Golden Bear company wanted a Clanger and a Clanger phrase for it to make when you squeezed it, they got "Sod it, the bloody thing's stuck again"!"<ref name="CliveBanks"/>

Series 1 episode, "The Visitor", features two brief extracts from the song, "No Smokes" (1967) by the Glasgow [[Psychedelic music|psychedelic]] band [[One in a Million (band)|One in a Million]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rossi |first1=Marco |title=A One In A Million chance |access-date=21 May 2024 |work=[[Dorset Echo]] |date=7 March 2008 |url=https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/2100553.a-one-in-a-million-chance/}}</ref>

[[John Du Prez]], who wrote some of the music for ''[[Monty Python]]'' (another show [[Michael Palin]] was in) composed the score for the 2015 series.<ref>{{cite news|last=Waters|first=Florence|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/11643023/Return-of-The-Clangers.html|title=Return of The Clangers|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=18 September 2016}}</ref>

==Episodes from the original series==
===Series 1 (1969–1970)===
The first series was transmitted on [[BBC One|BBC1]] on Sundays at 5:55pm, except for the episode "Chicken" which went out at 5:50pm because there was a ''Children in Need'' appeal at 6:00pm.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 1
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| Title = Flying
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1969|11|16|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = Major Clanger builds a flying machine, and Tiny Clanger gets stuck at the top of the cave with a [[balloon]].
| LineColor = FFB0B8
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 2
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| Title = The Visitor
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1969|11|23|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = The Clangers find a [[television set]].
| LineColor = FFB0B8
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 3
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| Title = Chicken
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1969|11|30|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = The Clangers build some [[fireworks]], one of which collides with a passing Iron Chicken.
| LineColor = FFB0B8
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 4
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| Title = Music
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1969|12|07|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = Tiny Clanger discovers music.
| LineColor = FFB0B8
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 5
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| Title = The Intruder
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1969|12|28|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = A [[Rover (space exploration)|Lunar rover]] lands.
| LineColor = FFB0B8
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 6
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| Title = Visiting Friends
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1970|01|04|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = Tiny Clanger builds a [[helicopter]] to visit the Iron Chicken.
| LineColor = FFB0B8
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 7
| EpisodeNumber2 = 7
| Title = Fishing
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1970|01|11|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = The Clangers build a flying music boat, and Major Clanger goes fishing in it.
| LineColor = FFB0B8
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 8
| EpisodeNumber2 = 8
| Title = The Top Hat
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1970|01|18|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = The Clangers find some Froglets in a [[top hat]].
| LineColor = FFB0B8
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 9
| EpisodeNumber2 = 9
| Title = The Dragon Egg
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1970|01|25|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = The Soup Dragon gets broody, and gains a son.
| LineColor = FFB0B8
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 10
| EpisodeNumber2 = 10
| Title = The Hoot
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1970|02|01|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = A noisy metal creature is retrieved from space, disturbing the Clangers' peace.
| LineColor = FFB0B8
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 11
| EpisodeNumber2 = 11
| Title = The Meeting
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1970|02|08|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = More Hoots arrive, and seem upset that the first Hoot has changed.
| LineColor = FFB0B8
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 12
| EpisodeNumber2 = 12
| Title = Treasure
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1970|02|15|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = Tiny Clanger finds a bag of [[Gold coin|golden coin]]s while fishing in space.
| LineColor = FFB0B8
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 13
| EpisodeNumber2 = 13
| Title = Goods
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1970|02|22|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = A machine that makes plastic items is assembled, but cannot be turned off.
| LineColor = FFB0B8
}}
}}

===Series 2 (1971–1972)===
The second series episodes were also transmitted weekly on BBC1, but in a wide variety of differing timeslots. Episodes 1 and 2 were seen at 4:50{{nbsp}}pm; episodes 3, 5 and 6 at 5:05{{nbsp}}pm; episodes 4 and 8 at 5:00{{nbsp}}pm; episode 7 at 4:40{{nbsp}}pm; episode 9 at 5:30{{nbsp}}pm; and episodes 10, 11, 12 and 13 (which followed episode 9 after a gap of more than a year) at 4:00{{nbsp}}pm.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 14
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| Title = The Tablecloth
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1971|04|18|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = The Clangers use various materials to try to keep some Froglets warm.
| LineColor = F0B030
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 15
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| Title = The Rock Collector
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1971|04|25|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = An [[astronaut]] arrives to [[Geology|collect rocks]], but falls in the soup when Tiny Clanger startles him.
| LineColor = F0B030
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 16
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| Title = Glow Honey
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1971|05|02|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = Small Clanger wanders off into some [[cave]]s, looking for glow-honey, and gets lost.
| LineColor = F0B030
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 17
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| Title = The Teapot
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1971|05|09|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = A [[teapot]] fished from space is less useful than the Clangers thought it would be.
| LineColor = F0B030
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 18
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| Title = The Cloud
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1971|05|16|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = The Cloud is invited to Mother Clanger's birthday party, and rains on the Froglets.
| LineColor = F0B030
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 19
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| Title = The Chicken Egg
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1971|05|23|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = The Iron Chicken lays an [[egg]], and the Clangers try to look after it.
| LineColor = F0B030
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 20
| EpisodeNumber2 = 7
| Title = The Noise Machine
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1971|05|30|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = The Clangers assemble a machine they find in space, and the iron chick gets into trouble.
| LineColor = F0B030
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 21
| EpisodeNumber2 = 8
| Title = The Seed
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1971|06|06|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = The Clangers tend a seed, and soon their planet is [[Introduced species|swamped]] with vegetation.
| LineColor = F0B030
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 22
| EpisodeNumber2 = 9
| Title = Pride
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1971|06|13|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = Small Clanger finds a mirror, and vanity almost costs him his supper.
| LineColor = F0B030
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 23
| EpisodeNumber2 = 10
| Title = The Bags
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1972|10|13|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = A [[Gladstone bag]] appears on the Clangers' planet – and is mistaken for a strange, new life-form.
| LineColor = F0B030
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 24
| EpisodeNumber2 = 11
| Title = The Blow Fruit
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1972|10|27|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = Small Clanger and the Baby Soup Dragon cause trouble playing with [[Jet propulsion|jet-propelled]] fruit.
| LineColor = F0B030
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 25
| EpisodeNumber2 = 12
| Title = The Pipe Organ
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1972|11|03|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = When the soup-trolley loses a wheel, Major Clanger tries to make a soup-pump.
| LineColor = F0B030
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 26
| EpisodeNumber2 = 13
| Title = The Music of the Spheres
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1972|11|10|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = Tiny Clanger is accidentally hoisted away into space by the Hoot planet.
| LineColor = F0B030
}}
}}

===Special (1974)===
{{Episode table |background=#F88000 |title= |airdate=25 |airdateT=First broadcast |episodes=
{{Episode list
| Title = Vote for Froglet!
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1974|10|10|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = The narrator, [[Oliver Postgate]], tries to persuade the Clangers of the merits of party politics.<ref name="player.bfi.org.uk"/> He explains the democratic process, and demonstrates it by asking the Clangers to vote between the Soup Dragon and a Froglet. The Soup Dragon wins the election on a policy of "No Soup for Froglets", but the Clangers are dissatisfied with the result.<ref name="CliveBanks"/>
| LineColor = F88000
}}
}}

An election special, entitled "Vote for Froglet!", was broadcast on the night of the October 1974 General Election.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/25b9420249cc42be894d18b9b3e2a0a6 |title=BBC Programme Index: Clangers: Vote for Froglet! |date=10 October 1974 |access-date=1 August 2025}}</ref> It was inspired by what Postgate referred to as the "Winter of Discontent" (a phrase from [[William Shakespeare]]'s play ''[[Richard III (play)|Richard III]]'', usually employed to refer to the [[Winter of Discontent|winter of 1978–79]], but Postgate was referring to the miners' strike in the winter of 1973-74), and partly by his recollections of post-war Germany.<ref name="CliveBanks"/><ref name="bbc.co.uk">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/classic/clangers/clangers_v4.shtml|title=Classic TV – Clangers Video|publisher=BBC|access-date=18 June 2012}}</ref>

This special was believed to be a lost episode for many years,<ref name="CliveBanks"/> but it was released in full for free by the [[British Film Institute]] to coincide with the [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017 UK General Election]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-vote-for-froglet-1974-online|title=Vote for Froglet|website=BFI Player|access-date=2 November 2017}}</ref>

==Episodes from the revival series==
===Series 1 (2015–2016)===
Episodes 1–26 were first broadcast at 5:30{{nbsp}}pm, while episodes 27–52 were at 6:00{{nbsp}}pm on [[CBeebies]].
{{Episode table |background=#0020C0 |overall=5 |series=5 |title= |writer= |airdate=25 |airdateT=First broadcast |episodes=
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 1
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| Title = The Lost Notes
| WrittenBy = Dave Ingham
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2015|06|15|df=yes}}<ref name="youtube.com">{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uF1K378EAc | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/-uF1K378EAc | archive-date=2021-12-11 | url-status=live | title=CBeebies Grown-Ups – Behind The Scenes of the Clangers Premiere | date=June 2015 | via=[[YouTube]] | access-date=18 September 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
| ShortSummary = The Music Tree notes for Tiny Clanger's marvellous new melody are blown away by a big wind.
| LineColor = 0020C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 2
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| Title = The Little Thing
| WrittenBy = Dan Postgate
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2015|06|16|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = A Sky Moo gives Small Clanger a strangely shaped little thing that it has found in space.
| LineColor = 0020C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 3
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| Title = In The Soup
| WrittenBy = Dave Ingham
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2015|06|17|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = Major Clanger decides that the Soup Dragon must be fed-up with dishing up soup.
| LineColor = 0020C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 4
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| Title = The Knitting Machine
| WrittenBy = Dan Postgate
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2015|06|18|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = Major Clanger invents a knitting machine to save Granny ever having to knit again.
| LineColor = 0020C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 5
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| Title = The Flying Froglets
| WrittenBy = Dan Postgate
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2015|06|19|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = It is Granny's birthday and all the Clangers are planning their presents for her.
| LineColor = 0020C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 6
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| Title = I Am the Eggbot
| WrittenBy = Dan Postgate
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2015|06|22|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = A strange little egg-shaped creature lands on the planet and gets stuck in a cave.
| LineColor = 0020C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 7
| EpisodeNumber2 = 7
| Title = The Giant Plant
| WrittenBy = Dave Ingham
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2015|06|23|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = The planet is overrun with vegetation when Tiny Clanger and Small Clanger sing a growing song to a plant.
| LineColor = 0020C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 8
| EpisodeNumber2 = 8
| Title = Tiny's Lullaby
| WrittenBy = Dan Postgate
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2015|06|24|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = Tiny Clanger's radio hat develops a fault, so she can't hear the Iron Chicken's lullaby.
| LineColor = 0020C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 9
| EpisodeNumber2 = 9
| Title = The Crystal Trees
| WrittenBy = Myles McLeod
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2015|06|25|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = Crystal-shaped seeds that sparkle and glow land on the Clangers' planet.
| LineColor = 0020C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 10
| EpisodeNumber2 = 10
| Title = The Curious Tunnel
| WrittenBy = Dave Ingham
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2015|06|26|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = Tiny Clanger and Small Clanger discover a strange tunnel that appears to suck things upwards.
| LineColor = 0020C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 11
| EpisodeNumber2 = 11
| Title = Space Tangle
| WrittenBy = Myles Mcleod
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2015|06|29|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = Small Clanger has invited the Iron Chicken to a picnic, but the Iron Chicken is late.
| LineColor = 0020C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 12
| EpisodeNumber2 = 12
| Title = Lonely as a Cloud
| WrittenBy = Dan Postgate
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2015|06|30|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = Tiny Clanger, Small Clanger, the Froglets and the Baby Soup Dragon are having fun playing games with the Cloud.
| LineColor = 0020C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 13
| EpisodeNumber2 = 13
| Title = In a Spin
| WrittenBy = Dave Ingham
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2015|07|01|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = While playing a game, Tiny Clanger and Small Clanger accidentally knock over a tankard.
| LineColor = 0020C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 14
| EpisodeNumber2 = 14
| Title = Tiny's Orchestra
| WrittenBy = Dan Postgate
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2015|07|02|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = Tiny Clanger is stuck for ideas for a new tune to make up.
| LineColor = 0020C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 15
| EpisodeNumber2 = 15
| Title = The Metal Bug
| WrittenBy = Dan Postgate
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2015|07|03|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = Small Clanger finds a strange ball while out fishing in space.
| LineColor = 0020C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 16
| EpisodeNumber2 = 16
| Title = Mother's Melody
| WrittenBy = Dan Postgate
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2015|07|06|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = Tiny Clanger suggests that Mother Clanger makes a tune.
| LineColor = 0020C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 17
| EpisodeNumber2 = 17
| Title = Crash Bang Chicken<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/schedules/cbeebies/20150707 | title=BBC iPlayer - Channel Schedule - CBeebies - Tuesday 7 July 2015 | access-date=7 July 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709091622/http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/schedules/cbeebies/20150707 | archive-date=9 July 2015}}</ref>
| WrittenBy = Dave Ingham
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2015|07|07|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = A Sky Moo accidentally knocks the Iron Chicken out of her nest.
| LineColor = 0020C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 18
| EpisodeNumber2 = 18
| Title = Major's Meteor<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/schedules/cbeebies/20150708 | title=BBC iPlayer - Channel Schedule - CBeebies - Wednesday 8 July 2015 | access-date=7 July 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711010342/http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/schedules/cbeebies/20150708 | archive-date=11 July 2015}}</ref>
| WrittenBy = Dave Ingham
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2015|07|08|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = Small Clanger misses seeing two meteors streaking across the sky.
| LineColor = 0020C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 19
| EpisodeNumber2 = 19
| Title = The Singing Asteroid<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/schedules/cbeebies/20150709 | title=BBC iPlayer - Channel Schedule - CBeebies - Thursday 9 July 2015 | access-date=7 July 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712033538/http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/schedules/cbeebies/20150709 | archive-date=12 July 2015}}</ref>
| WrittenBy = Dan Postgate
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2015|07|09|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = Tiny Clanger and her flower friends hear a strange voice joining in with their music.
| LineColor = 0020C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 20
| EpisodeNumber2 = 20
| Title = Small's New Star<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/schedules/cbeebies/20150710 | title=BBC iPlayer - Channel Schedule - CBeebies - Friday 10 July 2015 | access-date=7 July 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713223014/http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/schedules/cbeebies/20150710 | archive-date=13 July 2015}}</ref>
| WrittenBy = Dan Postgate
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2015|07|10|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = The Iron Chicken dumps a huge bundle of unwanted junk metal on to the Clangers' planet.
| LineColor = 0020C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 21
| EpisodeNumber2 = 21
| Title = Baby Soup Clanger<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/schedules/cbeebies/20150713 | title=BBC iPlayer - Channel Schedule - CBeebies - Monday 13 July 2015 | access-date=7 July 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715190033/http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/schedules/cbeebies/20150713 | archive-date=15 July 2015}}</ref>
| WrittenBy = Dave Ingham
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2015|07|13|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = Baby Soup Dragon decides he wants to be a Clanger.
| LineColor = 0020C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 22
| EpisodeNumber2 = 22
| Title = Holes<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/schedules/cbeebies/20150714 | title=BBC iPlayer - Channel Schedule - CBeebies - Tuesday 14 July 2015 | access-date=7 July 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713080948/http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/schedules/cbeebies/20150714 | archive-date=13 July 2015}}</ref>
| WrittenBy = Dan Postgate
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2015|07|14|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = Tiny Clanger and Small Clanger find two circles of cloth that are actually holes, one leading to the other.
| LineColor = 0020C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 23
| EpisodeNumber2 = 23
| Title = Bubble Trouble<ref name="ReferenceB">{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/schedules/cbeebies/20150715 | title=BBC iPlayer - Channel Schedule - CBeebies - Wednesday 15 July 2015 | access-date=8 July 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716052255/http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/schedules/cbeebies/20150715 | archive-date=16 July 2015}}</ref>
| WrittenBy = Lisa Akhurst
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2015|07|15|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = Small Clanger and Tiny Clanger can't resist trying out Major Clanger's cleaning machine.
| LineColor = 0020C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 24
| EpisodeNumber2 = 24
| Title = Dragon Day<ref name="ReferenceB"/>
| WrittenBy = Dan Postgate
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2015|07|16|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = Small Clanger decides that there should be a Dragon Day to thank the Soup Dragon for her soup.
| LineColor = 0020C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 25
| EpisodeNumber2 = 25
| Title = Home Sweet Hoot<ref name="Archived copy">{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/schedules/cbeebies/20150717 | title=BBC iPlayer - Channel Schedule - CBeebies - Friday 17 July 2015 | access-date=10 July 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716080232/http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/schedules/cbeebies/20150717 | archive-date=16 July 2015}}</ref>
| WrittenBy = Chris Parker
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2015|07|17|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = A little Hoot lands on the planet and causes mayhem with its incessant mischievous hooting.
| LineColor = 0020C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 26
| EpisodeNumber2 = 26
| Title = Find the Eclipse<ref name="ReferenceC">{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/schedules/cbeebies/20150720 | title=BBC iPlayer - Channel Schedule - CBeebies - Monday 20 July 2015 | access-date=13 July 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717113748/http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/schedules/cbeebies/20150720 | archive-date=17 July 2015}}</ref>
| WrittenBy = Dave Ingham
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2015|07|20|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = The Clangers gather to watch a solar eclipse but the Iron Chicken's nest blocks the view.
| LineColor = 0020C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 27
| EpisodeNumber2 = 27
| Title = The Little Chill<ref name="Archived copy"/>
| WrittenBy = [[Daniel Postgate]]
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2015|12|17|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = There are problems for a Sky Moo when the weather turns cold, but the Clangers try to help.
| LineColor = 0020C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 28
| EpisodeNumber2 = 28
| Title = The Brilliant Surprise<ref name="ReferenceC"/>
| WrittenBy = Daniel Postgate
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2015|12|14|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = The Iron Chicken says something is coming. Everyone seems to know what it is except Tiny Clanger.
| LineColor = 0020C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 29
| EpisodeNumber2 = 29
| Title = The Ball 
| WrittenBy = Dan Postgate
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2016|05|23|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = Tiny Clanger and Small Clanger find that the Ball they were playing with has friends of its own.
| LineColor = 0020C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 30
| EpisodeNumber2 = 30
| Title = Planty
| WrittenBy = Hickey & McCoy
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2016|05|24|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = A family of plants arrives, and are happiest together with Granny.
| LineColor = 0020C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 31
| EpisodeNumber2 = 31
| Title = The Game
| WrittenBy = Dan Postgate
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2016|05|25|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = The Baby Soup dragon learns a lesson about sharing.
| LineColor = 0020C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 32
| EpisodeNumber2 = 32
| Title = Granny and Small
| WrittenBy = Dave Ingham
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2016|05|26|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = Small Clanger finds that there is more to Granny than she thought.
| LineColor = 0020C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 33
| EpisodeNumber2 = 33
| Title = Tiny's Good Idea
| WrittenBy = Dave Ingham
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2016|05|27|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = Mother's flowers are wilting. Tiny Clanger comes up with a brilliant idea to help her water them.
| LineColor = 0020C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 34
| EpisodeNumber2 = 34
| Title = Star Roses
| WrittenBy = Myles McLeod & Dave Ingham
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2016|05|30|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = Tiny Clanger and Small Clanger are rewarded for their patience and quick-thinking.
| LineColor = 0020C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 35
| EpisodeNumber2 = 35
| Title = Chairs
| WrittenBy = Dan Postgate
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2016|05|31|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = Major Clanger tries to invent a replacement chair for Granny.
| LineColor = 0020C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 36
| EpisodeNumber2 = 36
| Title = Sweet Music
| WrittenBy = Lisa Akhurst
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2016|06|01|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = A radio falls out of the sky, and Tiny Clanger, Small Clanger and the Baby Soup Dragon are fascinated by it.
| LineColor = 0020C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 37
| EpisodeNumber2 = 37
| Title = The Box
| WrittenBy = Lisa Akhurst
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2016|06|02|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = Small Clanger finds some 'space treasure' but doesn't know what it is for.
| LineColor = 0020C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 38
| EpisodeNumber2 = 38
| Title = Snapper
| WrittenBy = Dan Postgate
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2016|06|03|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = A robot lands on the planet, and the Clangers are scared of it.
| LineColor = 0020C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 39
| EpisodeNumber2 = 39
| Title = The Chicken Waltz
| WrittenBy = Chris Parker
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2016|06|06|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = Tiny Clanger and Small Clanger come up with a tune for the Iron Chicken to dance to.
| LineColor = 0020C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 40
| EpisodeNumber2 = 40
| Title = The Puzzle
| WrittenBy = Dan Postgate
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2016|06|07|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = Major Clanger, Mother Clanger, Tiny Clanger and Small Clanger become lost while exploring a new planet.
| LineColor = 0020C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 41
| EpisodeNumber2 = 41
| Title = The Little Bag
| WrittenBy = Dan Postgate
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2016|06|08|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = Small Clanger gives Tiny Clanger a lovely sparkly bag that he caught while fishing in space.
| LineColor = 0020C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 42
| EpisodeNumber2 = 42
| Title = Hide-and-Seek
| WrittenBy = Dan Postgate
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2016|06|09|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = The Baby Soup Dragon cheats in a race around the planet, but a Froglet spots him cheating in a game of hide and seek and decides to teach him a lesson about cheating.
| LineColor = 0020C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 43
| EpisodeNumber2 = 43
| Title = Rainbow Star
| WrittenBy = Dan Postgate
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2016|06|10|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = Small Clanger catches seven coloured stones floating in space.
| LineColor = 0020C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 44
| EpisodeNumber2 = 44
| Title = Busy Buzzers
| WrittenBy = Dave Ingham
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2016|06|13|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = Small Clanger and Major Clanger discover a bowl of glow-honey in a crater.
| LineColor = 0020C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 45
| EpisodeNumber2 = 45
| Title = Calm in the Caves
| WrittenBy = Dave Ingham
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2016|06|14|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = Tiny Clanger and Small Clanger discover the froglets sitting abnormally silent and calm in their cave.
| LineColor = 0020C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 46
| EpisodeNumber2 = 46
| Title = The Golden Planet
| WrittenBy = Dan Postgate
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2016|06|15|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = Major Clanger invents a new two-seater rocket for special trips.
| LineColor = 0020C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 47
| EpisodeNumber2 = 47
| Title = All Change Day
| WrittenBy = Dan Postgate
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2016|06|16|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = Major Clanger is making too much noise, so Mother Clanger suggests they swap jobs.
| LineColor = 0020C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 48
| EpisodeNumber2 = 48
| Title = The Wols
| WrittenBy = Dan Postgate
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2016|06|17|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = The Iron Chicken looks after the baby Wols with help from Tiny Clanger.
| LineColor = 0020C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 49
| EpisodeNumber2 = 49
| Title = The Discovery
| WrittenBy = Dan Postgate
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2016|06|20|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = Major Clanger discovers some wonderful wall pictures in a cave.
| LineColor = 0020C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 50
| EpisodeNumber2 = 50
| Title = Blob
| WrittenBy = Dan Postgate
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2016|06|21|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = The Froglets produce a noisy, bouncy, purple blob from the Top Hat.
| LineColor = 0020C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 51
| EpisodeNumber2 = 51
| Title = Building Bridges
| WrittenBy = Dave Ingham
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2016|06|22|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = The new table Major Clanger has made collapses, spilling soup everywhere.
| LineColor = 0020C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 52
| EpisodeNumber2 = 52
| Title = Things 
| WrittenBy = Dan Postgate
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2016|06|23|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = Three pale things drift towards the planet seeking music, heat and light to revive them.
| LineColor = 0020C0
}}
}}

Following the March 2015 special, a full series was commissioned for the summer of that year. The series was narrated by [[Michael Palin]], and co-produced by [[Smallfilms]] with the involvement of [[Peter Firmin]] and Oliver Postgate's son, [[Daniel Postgate|Daniel]]. The series was directed by Chris Tichborne and Mole Hill,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/clangers-vod |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150614040805/http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/clangers-vod |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 June 2015 |title=Clangers |website=BBC |access-date=18 September 2016}}</ref> with music composed by [[John Du Prez]]. 52 11-minute episodes were commissioned.<ref name=graun>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/may/31/michael-palin-clangers-oasis-of-calm |title=Michael Palin: 'The Clangers will be a little oasis of calm' |last1=Conlan |first1=Tara |date=31 May 2015 |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=31 May 2015}}</ref> The voices of the Iron Chicken, the Soup Dragon, and the Baby Soup Dragon were by Dan Postgate.

The same year, [[William Shatner]] was chosen to be the American narrator for the series airing on the cable network [[Universal Kids|Sprout]].

===Series 2 (2017-2018)===
A second series of the revival, and the fourth series overall, was released on 11 September 2017 with 26 more episodes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.c21media.net/clangers-returns-to-cbeebies/|title=Clangers returns to CBeebies|website=C21media|access-date=2 November 2017}}</ref>

{{Episode table |background=#C0C0C0 |overall=5 |series=5 |title= |airdate=25 |airdateT=First broadcast |episodes=
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 53
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| Title = Round and Round
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2017|09|11|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = Mother Clanger closes her garden to visitors to get a bit of peace.
| LineColor = C0C0C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 54
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| Title = The Sound Snatcher
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2017|09|12|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = C0C0C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 55
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| Title = Woolly Welcome
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2017|09|13|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = C0C0C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 56
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| Title = Snow Business
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2017|09|14|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = C0C0C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 57
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| Title = Mother of Invention
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2017|09|15|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = C0C0C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 58
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| Title = Puffball
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2017|09|18|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = C0C0C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 59
| EpisodeNumber2 = 7
| Title = The Disappearing Nest
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2017|09|19|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = C0C0C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 60
| EpisodeNumber2 = 8
| Title = Star Flower
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2017|09|20|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = C0C0C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 61
| EpisodeNumber2 = 9
| Title = The Block
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2017|09|21|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = C0C0C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 62
| EpisodeNumber2 = 10
| Title = The Strange-Smelling Flower
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2017|09|24|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = C0C0C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 63
| EpisodeNumber2 = 11
| Title = Major's Low-Gravity Backpack
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2017|09|25|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = C0C0C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 64
| EpisodeNumber2 = 12
| Title = The Mysterious Noise Machine
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2017|09|26|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = C0C0C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 65
| EpisodeNumber2 = 13
| Title = The Tin Bird
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2017|09|27|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = C0C0C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 66
| EpisodeNumber2 = 14
| Title = Chicken in Charge
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2018|05|13|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = C0C0C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 67
| EpisodeNumber2 = 15
| Title = The Space Tortoise
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2018|05|14|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = C0C0C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 68
| EpisodeNumber2 = 16
| Title = The Moo Flower
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2018|05|15|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = C0C0C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 69
| EpisodeNumber2 = 17
| Title = One Dragon Band
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2018|05|16|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = C0C0C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 70
| EpisodeNumber2 = 18
| Title = The Memory Box
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2018|05|17|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = C0C0C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 71
| EpisodeNumber2 = 19
| Title = The Hoots Come to Play
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2018|05|20|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = C0C0C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 72
| EpisodeNumber2 = 20
| Title = Chatter Boxes
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2018|05|21|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = C0C0C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 73
| EpisodeNumber2 = 21
| Title = The Kindness Tree
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2018|05|22|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = C0C0C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 74
| EpisodeNumber2 = 22
| Title = The New Froglet
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2018|05|23|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = C0C0C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 75
| EpisodeNumber2 = 23
| Title = Hello
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2018|05|24|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = C0C0C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 76
| EpisodeNumber2 = 24
| Title = The Other Iron Chicken
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2018|05|27|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = C0C0C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 77
| EpisodeNumber2 = 25
| Title = The Forgotten Tunnel
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2018|05|28|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = C0C0C0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 78
| EpisodeNumber2 = 26
| Title = The Moon Whale
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2018|05|29|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = C0C0C0
}}
}}

===Series 3 (2019-2020)===
A third series of the revival, and the fifth series overall was broadcast on CBeebies on 17 July 2019 with another 26 more episodes.

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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 79
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| Title = The Visitor
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2019|07|17|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = A space module lands on the Clangers planet, from which steps a human astronaut.
| LineColor = 326400
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 80
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| Title = Radio Wol
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2019|07|21|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = 326400
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 81
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| Title = Medal 
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2019|07|22|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = 326400
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 82
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| Title = Strange Music
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2019|07|23|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = 326400
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 83
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| Title = Healing Harmonies
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2019|07|24|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = 326400
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 84
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| Title = Small to the Rescue
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2019|07|25|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = 326400
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 85
| EpisodeNumber2 = 7
| Title = The Song of the Stars
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2019|07|26|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = 326400
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 86
| EpisodeNumber2 = 8
| Title = Catch a Falling Star
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2019|07|29|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = 326400
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 87
| EpisodeNumber2 = 9
| Title = Baby Skymoo
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2019|07|30|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = 326400
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 88
| EpisodeNumber2 = 10
| Title = Small's Big Surprise
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2019|07|31|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = 326400
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 89
| EpisodeNumber2 = 11
| Title = Finders Keepers
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2019|08|01|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = 326400
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 90
| EpisodeNumber2 = 12
| Title = Woly Holiday
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2019|08|02|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = 326400
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 91
| EpisodeNumber2 = 13
| Title = Baby Skymoo and the Cloud
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2019|08|05|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = 326400
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 92
| EpisodeNumber2 = 14
| Title = The Travelling Salesman 
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2019|11|16|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = 326400
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 93
| EpisodeNumber2 = 15
| Title = The Scary Thing
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2019|11|17|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = 326400
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 94
| EpisodeNumber2 = 16
| Title = The Meteor Shower
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2019|11|23|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = 326400
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 95
| EpisodeNumber2 = 17
| Title = Major's Greatest Invention
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2019|11|24|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = 326400
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 96
| EpisodeNumber2 = 18
| Title = Junk Planet
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2019|11|30|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = 326400
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 97
| EpisodeNumber2 = 19
| Title = Toots
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2020|03|02|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = 326400
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 98
| EpisodeNumber2 = 20
| Title = Treasure Hunt
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2020|03|03|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = 326400
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 99
| EpisodeNumber2 = 21
| Title = Dance Dance Dance
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2020|03|04|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = 326400
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 100
| EpisodeNumber2 = 22
| Title = A Tail Tale
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2020|03|05|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = 326400
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 101
| EpisodeNumber2 = 23
| Title = Top Hat
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2020|03|06|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = 326400
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 102
| EpisodeNumber2 = 24
| Title = The Soup Flower Trees
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2020|03|09|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = 326400
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 103
| EpisodeNumber2 = 25
| Title = Changes
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2020|03|10|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = 326400
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 104
| EpisodeNumber2 = 26
| Title = Major's Helper
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2020|03|11|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = 
| LineColor = 326400
}}
}}

===Specials===
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 1
| Title = Eclipse of the Sun
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2015|03|19|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = The Clangers and Michael Palin teach children how the [[Solar eclipse of March 20, 2015|solar eclipse]] happens and how to stay safe.
| LineColor = A62C00
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 2
| Title = Meet the Clangers
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2015|06|12|df=yes}}
| ShortSummary = CBeebies Stargazer [[Maggie Aderin|Maggie]] has made a very interesting discovery with her telescope.
| LineColor = A62C00
}}
}}

==Reception==
Although not quite as popular as ''[[Bagpuss]]'' (which in 1999 was voted in a British television poll the best children's television programme ever made), since the death of Postgate in December 2008 interest has been revived in his work, which is considered to have had a notable influence on British culture throughout the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. In 2007, Postgate and Firmin were jointly presented with the Action for Children's Arts J. M. Barrie Award "for a lifetime's achievement in delighting children".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.childrensarts.org.uk/what-we-do/awards |title=Action for Children's Arts – J. M. Barrie Award |date=8 June 2010 |publisher=Childrensarts.org.uk |access-date=18 June 2012}}</ref>

The first episode of the revival series, which aired on 15 June 2015,<ref name="youtube.com"/> turned out to be a massive hit for [[CBeebies]]. The BBC News Entertainment and Arts magazine revealed that 65% of the episode's viewing audience of 484,000 were adults, and that it was CBeebies' most watched programme of 2015 up to that date. The rating was more than double the previous record, set by an episode of ''[[Alphablocks]]'', ''[[Numberjacks]]'', ''[[Waybuloo]]'', ''[[Fimbles]]'', ''[[Charlie and Lola]]'', ''[[Teletubbies]]'', ''[[The Lingo Show]]'' and ''[[The Octonauts]]'' that year, as well as other CBeebies favourites since the station's launch in 2002, although an episode of ''Numberjacks'' peaked at over 1 million back in 2009.

==Awards==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Award
!Category
!Result
|-
|[[British Academy Children's Awards]] 2015
|[[British Academy Children's Award for Pre-School Animation|Best pre-school Animation]]
| rowspan="5" {{won}}
|-
|Pulcinella Awards (Italy)
|Best pre-school 2015
|-
|VLV Awards for excellence in broadcasting in 2015
|Best Children's TV Show
|-
|Broadcast Awards 2016
|Best pre-school programme
|-
|Televisual Bulldog Awards 2016
|Best Children's show
|-
|RTS Awards North West 2016
|Best pre-school animation
| rowspan="2" {{nom}}
|-
|British Animation Awards 2016
|Best pre-school show
|-
|El Chupete International Awards (Spain) 2016 
|Best Children's Show
|{{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |British Academy Children's Awards 2016
|Best pre-school Animation
| rowspan="2" {{nom}}
|-
|Best Writer
|-
|Kidscreen Awards 2017
|Best Animation
|{{won}}
|-
|British Academy Children's Awards 2018
|Best pre-school Animation
|{{nom}}
|-
|Manchester Animation Festival Awards 2018
|Best Script (Dan Postgate)
|{{won}}
|}

==Legacy==
[[File:A Clanger outside Victoria Quarter in Leeds (24th June 2010).jpg|thumb|A charity collector dressed as a Clanger in 2010]]

[[The Soup Dragons]], a [[Scottish people|Scottish]] [[alternative rock]] [[List of musical band types|band]] of the late 1980s and early 1990s, took their name from the Clangers character.<ref>{{cite book|last=Buckley|first=Peter|title=The rough guide to rock|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=haEfq-nKqjgC&q=the+rough+guide+to+rock|publisher=[[Rough Guides]]|year=2003|isbn=978-1-84353-105-0}}</ref>

In the 1972 ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serial "[[The Sea Devils]]", [[The Master (Doctor Who)|The Master]] is seen to be watching the episode "The Rock Collector".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006q2x0|title=Doctor Who Classic Series Episode Guide – The Sea Devils|publisher=BBC|access-date=18 June 2012}}</ref> He states that they are fascinating creatures and even mimics their language. He is told that they are just television characters. The Master rolls his eyes.

A Clanger (as a glove-puppet rather than a stop-motion puppet) appears as a member of the "Puppet Government" in ''[[The Goodies (TV series)|The Goodies]]'' TV episode "[[The Goodies Rule – O.K.?]]".

From the block's start until its discontinuation, the UK's [[Nick Jr. (UK & Ireland)|Nick Jr. Classics]] block aired ''Clangers'' episodes specifically for parents who remembered the show.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nickjr.co.uk/noggin/shows.aspx|title=Noggin|date=11 July 2004|access-date=18 September 2016|url-status=deviated|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040711045708/http://nickjr.co.uk/noggin/shows.aspx|archive-date=11 July 2004}}</ref>

Tiny Clanger (also as a glove-puppet) appeared on ''[[The Sunny Side Up Show|Sprout's Sunny Side Up Show]]'' in honour of the U.S. premiere of ''Clangers''.

==Other countries==
The series was not widely broadcast outside the UK in the 1970s, mainly because it did not require additional money from sales abroad to finance its production.<ref name=graun /> [[NRK|Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation]] showed the series in 1970 and 1982, entitled ''Romlingane'', and was narrated by [[Ingebrigt Davik]], a popular author of children's books. It was shown on Swedish television in the late 1960s and 1970s, entitled ''Rymdlarna''. The first 13 episodes were also shown on [[Czech Television|Czechoslovak Television]] in August 1972, entitled ''Rámusíci''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vecernicek.com/pohadky-hledani.php?act=&sidser=381&sstart=Hledat|title=>> 40 LET HISTORIE|website=Vecernicek.Com|access-date=18 September 2016}}</ref> as a part of the children's evening program slot ''[[Večerníček]]''.

The revived version in 2015 has received funding from [[Universal Kids|Sprout]], a subsidiary of [[NBCUniversal]], and has been pre-sold to other foreign broadcasters including the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]].<ref name=graun /> The American transmissions are narrated by [[William Shatner]].<ref name="today.com"/>

As from 2018, it is also broadcast on the Belgian channel [[Ketnet]]. As of 2023 the 2015 UK version is on the American video on demand site [[Bentkey]].

==Soundtrack album==
{{Infobox album
| name       = Clangers: Original Television Music
| type       = soundtrack
| artist     = [[Vernon Elliott]] & [[Oliver Postgate]]
| cover      = Clangers-album.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 2001
| recorded   = 1969–1971
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Classical music|Classical]], [[children's music]]
| length     = 47:00
| label      = [[Trunk Records]]
| producer   =
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title =
| next_year  =
}}

In 2001, a selection of the music and sound effects was compiled by [[Trunk Records|Jonny Trunk]] from 128 musical cues held by Postgate, who contributed act one, "The Iron Chicken and the Music Trees", of ''A Clangers Opera'', with [[libretto]] that he had compiled.

===Track listing===
#Intro Music and Dialogue from "Episode One"
#The Start Of "Music"
#From "Visiting Friends"
#"Clangers running around the planet!"
#From "Fishing"
#From "Treasure"
#"Some Musical Sequences"
#From "Goods" (when the machine in the episode "Goods" went into continuous production of plastic objects)
#"An End Title"
#"Tiny Clangers Radio Hat"
#"Some of Oliver's Special Clangers Effects including the Froglets"
#From "The Rock Collector"
#From "Glowhoney"
#From "Teapot"
#From "Cloud"
#From "The Seed"
#From "The Bags"
#From "Blow Fruit"
#From "The Pipe Organ"
#From "The Music of the Spheres"
#"A short, silent interval"
#"A Clangers Opera, Act One" "The Iron Chicken and the Music Trees" (compiled by [[Oliver Postgate]])

==Home media==
In the early 1990s, three [[VHS]] cassettes of the ''Clangers'' were released by [[BBC Worldwide|BBC Enterprises]] Ltd. Later, another six cassettes were released by Universal Pictures. A number of [[DVD]]s have also been released by [[Universal Pictures]] (original series) and [[Signature Entertainment]] (revived series).

===VHS===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:99%;"
|-
!VHS video title
!Year of release
!Episodes
|- style="text-align:center;" 
||''Clangers'' (BBCV 4374)
||2 July 1990
||"Chicken", "Music", "Glow Honey", "Fishing", "The Top Hat", "Goods"
|- style="text-align:center;" 
||''Clangers 2'' (BBCV 4625)
||3 June 1991
||"The Egg", "The Hoot", "The Meeting", "The Blow Fruit", "The Pipe Organ", "The Music of the Spheres"
|- style="text-align:center;" 
||''The Very Best of the Clangers'' (BBCV 4954)
||5 April 1993
||"Chicken", "Music", "The Top Hat", "Tablecloth", "The Rock Collector", "The Seed", "Bags"
|- style="text-align:center;" 
||''The Complete Clangers: Series 1''
||5 July 1999
||"Flying", "The Visitor", "Chicken", "Music", "The Intruder", "Visiting Friends", "Fishing", "The Top Hat", "The Egg", "The Hoot", "The Meeting", "Treasure", "Goods"
|- style="text-align:center;" 
||''The Complete Clangers: Series 2''
||5 July 1999
||"Tablecloth", "The Rock Collector", "Glow Honey", "The Teapot", "The Cloud", "The Egg (2)", "The Noise Machine", "The Seed", "Pride", "Bags", "The Blow Fruit", "The Pipe Organ", "The Music of the Spheres"
|- style="text-align:center;" 
||''Clangers: The Visitor and other stories''
||18 March 2001
||"The Visitor", "Fishing", "The Rock Collector", "Goods"
|- style="text-align:center;" 
||''Clangers: Glow-Honey and other stories''
||18 March 2001
||"Glow Honey", "The Seed", "Bags", "The Music of the Spheres"
|- style="text-align:center;" 
||''Clangers: Music and other stories''
||21 April 2003
||"Music", "The Pipe Organ", "The Noise Machine", "The Hoot"
|- style="text-align:center;" 
||''Clangers: The Egg and other stories''
||21 April 2003
||"The Egg", "The Egg (2)", "Treasure", "Chicken"
|}

===DVD===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|+ [[DVD region code#2|Region 2]]
|-
! style="width:18%;"|DVD title
! style="width:6%;"|Series(s)
! style="width:5%;"|Aspect ratio
! style="width:6%;"|Episode count
! style="width:7%;"|Total running time
! style="width:10%;"|Release date(s)
|-
| ''The Complete Clangers''
| 1, 2 (original)
| 4:3
| 26
| 270 minutes
| 15 October 2001
|-
| ''The Complete Series 1''
| 1 (original)
| 4:3
| 13
| 120 minutes
| 4 April 2005
|-
| ''The Complete Series 2''
| 2 (original)
| 4:3
| 13
| 123 minutes
| 7 November 2005
|-
| ''The Flying Froglets and Other Clangery Tales''
| 1 (revival)
| 16:9
| 11
| 121 minutes
| 19 October 2015
|-
| ''The Singing Asteroid and Other Clangery Tales''
| 1 (revival)
| 16:9
| 11
| 124 minutes
| 25 July 2016
|}

===Blu-ray===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|+ [[Blu-ray#Region codes|Region B]]
|-
! style="width:18%;"|Blu-ray title
! style="width:6%;"|Series(s)
! style="width:5%;"|Aspect ratio
! style="width:6%;"|Episode count
! style="width:7%;"|Total running time
! style="width:10%;"|Release date(s)
|-
| ''The Classic Series Complete Collection''<ref>{{cite web|title=Fabulous Films: First Look at New Restoration of The Clangers Complete Series and Blu-ray|url=https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=33375|website=blu-ray.com|date=7 October 2023|access-date=9 October 2023}}</ref>
| 1, 2 (original)
| 4:3
| 26
| 249 minutes
| 30 October 2023
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}
{{notelist}}

==External links==
{{commons category}}
* {{BBC programme}}
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/classic/clangers/ ''Clangers''] at [[BBC Online]]
* [http://www.sproutonline.com/shows/clangers ''Clangers''] at [[Universal Kids|Sprout]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060208023824/http://www.stuffucanuse.com/fake_moon_landings/moon_landings.htm A copy of the moon landing hoax parody]
* [http://www.clivebanks.co.uk/Clangers/Voteforfroglet.htm Link to Clive Banks interview with Oliver Postgate about Election Special]
* [http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/562308/index.html British Film Institute Screen Online]
* [http://www.clivebanks.co.uk/Clangers/Makeclanger.htm Knit your own Clanger]
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/classic/clangers/clangers_v4.shtml A short clip from ''Vote for Froglet''] at BBC Online
* {{IMDb title|0065282|The Clangers}} - the original series
* {{IMDb title|4771826|Clangers}} - the revived series
* [http://www.bunnyears.tv Link to BunnyEars.tv, complete ''Clangers'' episodes for viewers in North America] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110129084929/http://www.bunnyears.tv/|date=29 January 2011}}

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