Clangers
A family of knitted aliens eking out a threadbare existence on a bleak and cold world
Chronicles the melancholically funny lives of the Clangers, a flutey-voiced family of woolen, knitted aliens living below the surface of a knobbly little planet far out in space. Their misadventures brought them into contact with such unlikely creatures as the Soup Dragon, the Froglets, the Iron Chicken and the Glow Buzzers.
Seasons
1. Flying
Air Date: 1969-11-16
Major Clanger builds a flying machine, and Tiny Clanger gets stuck at the top of the cave with a balloon.
2. The Visitor
Air Date: 1969-11-23
The Clangers find a television set.
3. Chicken
Air Date: 1969-11-30
The Clangers build some fireworks, one of which collides with a passing Iron Chicken.
4. Music
Air Date: 1969-12-07
Tiny Clanger discovers music.
5. The Intruder
Air Date: 1969-12-28
A space probe from Earth lands on the Clangers' planet.
6. Visiting Friends
Air Date: 1970-01-01
Tiny Clanger builds a helicopter to visit the Iron Chicken.
7. Fishing
Air Date: 1970-01-11
The Clangers build a flying music boat, and Major Clanger goes fishing in it.
8. The Top Hat
Air Date: 1970-01-18
The Clangers find some Froglets in a top hat.
9. The Egg
Air Date: 1970-01-25
The Soup Dragon gets broody and gains a son.
10. The Hoot
Air Date: 1970-02-01
A noisy metal creature is retrieved from space, disturbing the Clangers' peace.
11. The Meeting
Air Date: 1970-02-08
More Hoots arrive and seem upset that the first Hoot has changed.
12. Treasure
Air Date: 1970-02-12
Even to Clangers, wealth does not always bring happiness.
13. Goods
Air Date: 1970-02-22
The Clangers suffer from a shortage of consumer goods, but they prefer life that way.
1. The Tablecloth
Air Date: 1971-04-18
A strange visitor gives the Clangers an unexpected gift.
2. The Rock Collector
Air Date: 1971-04-25
An astronaut arrives on the planet.
3. Glow-Honey
Air Date: 1971-05-02
Small Clanger wanders off into some caves, looking for glow-honey, and gets lost.
4. The Teapot
Air Date: 1971-05-09
A teapot fished from space is less useful than the Clangers thought it would be.
5. The Cloud
Air Date: 1971-05-16
The Cloud is invited to Mother Clanger's birthday party, and rains on the Froglets.
6. The Egg
Air Date: 1971-05-23
The Iron Chicken lays an egg, and the Clangers try to look after it.
7. The Noise Machine
Air Date: 1971-05-30
The Clangers assemble a machine they find in space, and the iron chick gets into trouble.
8. The Seed
Air Date: 1971-06-06
The Clangers tend a seed, and soon their planet is swamped with vegetation.
9. Pride
Air Date: 1971-06-13
Small Clanger finds a mirror, and vanity almost costs him his supper.
10. Bags
Air Date: 1972-10-13
A Gladstone bag appears on the Clangers' planet and is mistaken for a strange, new life-form.
11. The Blow-Fruit
Air Date: 1972-10-27
Small Clanger and the Baby Soup Dragon cause trouble playing with jet-propelled fruit.
12. Pipe Organ
Air Date: 1972-11-03
When the soup-trolley loses a wheel, Major Clanger tries to make a soup-pump.
13. The Music of the Spheres
Air Date: 1972-11-10
There are concerts in the most unlikely places.
1. The Lost Notes
Air Date: 2015-06-15
The Music Tree notes for Tiny Clanger's marvellous new melody are blown away by a big wind.
2. The Little Thing
Air Date: 2015-06-16
A Sky Moo gives Small Clanger a strangely shaped little thing that it has found in space.
3. In The Soup
Air Date: 2015-06-17
Major Clanger decides that Soup Dragon must be fed-up with dishing up soup.
4. The Knitting Machine
Air Date: 2015-06-18
Major Clanger invents a knitting machine to save Granny ever having to knit again.
5. The Flying Froglets
Air Date: 2015-06-19
It is Granny's birthday and all the Clangers are planning their presents for her
6. I Am the Eggbot
Air Date: 2015-06-22
A strange little egg-shaped creature lands on the planet and gets stuck in a cave.
7. The Giant Plant
Air Date: 2015-06-23
The planet is overrun with vegetation when Tiny and Small sing a growing song to a plant.
8. Tiny's Lullaby
Air Date: 2015-06-24
Tiny's radio hat develops a fault, so she can't hear the Iron Chicken's lullaby.
9. The Crystal Trees
Air Date: 2015-06-25
Crystal-shaped seeds that sparkle and glow land on the Clangers' planet.
10. The Curious Tunnel
Air Date: 2015-06-26
Tiny and Small discover a strange tunnel that appears to suck things upwards...
11. Space Tangle
Air Date: 2015-06-29
Small has invited the Iron Chicken to a picnic. But the Iron Chicken is late.
12. Lonely As A Cloud
Air Date: 2015-06-30
Tiny, Small, the Froglets and Baby Dragon are having fun playing games with the Cloud.
13. In A Spin
Air Date: 2015-07-01
While playing a game Tiny and Small accidentally knock over a tankard.
14. Tiny's Orchestra
Air Date: 2015-07-02
Tiny is stuck for ideas for a new tune to make up.
15. The Metal Bug
Air Date: 2015-07-03
Small Clanger finds a strange ball while out fishing in space.
16. Mother's Melody
Air Date: 2015-07-06
Tiny Clanger suggests that Mother Clanger composes a tune.
17. Crash Bang Chicken
Air Date: 2015-07-07
A Skymoo accidentally knocks the Iron Chicken out of her nest.
18. Major's Meteor
Air Date: 2015-07-08
Small misses seeing two meteors streaking across the sky.
19. The Singing Asteroid
Air Date: 2015-07-09
Tiny and her flower friends hear a strange voice joining in with their music.
20. Small's New Star
Air Date: 2015-07-10
The Iron Chicken tidies her nest and dumps a huge bundle of unwanted junk metal on to the Clangers' planet.
21. Baby Soup Clanger
Air Date: 2015-07-13
Baby Soup Dragon decides he wants to be a Clanger.
22. Holes
Air Date: 2015-07-14
Tiny and Small find two circles of cloth that are actually holes, one leading to another.
23. Bubble Trouble
Air Date: 2015-07-15
Small and Tiny can't resist trying out Major Clanger's cleaning machine.
24. Dragon Day
Air Date: 2015-07-16
Small decides that there should be a Dragon Day to thank the Soup Dragon for her soup.
25. Home Sweet Hoot
Air Date: 2015-07-17
A little Hoot lands on the Clanger's planet and causes mayhem with his incessant mischievous hooting.
26. Find the Eclipse
Air Date: 2015-07-20
The Clangers gather to watch a solar eclipse but Iron Chicken's nest blocks the view.
27. The Little Chill
Air Date: 2015-12-07
There are problems for a Sky Moo when the weather turns cold, but the Clangers try to help.
28. The Brilliant Surprise
Air Date: 2015-12-14
The Iron Chicken says something is coming. Everyone seems to know what it is except Tiny Clanger.
29. The Ball
Air Date: 2016-05-23
Tiny and Small find a strange silver ball. When it bounces it glows and rings.
30. Planty
Air Date: 2016-05-24
The Clangers help Granny make her knitting space more special.
31. The Game
Air Date: 2016-05-25
A meteor shower of gemstones falls on the planet.
32. Granny and Small
Air Date: 2016-05-26
Small is bored. Mother suggests he asks Granny to play with him.
33. Tiny's Good Idea
Air Date: 2016-05-29
Mother's flowers are wilting. Tiny comes up with a brilliant idea to help her water them.
34. Star Roses
Air Date: 2016-05-30
A special star passes over the planet and as it does, the star roses bloom.
35. Chairs
Air Date: 2016-05-31
Granny's comfy puffball chair gets punctured by a knitting needle.
36. Sweet Music
Air Date: 2016-06-01
A radio falls out of the sky, and Tiny, Small, and Baby Soup Dragon are fascinated by it.
37. The Box
Air Date: 2016-06-02
Small finds some 'space treasure' but doesn't know what it is for.
38. Snapper
Air Date: 2016-06-05
A robot lands on the planet, and the Clangers are scared of it.
39. The Chicken Waltz
Air Date: 2016-06-06
Tiny and Small come up with a tune for the Iron Chicken to dance to.
40. The Puzzle
Air Date: 2016-06-07
Major, Mother, Tiny, and Small become lost while exploring a new planet.
41. The Little Bag
Air Date: 2016-06-08
Small gives Tiny a lovely sparkly bag that he caught while fishing in space.
42. Hide-and-Seek
Air Date: 2016-06-09
Baby Soup Dragon cheats in a race around the planet, but a Froglet spots him.
43. Rainbow Star
Air Date: 2016-06-12
Small catches seven coloured stones floating in space.
44. Busy Buzzers
Air Date: 2016-06-13
Small and Major Clanger discover a bowl of glow honey in a crater.
45. Calm in the Caves
Air Date: 2016-06-14
Tiny and Small discover the froglets sitting abnormally silent and calm in their cave.
46. The Golden Planet
Air Date: 2016-06-15
Major invents a new two-seater rocket for special trips.
47. All Change Day
Air Date: 2016-06-16
Major Clanger is making too much noise, so Mother suggests they swap jobs.
48. The Wols
Air Date: 2016-06-19
The Iron Chicken looks after three little Wols who turn out to be quite a handful.
49. The Discovery
Air Date: 2016-06-20
Major Clanger discovers some wonderful wall pictures in an underground cave.
50. Blob
Air Date: 2016-06-21
The Froglets produce a noisy, bouncy, purple blob from the Top Hat.
51. Building Bridges
Air Date: 2016-06-22
The new table Major has made collapses, spilling soup everywhere.
52. Things
Air Date: 2016-06-23
Three pale things drift towards the planet seeking music, heat and light to revive them.
1. Round and Round
Air Date: 2017-09-06
Mother Clanger closes her garden to visitors to get a bit of peace.
2. The Sound Snatcher
Air Date: 2017-09-12
A strange flying creature visits the Clangers' planet and starts eating up any music it can find - until the sounds of the Hoot Planet prove too much for it to swallow.
3. Woolly Welcome
Air Date: 2017-09-13
The Hoot Planet visits the Clangers, and wool starts raining down from the sky.
4. Snow Business
Air Date: 2017-09-14
The Cloud catches a chill and starts dropping snowflakes.
5. Mother of Invention
Air Date: 2017-09-15
Major Clanger makes a new garden trolley for Mother, and when she accidentally wheels it over his foot, it turns out to be more useful than he could ever have imagined.
6. Puffball
Air Date: 2017-09-18
Small Clanger accidentally sends himself into orbit.
7. The Disappearing Nest
Air Date: 2017-09-19
The Iron Chicken invites the Wols to supper, only to find that her nest has disappeared.
8. Star Flower
Air Date: 2017-09-20
A seed is planted in Mother's garden and it soon grows into a flower, full of curiosity.
9. The Block
Air Date: 2017-09-21
An alien builder arrives on the planet with plans to develop it into a housing estate.
10. The Strange-Smelling Flower
Air Date: 2017-09-24
Mother Clanger has grown a beautiful new flower, but it smells horrible.
11. Major's Low-Gravity Backpack
Air Date: 2017-09-25
The Clangers need to clean the dust weeds from the ceiling of their cave.
12. The Mysterious Noise Machine
Air Date: 2017-09-26
A strange object falls into the Iron Chicken's nest.
13. The Tin Bird
Air Date: 2017-09-27
The Clangers help a shy bird make a comfy nest to lay her egg in.
14. Chicken in Charge
Air Date: 2018-05-13
The Iron Chicken comes down to the planet to baby sit, with hilarious results.
15. The Space Tortoise
Air Date: 2018-05-14
A space tortoise is woken up by a mysterious tune Tiny first heard coming from the sky.
16. The Moo Flower
Air Date: 2018-05-15
Tiny and Small are in the music boat. They find a sticky green pod on a Sky Moo's snout.
17. One Dragon Band
Air Date: 2018-05-16
Baby Soup Dragon develops his musical skills, much to everyone else's dismay.
18. The Memory Box
Air Date: 2018-05-17
In space, Tiny and Small discover the memory box Mother made when she was a little girl.
19. The Hoots Come to Play
Air Date: 2018-05-20
Two Hoots come to visit the Clangers. Tiny wants Big Hoot to play a duet with her.
20. Chatter Boxes
Air Date: 2018-05-21
Major invents a system so he can hear the other Clangers when they call him for soup.
21. The Kindness Tree
Air Date: 2018-05-22
Major invents something new, but what can it be for? Tiny and Small give him an idea.
22. The New Froglet
Air Date: 2018-05-23
A purple Froglet has appeared, and the other Froglets don't know what to make of it.
23. Hello
Air Date: 2018-05-24
Small Clanger catches a deep-space probe.
24. The Other Iron Chicken
Air Date: 2018-05-27
The Soup Dragon cheers Tiny up when the Iron Chicken goes away on a trip.
25. The Forgotten Tunnel
Air Date: 2018-05-28
Granny, Tiny and Small go on a trip that leads them to a forgotten tunnel.
26. The Moon Whale
Air Date: 2018-05-29
A giant whale comes drifting past, and the kind Clangers decide to give it a snack.
1. The Visitor
Air Date: 2019-07-17
A space module lands on the Clangers planet, from which steps a human astronaut.
2. Radio Wol
Air Date: 2019-07-21
The Iron Chicken is in her nest singing along to her radio, when suddenly it stops working.
3. Medal
Air Date: 2019-07-22
Major gives three Froglets medals for helping him, but the other Froglets are jealous.
4. Strange Music
Air Date: 2019-07-23
The Eggbot crash lands on the Clangers' Planet and shakes the notes off the music trees.
5. Healing Harmonies
Air Date: 2019-07-24
Tiny is poorly but Small thinks that some music might make her feel better.
6. Small to the Rescue
Air Date: 2019-07-25
Small comes to the rescue when Granny, Major, Mother and the Soup Dragon get into trouble.
7. The Song of the Stars
Air Date: 2019-07-26
Small finds a strange looking object in space. He gives it to Mother as a present for her garden.
8. Catch a Falling Star
Air Date: 2019-07-29
Nothing is going right for any of the Clangers, but when a wave of beautiful coloured light from a strange star passes over the planet it has a magical effect on everything.
9. Baby Skymoo
Air Date: 2019-07-30
The Skymoos have collected bits of metal from the Iron Chicken's nest and are building a special nest of their own on the Clangers' planet. The Clangers are intrigued - who can it be for?
10. Small's Big Surprise
Air Date: 2019-07-31
It's Small's birthday, and Tiny is planning to put on a special show for him.
11. Finders Keepers
Air Date: 2019-08-01
Small is out fishing and Baby Soup Dragon is helping his Mum, so Tiny has no one to play with.
12. Woly Holiday
Air Date: 2019-08-02
Tiny has invited the Wols for a day out on the Clangers Planet.
13. Baby Skymoo and the Cloud
Air Date: 2019-08-05
Whilst trying to fly, Baby Skymoo is relying on the Cloud to catch her if her flying abilities let her down.
14. The Travelling Salesman
Air Date: 2019-11-16
A travelling shop opens up on the Clangers' planet.
15. The Scary Thing
Air Date: 2019-11-17
While out fishing in the music boat, Small catches a strange object. He doesn't know what it is but thinks Tiny may like it. However, it turns out she finds it rather scary.
16. The Meteor Shower
Air Date: 2019-11-23
During a meteor shower, a giant boulder drops from the sky and blocks the double doors leading to the Clangers' living cave. Can the Clangers invent something to help move it?
17. Major's Greatest Invention
Air Date: 2019-11-24
Major invents a Clanger finder, but it isn't very useful - it always finds the Clanger who is holding it. He needs a bigger challenge, so Granny makes a suggestion.
18. Junk Planet
Air Date: 2019-11-30
Major invents a giant magnet, which causes chaos as everything metal flies towards it. But in the end, it's just what is needed to rescue a moon whale trapped in some space junk.
19. Toots
Air Date: 2020-03-02
While out fishing in space, Tiny catches four strange metal objects. She takes them home, but when she and Small look in the music boat, the objects have gone. They must be alive!
20. Treasure Hunt
Air Date: 2020-03-03
Major’s spanner, Mother’s trowel and even Baby Soup Dragon’s ball disappear on the same day. Tiny and Small can’t find them. Are they just lost or could something be taking them?
21. Dance Dance Dance
Air Date: 2020-03-04
There's going to be a dance fiesta on the Clangers’ planet with a glitterball trophy for the winner. The Soup Dragon is organising things, while everyone else is practising their dances.
22. A Tail Tale
Air Date: 2020-03-05
Baby Soup Dragon gets his tail stuck in the door. This makes him wonder what the point is of having a tail. His mother and the Clangers help him find the real answer.
23. Top Hat
Air Date: 2020-03-06
Tiny has carelessly flipped her cotton ball into the top hat. But when she looks for it, she ends up in a top hat world and is taken to places she never knew existed.
24. The Soup Flower Trees
Air Date: 2020-03-09
Baby Soup Dragon finds some coloured 'jewels' have fallen on the planet’s surface. But he soon discovers that they are not jewels at all but something much more exciting.
25. Changes
Air Date: 2020-03-10
Four objects of various shapes and colours visit the Clangers’ planet. They disappear underground as a fifth one arrives. But what are they? And why are they here?
26. Major's Helper
Air Date: 2020-03-11
A space dustcart drops its load on the Clangers planet. At first, the Clangers think it’s just a lot of rubbish, until they notice that one of the parts looks like a robot...
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Rating
6.9/10
Release Date
1969-11-16
Episodes
130 (5 seasons)
Status
Returning Series
Cast
Production Companies
Smallfilms