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The Herbs
Genre
Children's television
Created by
Michael Bond
Written by
Michael Bond
Directed by
Ivor Wood
Narrated by
Gordon Rollings
Theme music composer
Tony Russell
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Original language
English
No. of series
1
No. of episodes
13
Production
Executive producer
Graham Clutterbuck
Producer
Ivor Wood
Running time
15 minutes
Production company
FilmFair[1]
Original release
Network
BBC1
Release
12 February (1968-02-12) – 6 May 1968 (1968-05-06)
Related
The Adventures of Parsley (1970)
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The Herbs is a television series for young children made for the BBC by Graham Clutterbuck's FilmFair company. It was written by Michael Bond (creator of Paddington Bear), directed by Ivor Wood using 3D stop motion model animation and first transmitted from 12 February 1968 in the BBC1 Watch with Mother timeslot. There were 13 episodes in the series, each one 15 minutes long.[2]
A spin-off series entitled The Adventures of Parsley was transmitted from 6 April 1970 in the five-minute period between the end of children's TV and the BBC Evening News. This had 32 episodes, some of which were released on VHS as Parsley the Lion and Friends.
The Herbs consisted of a fantasy mix of human and animal characters inhabiting the magical walled garden of a country estate. At the beginning of each episode, the narrator (Gordon Rollings) spoke the magic word, "Herbidacious", which caused the garden gate to open.
As with The Magic Roundabout, the sophisticated writing style and narrative delivery of The Herbs meant that the appeal was somewhat broader than was originally intended, and much of Parsley's droll humour undoubtedly went over the heads of the age group that was its main target. Consequently, it still retains a following among those who watched it when it was first broadcast.
^"Toonhound - The Herbs (1968)". www.toonhound.com. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
^Sheridan, Simon (2004). The A-Z of Classic Children's Television: From Alberto Frog to Zebedee. Reynolds & Hearn Ltd. pp. 126–129. ISBN 1903111277.
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