Watership Down

Watership Down (1999)


  • Genre: Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
  • Creator: David Finley
  • First Air Date: 1999-09-28
  • Last Air Date: 2001-12-04
  • Total Seasons: 3
  • Total Episodes: 39
  • Status: Ended
  • Episode Runtime: 22 min.
  • Production Company: Decode Entertainment
  • Networks: YTV
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Summary

Watership Down is an animated television series, loosely adapted from the novel of the same name by Richard Adams. It was a co-production of Alltime Entertainment of the United Kingdom and Decode Entertainment of Canada, and produced by Martin Rosen, the director of the 1978 feature film adaptation. Watership Down aired for 39 episodes and three series from 1999 to 2001, on both YTV in Canada and CITV in the UK, though the latter did not broadcast the third series. It starred several well-known British actors, including Stephen Fry, Rik Mayall, Phil Jupitus, Jane Horrocks, Dawn French, John Hurt, and Richard Briers, among others. Stephen Gately sang a new arrangement of Art Garfunkel's "Bright Eyes", which had been included in the 1978 feature film, while Mike Batt and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra contributed a completely new score. In 2003, composer Eric Robertson as well as David Greene and Mike Batt were nominated for a Gemini Award for Best Original Music Score for a Dramatic Series for their work on the show. Some episodes from the adaptation were released on VHS and later, DVD. In October 2005, a Region 2 DVD box set of all three series was released in the UK.

  • Keywords: based on novel or book, rabbit
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    Watership Down Seasons

    Season 1

    First Air Date: 1999-09-28
    13 Episodes

    Season 2

    First Air Date: 2000-08-03
    13 Episodes

    Season 3

    First Air Date: 2001-09-11
    13 Episodes

    Watership Down Episodes

    Title Air Date Duration
    Season 1Episode 1The Journey and the Raid100 min
    Season 1Episode 2The Escape and the Siege100 min
    • Rik Mayall

      as
    • Stephen Mangan

      as
    • Stephen Fry

      as Cowslip
    • Rob Rackstraw

      as Campion
    • Dawn French

      as
    • Stephen Gately

      as Blackavar
    • John Hurt

      as General Woundwort
    • Phill Jupitus

      as
    • Tim McInnerny

      as
    • Jane Horrocks

      as
    • Elliot Henderson-Boyle

      as Pipkin
    • Kate Ashfield

      as
    • Lee Ross

      as
    • Richard Briers

      as Broom
    • Andrew Falvey

      as Fiver
    • Ian Shaw

      as Hazel
    • Sue Elliott-Nichols

      as Blackberry
    Writing Richard Adams Novel
    Sound Mike Batt Music

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