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Watership Down (TV Series 1999–2001) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Watership Down is an animated fantasy children's television series, adapted from the 1972 novel of the same name by Richard Adams.
Watership Down: With Andrew Falvey, Stephen Mangan, Lee Ross, Sue Elliott-Nichols. The adventures of a warren of rabbits as they struggle to develop their new home and protect it from the various threats they face.
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- 1999-09-28
- Animation, Adventure, Family
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- Plot Overview
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- Soundtrack
- Differences from The Novel
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Although younger audiences praised the series when it was aired, there were mixed reviews from both fans of the novel and the movie. Due to drastic changes (like Blackberry changed from a buck to a doe) and the child-friendly tone compared to the movie's violence, the third series changed this to a darker tone. Following the novel's basic plot, Wat...
Watership Down was voiced by many familiar faces in British film and television. John Hurt, the voice of Hazel in the film, was reprised as the voice of General Woundwort, and Richard Briers, the voice of Fiver in the film, appeared in the series as Captain Broom. Dawn French, Jane Horrocks, Stephen Fry, Phil Jupitus and Rik Mayall all provided voi...
Watership Down Warren
Hazel- the main protagonist of the show and Fiver's older brother. He leads the rabbits from Sandleford and eventually becomes Chief Rabbit of Watership Down. Although he is not the strongest or smartest of the bucks, Hazel is a charismatic leader who recognizes and employs the skills of his fellow bucks to great success. He is shot while freeing the hutch rabbits at Nuthanger Farm and almost dies, but is saved by his younger brother Fiver. Although lamed by this injury, he leads the foray to...
Cowslip's Warren
Cowslip- the so-called leader of the warren, there is some doubt as to whether he is insane or totally evil. Hazel, Fiver and Bigwig first encounter him when they accompany Captain Holly to recover an injured Sandleford rabbit left there, only to learn the warren's terrible secret when Bigwig nearly becomes a victim and that the missing rabbit was a victim. He becomes angered by Hazel's warren when they help a group of his rabbits escape from his warren, and even helps Woundwort to get his re...
Efrafan Rabbits
General Woundwort– the main antagonist of the series. A brutal and tyrannical leader who sees himself as the one doing everything for the best of his warren, Woundwort strives to destroy Hazel and his 'outsiders' because of the hope for free life they represent for his own subjects. He is a huge, burly rabbit with black, ragged fur and a blinded left eye. He deeply respects Campion, even after his betrayal by him, and he often punishes and threatens Vervain, but still values him as an adviser...
Main page: TV Series/Soundtrack Mike Batt produced the official soundtrack for the series with the aid of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. He had also gathered an array of stars to provide their voices for some of the songs. Stephen Gately performed Bright Eyes, and Art Garfunkel, who had sung Bright Eyes for the film, sang When You're Losing Your...
Although the story was broadly based on the novel, with most characters and many incidents retained, there was increasing divergence as the series continued. In later episodes, especially some storylines and characters were entirely new. 1. El-ahrairah's name was shortened in the series to El-ahrah. 2. Hyzenthlay was replaced by a character called ...
Bigwig's motto for the Owsla is "Who Dares Wins", the motto of the SAS. The phrase was also used as an epigraph for the first story in Tales from Watership Down.
Characters from the books, the film, TV series and miniseries. A. Acorn. Category:Allies. Ash. Aspen. Avens. B. Bark.
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Watership Down - Full Cast & Crew. Adaptation of Richard Adams' classic novel of the same name following a small group of rabbits seeking safety from a premonition of impending doom.
