Released On This Day 1973 🆕 The Wombles ~ The Wombling Song 'The Wombling Song' was a fine testament to Mike Batt's commercial pop craftsmanship, even if admittedly it's now very much a document of its time. Break-out hits from the theme tunes to children's TV shows were rare in the UK but not unheard of (White Horses, Black Beauty and Rupert The Bear spring to mind), but The Wombles were different in that the group adopted the show's characters, costumes et all to put the song across and there

The Wombles' premiered on 5th February 1973. 49 years ago today. The series was a huge favourite of mine when I was a kid, and the story of the wee creatures tidying up behind humans and recycling rubbish that people throw away is still really relevant today. The voices by the brilliant Bernard Cribbins really make it special too. | Dumfries and Galloway! Whats Going on ?