What is The Clangers?
{{Infobox television | camera = | runtime = 10 [[minute]]s per episode | creator = [[Oliver Postgate]] | executive_producer = | starring = | narrated = [[Oliver Postgate]] | country = [[United Kingdom]] | network = [[BBC]] | first_aired = {{start date|1969|11|16|df=y}} | last_aired = {{end date|1974|10|10|df=y}} | num_episodes = 26 (plus one special) }} '''''The Clangers''''' is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[child]]ren's [[television]] [[series]]. The first [[episode]] was [[broadcast]] on the [[BBC]] on 16 November 1969. The series is about a family of [[Extraterrestrial life|aliens]] who live under the surface of the [[Moon]] in [[cave]]s. They looked like small, [[pink]], [[knitting|knitted]] [[mouse|mice]]. Other [[fictional character|characters]] include the Froglets and The Soup Dragon, a dragon that gives out [[soup]]. The family uses a [[United States|US]] flag as a [[Table (furniture)|table]] [[cloth]]. == Other websites == *[http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/classic/clangers/ ''The Clangers''] at [[bbc.co.uk]] *[http://www.stuffucanuse.com/fake_moon_landings/moon_landings.htm A copy of the moon landing hoax parody] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060208023824/http://www.stuffucanuse.com/fake_moon_landings/moon_landings.htm |date=2006-02-08 }} *[http://www.clivebanks.co.uk/Clangers/Voteforfroglet.htm Link to Clive Banks interview with Oliver Postgate about Election Special] *[http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/562308/index.html British Film Institute Screen Online] *[http://www.clivebanks.co.uk/Clangers/Makeclanger.htm Knit your own Clanger] *[http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/classic/clangers/clangers_v4.shtml A short clip from ''Vote for Froglet''] at [[bbc.co.uk]] {{tv-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Clangers}} [[Category:1969 television series debuts]] [[Category:1974 disestablishments in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:1960s British television series]] [[Category:1970s British television series]] [[Categ