Watership Down 25 years old
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.
Credits
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| John Hurt He was 59 , 77 years old when he died | |
| Tim McInnerny He was 43 , now 68 years old | |
| Stephen Fry He was 42 , now 67 years old | |
| Jane Horrocks She was 35 , now 60 years old | |
| Kate Ashfield She was 27 , now 52 years old | |
| Rik Mayall He was 41 , 56 years old when he died | |
| Richard Briers He was 65 , 79 years old when he died | |
| Stephen Mangan He was 27 , now 52 years old | |
| Dawn French She was 41 , now 67 years old | |
| Phill Jupitus He was 37 , now 62 years old | |
| Ian Shaw He was 38 , now 63 years old | |
| Lee Ross He was 28 , now 53 years old | |
| Stephen Gately He was 23 , 33 years old when he died | |
| Sue Elliott-Nichols |
Crew
| Name | Job title |
|---|
Watership Down (25 years)
Ended
- First Air Date: 1999-09-28
- Runtime: [22,25,23] minutes
- Number of Episodes: 39