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Still fresh from its latest portfolio extension with Disney earlier this week, the children’s audio storytelling platform, Tonies, is continuing to roll out the classics, having welcomed the popular works of Dr Seuss as well as the British preschool sensation Clangers to its content library. In a new partnership with …
Read More »British organic toy company ChunkiChilli to launch hand-knitted Clangers range
The British organic cotton soft toy company, ChunkiChilli has secured the rights to develop a new range of knitted toys based on the hit pre-school series, Clangers. In partnership with the independent international media group and rights owner, Coolabi Group, the new deal will mark the first time Clangers has …
Read More »Coolabi celebrates 50th anniversary of Moon landing with Clangers spectacular
The independent media group and rights owner, Coolabi Group is celebrating 50 years since the first transmission of Clangers with the launch of a new third series of the BAFTA-winning show. The company will also be launching a run of special anniversary events. The new series launches on CBeebies on …
Read More »Clangers returns to YouTube with new toy-play series produced by WildBrain
As part of a two-year agreement under which WildBrain will exclusively manage all official Clangers content on YouTube, the studio has also been appointed to manage the YouTube strategy for the new narrative toy-play series.
Read More »Clangers and Bagpuss co-creator, Peter Firmin dies at 89
Firmin also helped create other classic children’s shows such as Ivor the Engine and Noggin the Nog.
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