Season 1

Episodes • 1969

Oliver Postgate
Flying

1. Flying

11 min

Major Clanger has made a flying machine. With some ceremony the Clangers pump up the compressed air balloons which power it. Major Clanger takes his seat, the machine leaps into action and flaps itself to pieces. Major Clanger is disconsolate but Mother Clanger sends Small Clanger and Tiny Clanger to the soup-wells in their pole-car (a sort of wheeled punt) to fetch some green soup for him. Major Clanger drinks the soup and settles down for a rest. Meanwhile Small Clanger and Tiny Clanger go outside to look at the remains of the flying machine. Tiny Clanger knocks one of the power-balloons and it comes off and shoots up into the sky. This interests Small Clanger who grabs the empty balloon and runs to the soup-dragon and asks her to blow into the balloon with light-airs from her cooking. She does this. Small Clanger ties Tiny Clanger to the balloon and, holding on to the string himself, leaps through the caves in long leaps supported by the balloon. The other Clangers come and dance around them. Suddenly the string comes undone and Tiny Clanger rises to the roof where she remains, squeaking, while the Clangers try various ways of fetching her down. In the end they bounce Small Clanger trampolinically in a tablecloth until he bounces high enough to grab her

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The Visitor

2. The Visitor

11 min

The Clangers net a passing object but it makes life a bit too exciting.

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Chicken

3. Chicken

11 min

Some chickens are mild and friendly, or would like to be.

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Music

4. Music

11 min

Music hath charms."... and it grows well too, which is fortunate because the soup-dragon ate most of it.

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The Intruder

5. The Intruder

11 min

Visitors are always welcome... until they start eating the place.

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Visiting Friends

6. Visiting Friends

11 min

Tiny Clanger finds a novel and melodious way to visit her friend.

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Fishing

7. Fishing

11 min

Major Clanger’s boat rises at last, on wings of song.

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The Top Hat

8. The Top Hat

11 min

The Clangers entertain some unexpected guests.

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The Egg

9. The Egg

11 min

Even a dragon has feelings and must be cared for.

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The Hoot

10. The Hoot

11 min

Be very careful what you plant. Some things grow very large and very loud.

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The Meeting

11. The Meeting

11 min

The Clangers give their friend a beautiful voice but it does not make him popular with his own kind.

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Treasure

12. Treasure

11 min

Even to Clangers, wealth does not always bring happiness.

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Goods

13. Goods

11 min

The Clangers suffer from a shortage of consumer goods, but they prefer life that way.

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