Release Date

28 Sep, 1999

Runtime

00:23: (HH:MM)

Total Episode/Season

39/3

Synopsis

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.

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Season 1

28 Sep, 1999

Season 2

03 Aug, 2000

Season 3

11 Sep, 2001

Created By

Actors

Rik Mayall

Stephen Mangan

Stephen Fry

Rob Rackstraw

Dawn French

Stephen Gately

John Hurt

Phill Jupitus

Tim McInnerny

Jane Horrocks

Elliot Henderson-Boyle

Kate Ashfield

Lee Ross

Richard Briers

Andrew Falvey

Ian Shaw

Sue Elliott-Nichols

Crew

Richard Adams

Mike Batt