Watership Down

Watership Down

1999/09/28 - 2001/12/04 • Ended • 3 Seasons • English, German

Animation
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
7.5

Overview

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.

Creator(s) : David Finley

Casts
Rik Mayall

Rik Mayall

Stephen Mangan

Stephen Mangan

Stephen Fry

Stephen Fry

Cowslip

Rob Rackstraw

Campion

Dawn French

Dawn French

Stephen Gately

Stephen Gately

Blackavar

John Hurt

John Hurt

General Woundwort

Phill Jupitus

Phill Jupitus

Tim McInnerny

Tim McInnerny

Jane Horrocks

Jane Horrocks

Elliot Henderson-Boyle

Pipkin

Kate Ashfield

Kate Ashfield

Lee Ross

Lee Ross

Richard Briers

Richard Briers

Broom

Andrew Falvey

Fiver

Ian Shaw

Ian Shaw

Hazel

Sue Elliott-Nichols

Sue Elliott-Nichols

Blackberry

Last Season
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Season 3
7.0

2001/09/11 • 13 Episodes

Season 3 of Watership Down premiered on September 11, 2001

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