Watership Down

Animated television series

Instance of: animated television series

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Watership Down is an animated adventure children's television series, adapted from the 1972 novel by Richard Adams. The second adaptation of the novel, it was produced by UK's Alltime Entertainment and Canada's Decode Entertainment in association with Martin Rosen, with the participation of the Canadian Television Fund, the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit and the Ontario Film and Television Tax Credit from the Government of Ontario. The series stars several well-known British actors, including Stephen Fry, Rik Mayall, Phill Jupitus, Jane Horrocks, Dawn French, John Hurt and Richard Briers.

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Network: CITV
Creator: Richard Adams
Composer: Mike Batt
Seasons: 3
Episodes: 39
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Canada
Started: September 28, 1999
Runtime: 20 min
Ended: December 4, 2001
Based on: Watership Down
Cast: Nigel Pegram
John Hurt
Stephen Mangan
Lee Ross
Phill Jupitus
Ian Shaw
Rik Mayall
Set in environment: island
Different from: Watership Down
Kijkwijzer rating: 6 content descriptor: Fear
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1.kijkwijzer.nl/films/watership-down/
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Australian Classification: PG(since 2009) content descriptor: Mild Animated Violence · rating certificate id: 6775000A · applicant: Umbrella Entertainment
BBFC rating: PG certificate(since 2002) content descriptor: none · distribution format: home video release
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1.bbfc.co.uk/release/watership-down-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc00mtiwndi
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Has characteristic: television series based on a novel
Genre: children's television series
fantasy television series
Original language: English
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1.Stated in fernsehserien.defernsehserien.de/unten-am-flussRetrieved 2020-07-06
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