Post by Alastair Roxburgh on Sept 22, 2005 20:52:06 GMT 12
Does anyone recall any details of a children's television series made in the mid 1970s, called "Woolly Valley"? It was a favourite of my daughter, who was born in the mid 1970s.
A series of short, simple tales about the daily lives of Mr and Mrs Woolly, a New Zealand back-country (West Coast?) farmer and his wife, "Woolly Valley" used stop-motion animation and had a narrator. Created by Jan and Dennis Howell for the NZBC, it was written by Margaret Mahy. I don't know if it was shot in colour or B&W, and the episodes may have been 5 minutes in length. I think the farm had one sheep. That's about all I know...tragically little, I admit, for such an entertaining series, but there you have it.
In one episode Mr Woolly nailed up a shelf in the kitchen for his wife, but his clumsy nailing caused the shelf and everything stored on it, to collapse onto the floor. What a mess!
In another epiosode, the farmer was doing repairs to the roof of the Woolly farmhouse, when Mrs Woolly not realizing Mr Woolly was on the roof took away the ladder. I don't recall what happened next.
Finally, whatever happened to the much later project, "Beyond Woolly Valley"? Were the two connected in any way?
Any production details, or for that matter, any details whatsoever, would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Al
A series of short, simple tales about the daily lives of Mr and Mrs Woolly, a New Zealand back-country (West Coast?) farmer and his wife, "Woolly Valley" used stop-motion animation and had a narrator. Created by Jan and Dennis Howell for the NZBC, it was written by Margaret Mahy. I don't know if it was shot in colour or B&W, and the episodes may have been 5 minutes in length. I think the farm had one sheep. That's about all I know...tragically little, I admit, for such an entertaining series, but there you have it.
In one episode Mr Woolly nailed up a shelf in the kitchen for his wife, but his clumsy nailing caused the shelf and everything stored on it, to collapse onto the floor. What a mess!
In another epiosode, the farmer was doing repairs to the roof of the Woolly farmhouse, when Mrs Woolly not realizing Mr Woolly was on the roof took away the ladder. I don't recall what happened next.
Finally, whatever happened to the much later project, "Beyond Woolly Valley"? Were the two connected in any way?
Any production details, or for that matter, any details whatsoever, would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Al
