Watership down was adapted into a stage play in 2016. According to the official watership down tv series website which is now closed season 2 was supposed to have had an episode produced called dandelions big story, in which he would tell a story to the younger rabbits, with the roles of elahrairah, prince rainbow, etc. Based on the classic novel of the same name, 1978 s watership down is one of the most beloved animated films of all time and receives a sequel in this 1999 release featuring the voices of john hurt and richard briers. Watership down series 1episode 02 home on the down the rabbits begin to settle into their new home on the down. It is the third adaption of the 1972 novel by the same name, written by richard adams. But the moments that do work, work well and the adaptation is at its best in its second episode, the raid, which functions as a primer for why watership down is so revered and why. Watership down is a survival and adventure novel by english author richard adams, published by rex collings ltd of london in 1972. Watership down 1978 1978 starring john hurt keep up with us on twitter.
It was released on 22 december 2018 in the united kingdom and internationally on netflix the next day. General woundwort is the main antagonist of the book watership down, film and television series of the same name. Released on 19 october 1978, the film was an immediate success and it became the sixthmost. Us watership down 2018 fleeing their doomed warren, a colony of rabbits struggle to find and defend a new home. The bbc broadcast comprised two backtoback episodes per day. I praised the performances of james mcavoy, john watership down in overall is a great retelling of this classic. When the warren belonging to a community of rabbits is threatened, a brave group led by fiver, bigwig, blackberry and hazel leave their homeland in a search of a safe new haven. Dec 10, 2018 if you cant hear bright eyes without picturing bloodsoaked fields and bunny armageddon, that means youre familiar with the 1978 film of watership down richard adamss source novel about a. Adams draws on classical heroic and quest themes from homer and virgil, creating a story with epic motifs. Apr 01, 2016 watership down is a britishcanadian animated fantasy childrens television series, adapted from the novel watership down by richard adams.
More actionpacked and a more creative story line, now that adams story line is done and they can expand with their own ideas. Watch watership down episodes, get episode information, recaps and more. Watership down 1978 right arrow go to next episode 1978 british animated adventuredrama film, written, produced and directed by martin rosen and based on the 1972 novel by richard adams. Netflix and bbc release watership down teaser photos, add to. It was a coproduction 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. Read a plot overview of the entire book or a chapter by chapter summary and analysis. It was produced with the participation of the canadian television fund. Watership down series 1episode 02 home on the down. You can choose to display the screenshots of one specific episode. Published on apr 1, 2016 watership down is a britishcanadian animated fantasy childrens television series, adapted from the novel watership down by richard adams. It was financed by a consortium of british financial institutions and was distributed by cinema international corporation in the united kingdom. Watership down is an adventure fantasy miniseries directed by noam murro. Stay in touch with watership down next episode air date and your favorite tv shows.
Watership down tv series full episodes in order youtube. Lets discuss the series that run from 19992001 in this section. Dec 30, 2018 but the moments that do work, work well and the adaptation is at its best in its second episode, the raid, which functions as a primer for why watership down is so revered and why. The ground is heavy with snow and food is low, the feast is doomed unless supplies are found. The rabbits find out the efrafans have captured pipkin. Watership down is a 2018 britishamerican animated television miniseries directed by noam murro. The conversations and character development of the rabbits are the bricks that build the story. The series lays out their creation myth in a prologue whose.
Viewers blasted shows first episode, which aired on saturday, for its awful cgi as they joked that the. Set in southern england, around hampshire, the story features a small group of rabbits. Hello, im dplutonium and i would like to share my views on the show. Netflixs watership down proves it was a horror story all. Watership down the 1978 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. She has been married to john woodvine since november 1996. Watership down is a 1978 british animated adventuredrama film, written, produced and. Aug 30, 2012 watership down series 1 episode 02 home on the down the rabbits begin to settle into their new home on the down. Watership down aired for 39 episodes and three seasons from 1999 to 2001. Just look at the trailer for the 1978 animated version.
Watership down is a britishcanadian animated fantasy childrens television series, adapted from the novel of the same name by richard adams. Although they live in their natural wild environment, with burrows, they are anthropomorphised, possessing their own culture, language, proverbs, poetry, and mythology. But the second half of watership down has left viewers divided, with many praising the show for its emotional story, while. Seasons 1, 2 and 3 of the tv series watership down watership down is a britishcanadian. Seemingly everyone whos seen the animated 1978 adaptation of watership down has a horror. Watership down 2018 tvpg 1 season tv shows a warren of rabbits battles many threats on their daring journey to find a new home in this adaptation of the classic novel by richard adams. Netflix and bbc release watership down teaser photos, add. Meanwhile, a mysterious visitor is looking for bigwig. A weasel also arrives at the down and everyone must work together.
Watership down in overall is a great retelling of this classic. Set in the idyllic rural landscape of southern england, this tale of adventure, courage and survival follows a band of rabbits on their flight from the intrusion of. The british adaptation of richard adams novel of the same name follows a group of rabbits as they try to venture out into the countryside after one of them has a vision of impending doom upon their current warren. Distributed by, nepenthe productions united kingdom. The source is dedicated for the movie and tv series adaptation of richard adams book named watership down warning. Watership down tv series journey to watership down. Tim mcinnerny who provided silverweeds voice for one episode in series 1. Websites use cookies that have been placed on this site by its operator. It was a coproduction of alltime entertainment of the united kingdom and decode entertainment of canada, 1 and produced by martin rosen, the director of the 1978 feature film adaptation. Woundwort was orphaned at a young age when his father was shot by a human and his mother was slaughtered by a weasel.
Watership down is a heroic fantasypolitical novel about a small group of rabbits, written by english author richard adams. Welcome to its a wonderful podcast we hope youll continue to join us and show your love of older movies too. And the second season, though straying greatly from adams novel is still good. The shadow of efrafa add trivia woundwort is being voiced by john hurt, the same man that was doing hazels voice in the watership down movie from 1978. Richard adams watership down, richard adamss watership down. Video watership down season 3 episode 11 the betrayal. Movie has detailed fightingwounds and this site is aimed for a.
Personally, i found the show fantastic and it was uniquely different adaptation towards the book watership down, yet i did find it was funny, exciting, and enjoyable when watching, yet if needed, it could get seriously realistic when it needed to be. It follows the heartwarming and hareraising adventures of a small band of renegade rabbits, who leave their endangered dwelling to make their way. For instance new episodes or start of a new season. The miniseries will be adapted by tom bidwell and directed by noam murro. While hazel attempts to find new does for watership down, another group investigates another warren and find themselves prisoners of the horrific tyranny of efrafa.
A new generation of children will be enthralled and terrified by the netflixbbc adaptation of watership down, just as their parents were enthralled and terrified by the 1978 movie. Winter on watership down 1 21 september 2000 21 sep 2000. Top streams for the week watership down, a netflix coproduction with bbc. Netflixs watership down proves it was a horror story. Nov 01, 2018 watership down will air on bbc one as two featurelength episodes during christmas before making its way to netflix in all other territories. Anyway, the new watership down will drop this holiday season, animated with computers this time. Lynn farleigh was born on may 3, 1942 in bath, somerset, england as marilyn j. 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. Watership down tv series wikimili, the best wikipedia. Watership down is a britishcanadian animated fantasy childrens television series, adapted from the novel watership down by richard adams. Kevin marcus was able to receive a gift from the rabbits of watership down, a piece of paper and a writing utensil.
It is based on the 1972 novel of the same name by richard adams and adapted by tom bidwell. Although there are some flaws in the series like some changes between the novel itself, this remake tells so greatly without even being too horrific like the 1978 film. Along the way, they encounter many dangers such as the river and a dog. And while the animation is at first a downsideseemingly retro, too saturated with brown and black tones, making many of the. Seasons 1, 2 and 3 of the tv series watership down watership down is a britishcanadian animated fantasy childrens television series, adapted from the novel watership down by richard adams. She was previously married to david yip and michael jayston. From the novel that enthralled the world, comes an animation classic when the warren belonging to a community of rabbits is threatened, a brave group led by fiver, bigwig, blackberry and hazel leave their homeland in a search of a safe new haven. It was produced with the participation of the canadian television. Watership down 1978 when a young rabbit named fiver richard briers has a prophetic vision that the end of his warren is near, he persuades seven other rabbits to leave with him in search of a. Season 2 of the watership down tv series aired 3 august 2000 26 october 2000. Worried about the predictions his brother has about a threat, hazel and a group of rabbits go off in search of a new home. Fleeing their doomed warren, a colony of rabbits struggle to find and defend a new home. It featured puppetry, physical theatre, as well as live actors. Watership down 1978 posters the movie database tmdb.
The first episode was met with criticism for its awful animation. Watership down is an animated television series, loosely adapted from the novel of the same name by richard adams. Watership down is a novel by richard adams that was first published in 1972. Watership down source, the 1978 british animated film. The expanse season 4 is a hit after the show was cancelled by syfy and saved by amazon. Watership down aired for 39 episodes and three seasons from 1999 to 2001, on both. Watership down 1978 pg 1031 1978 us adventure, animation, drama 1h 28m user score. The show was performed at watermill theatre and only had nine actors. Series 1 episode 1 the promised land seven rabbits from sandleford warren set out on a search for the high lonely hills which fiver has seen in a vision as being a place of safety. Watership down has already joined the ranks as one of cinemas most admirable animations. Woundwort begins to treat pipkin well, in order to find out the location of his warren.
Although the animals in the story live in their natural environment, they are anthropomorphised, possessing their own culture, language, proverbs, poetry, and mythology. Watership down tv series wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. Watch watership down online full episodes of season 1. Watership down minseries episode 1 rotten tomatoes. Watership down tv series watership down wiki fandom. Guided only by fivers visions, the rabbits face various struggles while searching for their new home. Allowing for the sweetness in adams original work to come out in this modern take is part of what makes the bbcnetflix version of watership down work best. Your tv show guide to countdown watership down season 3 air dates. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film. Watership down has been described as an allegory, with the labours of hazel, fiver, bigwig, and silver mirroring the timeless struggles between tyranny and freedom, reason and blind emotion, and the individual and the corporate state. It was a coproduction of alltime entertainment of the united kingdom and decode entertainment of canada, and produced by martin rosen, the director of the 1978.
Top 11 nostalgia critics i will never do 2011 tv episode. Jul 10, 2014 adapted for the screen by tom bidwell my mad fat diary, watership down uses richard adams bestselling novel as its source to bring a new interpretation to the beloved story. Whats new for home viewing on video on demand and netflix, amazon prime, hulu and other streaming services. With james mcavoy, nicholas hoult, john boyega, ben kingsley. If you cant hear bright eyes without picturing bloodsoaked fields and bunny armageddon, that means youre familiar with the 1978 film of watership down richard adamss source novel about a. She is an actress, known for watership down 1978, miss potter 2006 and pride and prejudice 1995. Garfunkels version was heard years later, on the tv series soundtrack. He is described as a savagelooking rabbit almost as large as a hare, with razor sharp claws and cold eyes. Different from the book, but still carrying the spirit of watership down.
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