This unofficial fansite is managed exclusively by watership down fans. Along the way they meet other rabbits and face a number of obstacles that include predators, the weather, humans, and other animals in this fourpart adaptation of the richard adams novel. With andrew falvey, stephen mangan, lee ross, sue elliottnichols. Watership down audiobooks listen to the full series. Watership down is a britishcanadian animated fantasy childrens television series, adapted from the novel watership down by richard adams. Watership down tv series wikipedia republished wiki 2. Watership down 2018 miniseries compared sidebyside, shotforshot with the 1978 film and the 1999 tv show. The opening for the watership down tv series, a three season, thirtynine episode series which ran from 1999 to 2001 and is based on the. Mgm television has struck a firstlook deal with british management and production company 42, the business behind the latest adaptation of watership down and channel 4. 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.
With james mcavoy, nicholas hoult, john boyega, ben kingsley. It was produced with the participation of the canadian television fund. This new take on watership down, which will be told across four hourlong installments, will be a coproduction with the bbc, which explains why this whole cast comes from across the pond. Any ed material included on this site serves entertainment purposes, and is used with utmost respect for the original creators. Mgm television strikes firstlook deal with watership. Watership down series heads to netflix with nicholas hoult. It was produced with the participation of the canadian television. Unique in the annals of animated films, watership down is a serious, even grim tale that many will find relentless and depressing and others will find poetic and moving. Guardian prize, and was adapted into several feature films and television series. It was adapted into the 1978 animated film watership down. The netflix series really plays up the jerk half of his jerk with a heart of gold characterization. We crunched the numbers the bbcs new adaptation of richard adams watership down is far less bloody than the. Join the little rabbits on a big adventure in this beautiful giftbook edition of the animated tv mini series, watership down. Watership down is a britishcanadian animated fantasy childrens television series, adapted from the 1972 novel of the same name by richard adams.
Watership down book by frank cottrellboyce, sophia o. It was produced with the participation of the canadian. Watership down is an adventure fantasy miniseries directed by noam murro. Adams completed a sequel almost 25 years later, tales from watership down random house, 1996. It was a coproduction of alltime entertainment of the.
Fleeing their doomed warren, a colony of rabbits struggle to find and defend a new home. Told in four ferocious parts, netflixs magnificent watership down adaptation only suffers from shoddy animation. Star wars and marvel stars will lead netflixs watership. The shortlived 1999 tv series skewed back toward the authors original tone, yet each entry carried real weight, be it the biblical and. The adventures of a warren of rabbits as they struggle to develop their new home and. Andrew falvey, stephen mangan, lee ross, sue elliottnichols, phill jupitus, ian shaw. She replaces hazels mate, hyzenthlay, from the original novel though it is likely that she is the tv series counterpart of hyzenthlay. Veien til watership down offisiell side for netflix. Discover the adventures of the beloved rabbits from watership downthe animated tv miniseries now streaming on netflixin this beautiful storybook by frank cottrellboyce adapted from the tv scripts based on the carnegie medalwinning novel and timeless classic by richard adams. Watership down is a britishcanadian animated fantasy childrens television series, adapted from the novel watership down by richard.
It is a coproduction of alltime entertainment in the united kingdom and decode entertainment in canada, and produced by martin rosen, the director of the 1978 feature film adaptation. Bbc has unveiled firstlook images for its cg animated watership down miniseries, and revealed additional highprofile voice cast members. The new miniseries is the second time watership down has been adapted to television. An exmember of the sandleford owsla, bigwig is the best fighter of the group. Bbc w hen richard adams created watership down published in 1972 and never out of print since he said he wanted to. A stirring epic of courage and survival against the odds, watership down has become a beloved classic for all ages. Watership down tv series watership down wiki fandom. It was released on 22 december 2018 in the united kingdom and internationally on netflix the next day. Seasons 1, 2 and 3 of the tv series watership down watership down is a britishcanadian animated fantasy childrens television series, adapted from. Basis for the 1999 britishcanadian animated television series basis for the 2017 british animated television miniseries accelerated reader ug 6. Guided by the prescient visions of young fiver voiced by nicholas hoult and led by his loyal and courageous older brother, hazel james mcavoy, the rabbits travel far from home.
Watership down miniseries wikimili, the best wikipedia. Watership down is a fourpart miniseries that tells the tumultuous tale of a group of rabbits who flee their warren to escape the devastation of human development. Set in the english countryside, watership down tells the tale of a small group of rabbits suddenly forced to. Watership down is a britishcanadian animated fantasy childrens television series, adapted from the novel of the same name by richard adams. It is based on the 1972 novel of the same name by richard adams and adapted by tom bidwell. Watership down, debuting sunday on netflix, is a new fourpart adaptation of the beloved richard adams novel. The majority also appear in the 1978 feature film adaptation, the 1999 television series adaptation andor 1996 followup collection of short stories notably, most though not all male rabbits in the story are named after plants, whereas female rabbits tend to have names in lapine, the fictional language adams. Watership down is a britishcanadian animated fantasy childrens television series, adapted from.
Journey to watership down centers on a group of rabbits and their adventures as they search for a new place to call home. In july 2014, it was announced that bbc would be airing a new animated miniseries of watership down based on the 1972 novel and the 1978 film. Hazel one of the five protagonists of the show and fivers. Although the watership down tv series was giving a hard time when it first began airing on tv, that was mearly because it was different from the beloved book and movie. The adventures of a warren of rabbits as they struggle to develop their new home and protect it from the various threats they face. Later there was a television series also titled watership down which ran from 1999 to 2001. The bbc broadcast comprised two backtoback episodes per day. This is a list of characters in watership down, a 1972 novel by richard adams. Fandom apps take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. She is hazels mate and once lived in the redstone warren, prior to being enslaved by efrafa.
Watership down is known to many children of the 70s and 80s as a harrowing, shockingly violent cartoon about rabbits fighting to the death, but the original richard adams novel doesnt. Following the basic plot of the novel, watership down follows the lives. I actually became interested in the tv show long before i read the book. Primrose is a rabbit character who only appeared in the watership down television series. Watership down is an animated television series, loosely adapted from the novel of the same name by richard adams.
Limited series trailer 3 in the beginning watership down. Watership down was voiced by many familiar faces in british film and television. A warren of rabbits battles many threats on their daring journey to find a new home in this adaptation of. Watership down tv series 1999 animation adventure family. Seemingly everyone whos seen the animated 1978 adaptation of watership. The new watership down miniseries from netflix and the bbc is a powerful adaptation thats hobbled by clunky animation and rabbits that look suspiciously like hares.
This dvd set of three episodes of the tv series version of watership down produced in great britain is an exellent example of high quality animation and, although the story is somewhat altered, is a credit to both the book and the original movie. Watership down tv series wikimili, the best wikipedia. Minseries may 15, 2019 personally, i really enjoyed this miniseries, but there are some things that are finalized in the series that i can really let go. A warren of rabbits battles many threats on their daring journey to find a new home in this adaptation of the. Watership down tv series watership down is a britishcanadian animated fantasy childrens television series, adapted from the novel of the same name by.
Netflix and the bbc are teaming up for a new cg miniseries adaptation of richard adams novel watership down, featuring james mcavoy and john boyega. When fiver voiced by nicholas hoult has a vision of the destruction of sandleford warren, his brother hazel voiced by james mcavoy and a group of other rabbits leave to find a new home. The first trailer for watership down, a new fourpart animated series from netflix and bbc, makes a misstep by going for cg animation and delivers a nightmare. Watership down tv series journey to watership down.
Matthew tobey, rovi from the back cover based on the beloved bestseller by richard adams, this stunning animated series reunites composer mike batt bright eyes and the voice talents of john hurt and richard briers from the. She is also the mother of her and hazels kittens, snowdrop, mallow, and gilia. 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. 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. It was not until a close personal friend of lengles mother. As opposed to the book and movie, which has him being gruff and stern yet having a kinder and nobler side, the netflix series has him being more aggressive and confrontational. Watership down richard adams first edition signed rare book. It was a coproduction of alltime entertainment of the united kingdom and decode entertainment of canada, and produced by. Lengles bestselling work a wrinkle in time was also initially rejected by at least 26 publishers.
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