The Moomins (TV series)
The Moomins is a 1980s stop motion animation TV series based on the Moomin books, about magical creatures from the forests of Finland. They were created by artist and author Tove Jansson in as series of books, picture books and comic strips. The series was first devised in 1979 when the books were adapted for TV by Film Polski, Jupiter Film and Semafor, for Polish, Austrian and German audiences. They were later offered to other countries including the UK. The British version was adapted by Film Fair and first broadcast in the UK in 1983 on CITV and ran until 1986, in which it was narrated by Richard Murdoch (creditted as "Stinker" Murdoch in this series).
This series was often referred to as the 'fuzzy felt Moomin' series, due to the appearance of the characters. It was the third series to be made based on the Moomin books, with two more made since then. Nonetheless, it is one of the two most well known Moomin series, along with Moomin (1990). Unlike the 1990 series (deemed as being the much more likeable and accesible), this version - despite its famous opening titles showing an animated still of the main character Moomintroll holding a hat, and also its popular, bouncy theme tune comprised of flutes played against a synth backing tune - has been repeatedly criticised over the years for being rather dark and scary for children.
DVD Release
A Region 2 DVD boxset was released in 2005,[1] in both English and German editions.
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