Clangers — Season 2
A family of knitted aliens eking out a threadbare existence on a bleak and cold world
About this season
Chronicles the melancholically funny lives of the Clangers, a flutey-voiced family of woolen, knitted aliens living below the surface of a knobbly little planet far out in space. Their misadventures brought them into contact with such unlikely creatures as the Soup Dragon, the Froglets, the Iron Chicken and the Glow Buzzers.
Episodes (13)
1. The Tablecloth
Aired 18 April 1971 • 9 min
A strange visitor gives the Clangers an unexpected gift.
2. The Rock Collector
Aired 25 April 1971 • 9 min
An astronaut arrives on the planet.
3. Glow-Honey
Aired 2 May 1971 • 9 min
Small Clanger wanders off into some caves, looking for glow-honey, and gets lost.
4. The Teapot
Aired 9 May 1971 • 9 min
A teapot fished from space is less useful than the Clangers thought it would be.
5. The Cloud
Aired 16 May 1971 • 9 min
The Cloud is invited to Mother Clanger's birthday party, and rains on the Froglets.
6. The Egg
Aired 23 May 1971 • 9 min
The Iron Chicken lays an egg, and the Clangers try to look after it.
7. The Noise Machine
Aired 30 May 1971 • 9 min
The Clangers assemble a machine they find in space, and the iron chick gets into trouble.
8. The Seed
Aired 6 June 1971 • 9 min
The Clangers tend a seed, and soon their planet is swamped with vegetation.
9. Pride
Aired 13 June 1971 • 9 min
Small Clanger finds a mirror, and vanity almost costs him his supper.
10. Bags
Aired 13 October 1972 • 9 min
A Gladstone bag appears on the Clangers' planet and is mistaken for a strange, new life-form.
11. The Blow-Fruit
Aired 27 October 1972 • 9 min
Small Clanger and the Baby Soup Dragon cause trouble playing with jet-propelled fruit.
12. Pipe Organ
Aired 3 November 1972 • 9 min
When the soup-trolley loses a wheel, Major Clanger tries to make a soup-pump.
13. The Music of the Spheres
Aired 10 November 1972 • 9 min
There are concerts in the most unlikely places.