Alderney is set to have a starring part in a TV reboot of the classic children's show, The Wombles.
Wombles creator Liza Beresford lived on Alderney for 30 years and her children still have a family home on the island.
Now her son Marcus has teamed up with Mike Batt, who wrote the music for the classic children's show, to create 52 new TV episodes - and Alderney is in them.
Liza Beresford's daughter Kate, a children's writer, is helping to develop storylines and high quality computer generated imagery will bring the creatures to life.
Mr Robertson said: "We are definitely excited about the project. Obviously you retain the fondness for what you remember but the stuff I have seen is great. Imagery is more sophisticated but in all other respects, it is exactly the same. Our Wombles "bible" of what is and what is not Womble-like and it has been used to ensure the essence of the characters does not change one iota."
The series will feature the original seven characters from the 1970s BBC show such as Orinoco, Great Uncle Bulgaria and Madame Cholet. Alderney will be the only one of the characters introduced in the 80s to make it into the new show. Alderney, a feisty young female Womble, was based on Mr Robertson's wife, Marianne, who grew up in Alderney. "Mike was not minded to put Alderney into the burrow, but I said we had to have another female Womble, to reflect the modern world," said Mr Beresford. "If the series takes off I think it could be really great for Alderney."
The Guernsey Bereavement Service has made three visits to Alderney over the past few months and would like to continue to help you. We are visiting the island again on
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The Guernsey Bereavement Service has made three visits to Alderney over the past few months and would like to continue to help you. We are visiting the island again on
Tuesday, 23rd February 2024 and would invite anyone who feels they would like Bereavement Counselling to telephone the Bereavement Service Office on 257778 to make a time to meet one of our counsellors. 