Munch Bunch

The Munch Bunch are a group of unwanted vegetables, fruits, legumes and nuts who were swept to the corner of a shop but ran away together and set up home in and around an old, forgotten garden shed.

"Munch Bunch" yoghurts and fromage frais continue to be marketed today, albeit using a cow mascot[4] and with little remaining connection to the original characters and stories.

There was also an early 1980s marionette/puppet-based television show, produced by long-time Gerry Anderson associates Mary Turner and John Read for ITC Entertainment, that featured the characters from the books.

The brand had a resurgence in the UK during the 1990s, largely as a result of a popular TV commercial for the Munch Bunch "pot shots" range (a petits-filous type yoghurt aimed at the young) set in a pool hall, which ran from May 1994 until February 1996.

A new range of Munch Bunch books based on the then-current characters used by the yoghurt line (including "Sally Strawberry")[6] were released by Ladybird in 1998.