The Animals of Farthing Wood (TV series)

[2] The first countries to air the series were Norway, Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium, Ireland, Italy, and the United Kingdom, in January 1993.

In October 2016, Network Distributing released all three series of The Animals of Farthing Wood onto a DVD box set.

Led by Fox, and guided by Toad, the animals left Farthing Wood on a journey to White Deer Park, a nature reserve where they would be protected.

The home video version saw some of the voices changed, for example, the role of Fox was replaced by Ralph Macchio, along with added songs as well.

Audio tapes recapping the first two seasons were released, with the story being told to young fox cubs by several of the cast who would also debate the events and mimic some of the other characters.

Watered-down versions of episode storylines were also featured as a running story in Farthing Wood Friends, illustrated using photographic stills from the series.

Between magazine coverages of second and third series episodes, abridgements of Colin Dann's original stories were used to fill the void, entitled Tales From Farthing Wood.

Another book adaptation of the running story employed for series one was released by Ted Smart Publishing, with illustrations by Stuart Trotter.

Hornby, known mainly for its model railways, produced collectable figurines of the series ensemble, released in batches or 'presentation packs'.

Early in the run, almost simultaneous with the first series being shown in the UK, they released plush toys of Badger, Fox and Mole.

Although these were rare finds in toyshops, they were the subject of a running promotion in Farthing Wood Friends, enabling readers to win them.

Despite the show being very popular, the series did not see any form of DVD release until 2009, with the episodes on VHS hard to find up to then (in particular the last two collections).

Scarface has a different reason for attacking the Farthing Animals and Bold leaves the Park after an argument with his father, rather than to find a mate as he does in the books.