Songwriter and record producer Mike Batt wrote and also performed many commercially successful singles and albums as 'The Wombles', including the TV series' theme tune.
British Hit Singles & Albums jokingly referred to them as the "furriest (and possibly the tidiest) act... are natives of Wimbledon Common, London".
In January 1974 Batt appeared on an edition of Cilla Black's BBC television series as Orinoco, having been accompanied onstage by guest Bernard Cribbins, to plug "The Wombling Song".
Tim and Andy Renton, who had worked with Batt in the latter incarnation of Hapshash and the Coloured Coat also donned the costumes, along with Robin Le Mesurier, who was later expelled from the band following his arrest for possession of cannabis.
"[1] In a programme with Aled Jones on the BBC in 2010 Batt pointed out that, in balance, the Wombles also served as a "furry balloon" as it gave him his first chart success.
[9] The Wombles played the Avalon tent at the Glastonbury Festival in June 2011 with Chris Spedding joining them as a guest guitarist for the final song.
The Yorkshire-based comedy folk band The Bar-Steward Sons of Val Doonican parodied Remember You're A Womble to poke fun at a host of British and American celebrities and politicians, including Donald Trump, Kanye West, Michael Gove and Jeremy Clarkson amongst others.
He wasn't just knocking out 'novelty' songs, they were beautifully crafted vignettes and the number of hits The Wombles had cemented that fact, and hammered it home that Batt was one of the best songwriters our country had to offer".