TV SERIES · 1978

The Moomins

AdventureAnimationDramaFamilyFantasy10 min per episode

The Moomins is a stop motion animated children's television series. It is based on the Moomin series of books by Finnish writer Tove Jansson. It was produced by Se-ma-for and Jupiter Film between 1977 and 1982 for Polish, Austrian and German television. The original broadcast in Poland premiered on November 19, 1978. The series was later sold to other countries including the UK. The British version was adapted by Anne Wood at FilmFair for ITV Central and broadcast in the UK. Series 1 was first shown on Monday 24 January 1983 at 4:15 pm and series 2 on Monday 7 January 1985 at 4.15pm on Children's ITV, and series 2 was repeated in 1986. The series was last repeated in its entirety in 1988. The series was also U.S. aired on Broadcast syndication in October 1983 to June 1987 and later shown on PBS on August 1985 to December 1994. It was narrated by British actor Richard Murdoch.