List of The Animals of Farthing Wood episodes explained

This is the list of episodes from The Animals of Farthing Wood.

Series overview

Episodes

Season 3 (1995)

Home releases

The classic VHS titles of the series, released through BBC Video, were nine volumes in all, each amalgamating several episodes to form feature-length omnibuses. Because of time limitations on each cassette, some original episode sequences were cut out. Such scenes removed from the series on VHS titles, for example, included Fox's confrontation with the farmer's dog, and his conversation and 'employment' with the town cat, where he kills several mice. The swimming pool scene from the journey is also excluded.

DVD releases

Series 1 came out in France in February 2009.

In Germany, Series 1 was released on 25 September 2009, Series 2 on 27 May 2011, and Series 3 on 24 February 2012. The German DVD releases offer both English and German audio options.

Despite being a UK production, the whole series was not released on DVD in the UK until October 2016.[1]

VHS releases

VHS titles were as follows:

"New Beginnings" was the first TAOFW video title to receive a 'PG' certificate from the BBFC, largely due to the violent battles between Vixen & Lady Blue & Fox and Scarface and the strong emphasis on death, although generally the content was actually not much grimmer than that in earlier volumes.

In 1996, another tape was released entitled "Three Tales" that featured 'Toad's Tale', 'Badger's Tale' and 'The Foxes' Tale'. This was compiled from series 1 and 2.

Individual episodes were also available on VHS as part of a running promotion in Farthing Wood Friends magazine.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Relive your childhood trauma: The Animals of Farthing Wood is finally coming out on DVD. . 9 September 2016.