"You know you're gonna have a lot of fun,
     when William puts on his wellingtons..."                 
 
 
    William's wellies are wonderful. When he's wearing them, whatever he wishes
    for comes trues, which is handy for foiling bullies, embarking on adventures,
    and having lots of fun...

    William's adventures begin when his mother buys his a pair of bright red
    wellington boots, which have a secret note inside:

           "These are Wish Wellingtons,
            put them on and make a wish..."

    Well, you can't get much clearer than that, can you? When William makes a wish
    he taps the heels of his boots together and - whoosh! - we get a burst of stars,
    followed by bright red and yellow concentric rings...

    William's best pal is his sheepdog, Barksure, who often accompanies him on his
    magical travels. Barksure reminds one of Wordsworth, from Jamie and the Magic
    Torch, and in fact, the show shares other similarities with that Cosgrove Hall
    classic: There are the red and yellow rings which splash the screen whenever
    wellie magic is weaved, and the key influence in William's young life is his mother
    (just like young Jamie). But William's adventures aren't quite so wild. Instead
    of Cuckooland we have palaces, deserts, circuses and shipwrecks. William's
    adventures are very gentle, with a soft-centred moral, and just a sprinkling of
    silliness. It's a lovely little series, actually, and it was brought to us by Graham
    Ralph, when he was one half of Hibbert Ralph. Nowadays, Graham heads up
    Silver Fox Films.

    Wellington boots are particularly British, aren't they? William's bring his wishes
    to life, but a decade earlier, another young lad called Willie was having all sorts
    of trouble with his Wonder Wellies...

 

    episode titles

    1.William and Barksure              14.Circus William
    2.Shrinking William                   15.William Hood
    3.William the Conkeror              16.William and the Pirate's Wreck
    4.Pirate William                       17.William of Arabia
    5.William's Big Tidy Up              18.William and the Genie
    6.William to the Rescue            19.Jurassic William
    7.Sir William                            20.William and the Sheep
    8.Sweet Williams                     21.Jungle William
    9.William and the Whale            22.Sherlock William
    10.William and the Alien            23.Ancient William
    11.Wild West William                24.Storyteller William
    12.William and the Penguin        25.King William
    13.William and the Wrong Feet   26.William and the Friendly Ghost

 

    broadcast info

     The first episode was broadcast on BBC1 25th October 1994.

     Epsodes 1 to 8
     Two episodes broadcast each week for the first
     four weeks - 25th Oct to 17th Nov - at approx 3.35pm.

     Episodes 9 to 12
     One episode shown daily at approx 10.25am,
     between 27th Dec and 30 Dec 1994.

     Episode 13
     First aired one year later, 24th Dec 1995, on BBC2 at 7.30am.

     Episode 14
     Aired ten months later, 9th Oct 1996 on BBC1 at 3.45pm.

     Episodes 15 to 18
     Aired 5th Sept 1997 to 3rd Oct 1997 on BBC2, once
     a week at approx 8.20am.

     Episodes 19 to 26
     Aired 10th Oct 1997 to 28th Nov 1997 on BBC2, once
     a week at approx 8.30am

 

      a Hibbert Ralph Entertainment production

      based on an original idea by Carole Lapworth     
      original artwork by Vanessa Wild

     director:              Graham Ralph
     producer:            John Carey, Karen Davidsen
     exec prod:           Nina Elias Bamberger (for CTW)
                               Theresa Plummer-Andrews (for BBC Worldwide)
     asst vp program
      research:             Shalom Fisch, phd
     story outlines
      & scripts:             Mark Holloway
     storyboards:        Tec Pettengell, Nobby Clark, Paul R Stone
     prod man:            Kim Stephenson
     prod asst:            Jackie Edwards
     backgrounds:       Dorse Jukes
     animation:           Mark Mason Animation Ltd.
     asst animation:    Billy Allison
     music:                 Kick Productions
     layouts:               Dan Whitworth
     line tests:            Paul Barnes
     ink & paint:          Anne Place, Lynn Hardie, Bev James
     xerox:                Tony McAleese
     post prod:           M2 Facilities
     narrator:             Andrew Sachs

 

      On the web


      Silver Fox Films 
      Graham Ralph lives on via Silver Fox. This is the official site with info
      on all the Silver Fox productions and projects past and present...

      Mark Mason Animation
      Mark Mason wasanimated this "welly" fine series...


 
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