Episode #17: Watership Down

Hazel, Dandelion, Blackberry and Clover? No, we’re not making a salad, instead we’re discussing the 1978 animated retelling of the Richard Adam’s novel Watership Down. Join us in episode #17 as we heed Fiver’s warnings and search for our new warren. SHOWNOTES Watership Down - Criterion Director - Martin Rosen The Plague Dogs (1982) Theme Song - “Time and Tide” by Alan Price (original keyboardist for The Animals) The House of the Rising Sun Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood Hazel - John Hurt (Died Jan 25, 2017) (207 acting credits) Alien (1979) The Elephant Man (1980) The Plague Dogs as Snitter (1982) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001) Hellboy (2004) V for Vendetta (2005) Melancholia (2011) Doctor Who as The War Doctor in 3 episodes (2013) Watership Down mini-series as General Woundwort (1999 -2000) Fiver - Richard Briers (Died Feb 17, 2013 Bigwig - Michael Graham Cox (Died Apr 30, 1995) Captain Holly - John Bennett (April 11, 2005) Chief Rabbit - Ralph Richardson (Died Oct 10, 1983) Blackberry - Simon Cadell (Died March 6, 1996) Silver - Terence Rigby (Died August 10, 2008) Pipkin - Roy Kinnear (Died September 20, 1988) Dandelion - Richard O’Callaghan (Still Alive?) Cat - Lynn Farleigh (Still Alive?) General Woundwort - Harry Andrews (Died March 6, 1989) Cowslip - Denholm Elliott Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) Clover - Mary Maddox Kehaar (Bird) - Zero Mostel (comedian) The only black man (Clifton Jones) plays a character named “Blackavar” Watership Down references in the TV Show “Lost” Movies with similar stories / plots include Fantastic Mr. Fox and The Secret of NIMH Other movies mentioned: Raiders of The Lost Ark The Dark Crystal Floyd Norman - An Animated Life The Inbetweeners