Wolf It

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{{Infobox television

| image = Wolfit1.jpg

| caption = Wolf It title caption

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| runtime = 25 minutes

| creator = Ged Allen, Don Austen & John Ecclestone

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| company = Scottish Television

| producer = Ged Allen

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| voices =

| starring = Don Austen
John Eccleston

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| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| network = ITV (CITV)

| first_aired = {{start date|1993|11|4|df=yes}}

| last_aired = {{end date|1996|9|18|df=yes}}

| num_series = 4

| num_episodes = 35

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Wolf It is a British television series produced by Scottish Television and broadcast on CITV for 4 series between 1993 and 1996. The show is a spin off from the Saturday morning television series What's Up Doc? and features Bro and Bro, two English wolves who featured regularly in the aforementioned show. The programme was filmed in and around the Maidstone television studios, where it was also set, with Bro & Bro having set up home in a film vault.

The wolves called each other "Bro". Their real names were never heard, as there was always some noise which would mask whatever was being said by any person who was saying their names at the time.

The show replaced Rolf's Cartoon Club, and like the previous show, also showed cartoons, all from the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series, which ITV owned the rights to at the time, 2 shorts were shown each episode.

Bro and Bro were voiced by Don Austen and John Eccleston. Eccleston was replaced for series 3 onwards of What's Up Doc? by Dave Chapman, though Eccleston continued to perform his character for all episodes of Wolf It! {{Citation needed|date=December 2023|reason=While What's Up Doc?'s article confirms some cast left after series 2, it also suggests it didn't run beyond a third series, so something needs clarifying here.}}

Series 3 and 4 were known as Wolf It: The Nexxxt Generation.

Releases

In 1994, a video was released containing 4 episodes from the first series, albeit without the cartoon shorts. However, apart from this, there have been no further releases, and the episodes have not been rerun.

Trivia

  • Eccleston and Austen have been frequent collaborators as puppeteers. The year before Wolf It's second series they introduced the leprechaun characters Mr Sage and Mr Onion on BBC Saturday Morning show Live & Kicking who remained on the series until its final broadcast. [https://web.archive.org/web/20020622164144/http://www.toonhound.com/leprechauns.htm] They also puppeteered Iver & Groove on pre-school programme The Hoobs and Scratch and Sniff on both ITV Saturday Morning show Ministry of Mayhem and its spin-off Scratch & Sniff's Den of Doom. {{Citation needed|date=December 2023}}

Transmission guide

  • Series 1: 13 editions from 4 November 1993 – 10 February 1994
  • Series 2: 12 editions from 21 September 1994 – 7 December 1994
  • Renamed Wolf it - The Next Generation
  • Series 3: 8 editions from 23 August 1995 – 11 October 1995
  • Series 4: 4 editions from 28 August 1996 – 18 September 1996

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Category:1993 British television series debuts

Category:1996 British television series endings

Category:1990s British children's television series

Category:British children's comedy television series

Category:British television shows featuring puppetry

Category:British English-language television shows

Category:ITV children's television shows

Category:Television series about wolves

Category:Television series by ITV Studios

Category:Television shows produced by Scottish Television