Bad Ass Wombles

Wombles warning over TV imports

The Wombles of Wimbledon Common have moved to New York and adopted American accents in a protest against imported children's TV shows.

The Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television (PACT) made the film to highlight what they warn is a threat to British programmes.

The organisation claims just 1% of all new programmes are made in the UK.

In the 90-second clip, Tomsk asks the other Wombles: 'What's going in the 'hood?', before being attacked.

Bernard Cribbins - who voiced the original Wombles - offered his support to the campaign.

At the end of the clip, he says: "Tell those Wombles in government we need to start making British programmes for British kids again before it's too late."

http://youtube.com/watch?v=QQUu3A3gAjE