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===Series 1 (2015β2016)=== Episodes 1β26 were first broadcast at 5:30{{nbsp}}pm, while episodes 27β52 were at 6:00{{nbsp}}pm on CBeebies. {| class="wikitable" style="width:99%;" |- ! style="background:#ccf; width:3%;"| No. ! style="background:#ccf; width:24%;"| Title ! style="background:#ccf; width:12%;"| First broadcast ! style="background:#ccf; width:12%;"| Writer ! style="background:#ccf;"| Summary |- | style="text-align:center;"| 1 || "The Lost Notes" || 15 June 2015<ref name="youtube.com">{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uF1K378EAc | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/-uF1K378EAc | archive-date=2021-12-11 | url-status=live | title=CBeebies Grown-Ups β Behind The Scenes of the Clangers Premiere | date=June 2015 | via=[[YouTube]] | access-date=18 September 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |Dave Ingham|| The Music Tree notes for Tiny Clanger's marvellous new melody are blown away by a big wind. |- | style="text-align:center;"| 2 || "The Little Thing" || 16 June 2015 |Dan Postgate|| A Sky Moo gives Small Clanger a strangely shaped little thing that it has found in space. |- | style="text-align:center;"| 3 || "In The Soup" || 17 June 2015 |Dave Ingham|| Major Clanger decides that the Soup Dragon must be fed-up with dishing up soup. |- | style="text-align:center;"| 4 || "The Knitting Machine" || 18 June 2015 |Dan Postgate|| Major Clanger invents a knitting machine to save Granny ever having to knit again. |- | style="text-align:center;"| 5 || "The Flying Froglets" || 19 June 2015 |Dan Postgate|| It is Granny's birthday and all the Clangers are planning their presents for her. |- | style="text-align:center;"| 6 || "I Am the Eggbot" || 22 June 2015 |Dan Postgate|| A strange little egg-shaped creature lands on the planet and gets stuck in a cave. |- | style="text-align:center;"| 7 || "The Giant Plant" || 23 June 2015 |Dave Ingham|| The planet is overrun with vegetation when Tiny Clanger and Small Clanger sing a growing song to a plant. |- | style="text-align:center;"| 8 || "Tiny's Lullaby" || 24 June 2015 |Dan Postgate|| Tiny Clanger's radio hat develops a fault, so she can't hear the Iron Chicken's lullaby. |- | style="text-align:center;"| 9 || "The Crystal Trees" || 25 June 2015 |Myles McLeod|| Crystal-shaped seeds that sparkle and glow land on the Clangers' planet. |- | style="text-align:center;"| 10 || "The Curious Tunnel" || 26 June 2015 |Dave Ingham|| Tiny Clanger and Small Clanger discover a strange tunnel that appears to suck things upwards. |- | style="text-align:center;"| 11 || "Space Tangle" || 29 June 2015 |Myles Mcleod|| Small Clanger has invited the Iron Chicken to a picnic, but the Iron Chicken is late. |- | style="text-align:center;"| 12 || "Lonely as a Cloud" || 30 June 2015 |Dan Postgate|| Tiny Clanger, Small Clanger, the Froglets and the Baby Soup Dragon are having fun playing games with the Cloud. |- | style="text-align:center;"| 13 || "In a Spin" || 1 July 2015 |Dave Ingham|| While playing a game, Tiny Clanger and Small Clanger accidentally knock over a tankard. |- | style="text-align:center;"| 14 || "Tiny's Orchestra" || 2 July 2015 |Dan Postgate|| Tiny Clanger is stuck for ideas for a new tune to make up. |- | style="text-align:center;"| 15 || "The Metal Bug" || 3 July 2015 |Dan Postgate|| Small Clanger finds a strange ball while out fishing in space. |- | style="text-align:center;"| 16 || "Mother's Melody" || 6 July 2015 |Dan Postgate|| Tiny Clanger suggests that Mother Clanger makes a tune. |- | style="text-align:center;"| 17 || "Crash Bang Chicken"<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/schedules/cbeebies/20150707 | title=BBC iPlayer - Channel Schedule - CBeebies - Tuesday 7 July 2015 | access-date=7 July 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709091622/http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/schedules/cbeebies/20150707 | archive-date=9 July 2015}}</ref> || 7 July 2015 |Dave Ingham|| A Sky Moo accidentally knocks the Iron Chicken out of her nest. |- | style="text-align:center;"| 18 || "Major's Meteor"<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/schedules/cbeebies/20150708 | title=BBC iPlayer - Channel Schedule - CBeebies - Wednesday 8 July 2015 | access-date=7 July 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711010342/http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/schedules/cbeebies/20150708 | archive-date=11 July 2015}}</ref> || 8 July 2015 |Dave Ingham|| Small Clanger misses seeing two meteors streaking across the sky. |- | style="text-align:center;"| 19 || "The Singing Asteroid"<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/schedules/cbeebies/20150709 | title=BBC iPlayer - Channel Schedule - CBeebies - Thursday 9 July 2015 | access-date=7 July 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712033538/http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/schedules/cbeebies/20150709 | archive-date=12 July 2015}}</ref> || 9 July 2015 |Dan Postgate|| Tiny Clanger and her flower friends hear a strange voice joining in with their music. |- | style="text-align:center;"| 20 || "Small's New Star"<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/schedules/cbeebies/20150710 | title=BBC iPlayer - Channel Schedule - CBeebies - Friday 10 July 2015 | access-date=7 July 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713223014/http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/schedules/cbeebies/20150710 | archive-date=13 July 2015}}</ref> || 10 July 2015 |Dan Postgate|| The Iron Chicken dumps a huge bundle of unwanted junk metal on to the Clangers' planet. |- | style="text-align:center;"| 21 || "Baby Soup Clanger"<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/schedules/cbeebies/20150713 | title=BBC iPlayer - Channel Schedule - CBeebies - Monday 13 July 2015 | access-date=7 July 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715190033/http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/schedules/cbeebies/20150713 | archive-date=15 July 2015}}</ref> || 13 July 2015 |Dave Ingham|| Baby Soup Dragon decides he wants to be a Clanger. |- | style="text-align:center;"| 22 || "Holes"<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/schedules/cbeebies/20150714 | title=BBC iPlayer - Channel Schedule - CBeebies - Tuesday 14 July 2015 | access-date=7 July 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713080948/http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/schedules/cbeebies/20150714 | archive-date=13 July 2015}}</ref> || 14 July 2015 |Dan Postgate|| Tiny Clanger and Small Clanger find two circles of cloth that are actually holes, one leading to the other. |- | style="text-align:center;"| 23 || "Bubble Trouble"<ref name="ReferenceB">{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/schedules/cbeebies/20150715 | title=BBC iPlayer - Channel Schedule - CBeebies - Wednesday 15 July 2015 | access-date=8 July 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716052255/http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/schedules/cbeebies/20150715 | archive-date=16 July 2015}}</ref> || 15 July 2015 |Lisa Akhurst|| Small Clanger and Tiny Clanger can't resist trying out Major Clanger's cleaning machine. |- | style="text-align:center;"| 24 || "Dragon Day"<ref name="ReferenceB"/> || 16 July 2015 |Dan Postgate|| Small Clanger decides that there should be a Dragon Day to thank the Soup Dragon for her soup. |- | style="text-align:center;"| 25 || "Home Sweet Hoot"<ref name="Archived copy">{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/schedules/cbeebies/20150717 | title=BBC iPlayer - Channel Schedule - CBeebies - Friday 17 July 2015 | access-date=10 July 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716080232/http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/schedules/cbeebies/20150717 | archive-date=16 July 2015}}</ref> || 17 July 2015 |Chris Parker|| A little Hoot lands on the planet and causes mayhem with its incessant mischievous hooting. |- | style="text-align:center;"| 26 || "Find the Eclipse"<ref name="ReferenceC">{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/schedules/cbeebies/20150720 | title=BBC iPlayer - Channel Schedule - CBeebies - Monday 20 July 2015 | access-date=13 July 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717113748/http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/schedules/cbeebies/20150720 | archive-date=17 July 2015}}</ref> || 20 July 2015 |Dave Ingham|| The Clangers gather to watch a solar eclipse but the Iron Chicken's nest blocks the view. |- | style="text-align:center;"| 27 || "The Little Chill"<ref name="Archived copy"/> || 17 December 2015 |Daniel Postgate|| There are problems for a Sky Moo when the weather turns cold, but the Clangers try to help. |- | style="text-align:center;"| 28 || "The Brilliant Surprise"<ref name="ReferenceC"/> || 14 December 2015 |Daniel Postgate|| The Iron Chicken says something is coming. Everyone seems to know what it is except Tiny Clanger. |- | style="text-align:center;"| 29 || "The Ball" || 23 May 2016 |Dan Postgate|| Tiny Clanger and Small Clanger find that the Ball they were playing with has friends of its own. |- | style="text-align:center;"| 30 || "Planty" || 24 May 2016 |Hickey & McCoy|| A family of plants arrives, and are happiest together with Granny. |- | style="text-align:center;"| 31 || "The Game" || 25 May 2016 |Dan Postgate|| The Baby Soup dragon learns a lesson about sharing. |- | style="text-align:center;"| 32 || "Granny and Small" || 26 May 2016 |Dave Ingham|| Small Clanger finds that there's more to Granny than she thought. |- | style="text-align:center;"| 33 || "Tiny's Good Idea" || 27 May 2016 |Dave Ingham|| Mother's flowers are wilting. Tiny Clanger comes up with a brilliant idea to help her water them. |- | style="text-align:center;"| 34 || "Star Roses" || 30 May 2016 |Myles McLeod & Dave Ingham|| Tiny Clanger and Small Clanger are rewarded for their patience and quick-thinking. |- | style="text-align:center;"| 35 || "Chairs" || 31 May 2016 |Dan Postgate|| Major Clanger tries to invent a replacement chair for Granny. |- | style="text-align:center;"| 36 || "Sweet Music" || 1 June 2016 |Lisa Akhurst|| A radio falls out of the sky, and Tiny Clanger, Small Clanger and the Baby Soup Dragon are fascinated by it. |- | style="text-align:center;"| 37 || "The Box" || 2 June 2016 |Lisa Akhurst|| Small Clanger finds some 'space treasure' but doesn't know what it is for. |- | style="text-align:center;"| 38 || "Snapper" || 3 June 2016 |Dan Postgate|| A robot lands on the planet, and the Clangers are scared of it. |- | style="text-align:center;"| 39 || "The Chicken Waltz" || 6 June 2016 |Chris Parker|| Tiny Clanger and Small Clanger come up with a tune for the Iron Chicken to dance to. |- | style="text-align:center;"| 40 || "The Puzzle" || 7 June 2016 |Dan Postgate|| Major Clanger, Mother Clanger, Tiny Clanger and Small Clanger become lost while exploring a new planet. |- | style="text-align:center;"| 41 || "The Little Bag" || 8 June 2016 |Dan Postgate|| Small Clanger gives Tiny Clanger a lovely sparkly bag that he caught while fishing in space. |- | style="text-align:center;"| 42 || "Hide-and-Seek" || 9 June 2016 |Dan Postgate|| The Baby Soup Dragon cheats in a race around the planet, but a Froglet spots him cheating in a game of hide and seek and decides to teach him a lesson about cheating. |- | style="text-align:center;"| 43 || "Rainbow Star" || 10 June 2016 |Dan Postgate|| Small Clanger catches seven coloured stones floating in space. |- | style="text-align:center;"| 44 || "Busy Buzzers" || 13 June 2016 |Dave Ingham|| Small Clanger and Major Clanger discover a bowl of glow-honey in a crater. |- | style="text-align:center;"| 45 || "Calm in the Caves" || 14 June 2016 |Dave Ingham|| Tiny Clanger and Small Clanger discover the froglets sitting abnormally silent and calm in their cave. |- | style="text-align:center;"| 46 || "The Golden Planet" || 15 June 2016 |Dan Postgate|| Major Clanger invents a new two-seater rocket for special trips. |- | style="text-align:center;"| 47 || "All Change Day" || 16 June 2016 |Dan Postgate|| Major Clanger is making too much noise, so Mother Clanger suggests they swap jobs. |- | style="text-align:center;"| 48 || "The Wols" || 17 June 2016 |Dan Postgate|| The Iron Chicken looks after the baby Wols with help from Tiny Clanger. |- | style="text-align:center;"| 49 || "The Discovery" || 20 June 2016 |Dan Postgate|| Major Clanger discovers some wonderful wall pictures in a cave. |- | style="text-align:center;"| 50 || "Blob" || 21 June 2016 |Dan Postgate|| The Froglets produce a noisy, bouncy, purple blob from the Top Hat. |- | style="text-align:center;"| 51 || "Building Bridges" || 22 June 2016 |Dave Ingham|| The new table Major Clanger has made collapses, spilling soup everywhere. |- | style="text-align:center;"| 52 || "Things" || 23 June 2016 |Dan Postgate|| Three pale things drift towards the planet seeking music, heat and light to revive them. |} Following the March 2015 special, a full series was commissioned for the summer of that year. The series was narrated by Michael Palin, and co-produced by Smallfilms with the involvement of Peter Firmin and Oliver Postgate's son, Dan. The series was directed by Chris Tichborne and Mole Hill,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/clangers-vod |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150614040805/http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/clangers-vod |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 June 2015 |title=Clangers |website=Bbfc.co.uk |access-date=18 September 2016}}</ref> with music composed by John Du Prez. 52 11-minute episodes were commissioned.<ref name=graun>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/may/31/michael-palin-clangers-oasis-of-calm |title=Michael Palin: 'The Clangers will be a little oasis of calm' |last1=Conlan |first1=Tara |date=31 May 2015 |website=[[theguardian.com]] |access-date=31 May 2015}}</ref> The voices of the Iron Chicken, the Soup Dragon, and the Baby Soup Dragon were by Dan Postgate. The first episode of the new series aired on 15 June 2015.<ref name="youtube.com"/> It turned out to be a massive hit for CBeebies. The BBC News Entertainment and Arts magazine revealed that 65% of the episode's viewing audience of 484,000 were adults, and that it was CBeebies' most watched programme of 2015 up to that date. The rating was more than double the previous record, set by an episode of ''[[Alphablocks]]'', ''[[Numberjacks]]'', ''[[Waybuloo]]'', ''[[Fimbles]]'', ''[[Charlie and Lola]]'', ''[[Teletubbies]]'', ''[[The Lingo Show]]'' and ''[[The Octonauts]]'' that year, as well as other CBeebies favourites since the station's launch in 2002, although an episode of ''[[Numberjacks]]'' peaked at over 1 million back in 2009. The same year, [[William Shatner]] was chosen to be the American narrator for the series airing on the cable network [[Sprout (TV network)|Sprout]].
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