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