Windfalls

Windfalls is a British stop motion-animated children's television series created, written, and directed by Jenny Kenna.^[1] The Windfalls stories teach children about reading signs in nature, herbal medicine, and the plants of the British countryside. All of the animated characters are real leaves, grasses, and pressed flowers.

The stories follow three friends: Berry, Butterbur, and Rosebay. They are Windfalls, and they live in Windfall Land. They meet many other Windfalls on their adventures. The programme features a cast of 23 supporting characters, each designed from a different plant: Cornflower, Daisy, Uncle Onion, Bella Donna, Evening Primrose, Delphinium, Nettle, Dock, Foxglove, Pampas, Daffodil, Fern Polypody, Thistle, Cowslip, Clover, Lucky Four-Leaf Clover, Vi, Ola, Pansy, Couch Grass, Twitch Grass, Holly and Ivy.

Windfalls was produced by FilmFair and Central Independent Television for ITV; it premiered on 14 April 1989, and ran for 26 episodes. Two episodes were transmitted back-to-back for each broadcast. When the series was syndicated on other networks, such as the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Australia, Knowledge Network and TVO in Canada, Channel 5 in Singapore and TVNZ's Channel 2 in New Zealand, the episodes were broadcast singly. The series was also broadcast on the military channel BFBS in Germany as well as in several countries including Cyprus and the Falkland Islands but with the series transmitted back to back with two episodes just like its original UK television airings.

The programme was animated by Isabelle Perrichon, who later worked on the FilmFair animated seriesRod 'n' Emu (1991).

• Fine Weather Friend
• Bella Donna
• An Evening with Primrose
• Rosebay Needs a Home
• The Wild Ones
• Nettle and Dock
• Pampas
• Weather Signs
• Springtime
• Flying Flowers
• Green with Envy
• Creatures of the Night
• Cowslip Needs Protection
• The String
• Light and Shade
• Honey Day
• Lucky Scarecrows
• Country Cousins
• The Oak Tree
• Butterbur's Marsh
• Brumble Shrub
• The Red Toadstool
• Autumn Changes
• The Invader
• Winter in Windfall Land

Little Croft Studios distributed 18 of the 26 episodes of the series on three VHSvideotapes, sold separately. Each volume has six stories:

Learn to Love Nature with the Windfalls

"Luz y sombra", "El roble", "La seta roja", "Otoño en la tierra de los vientos caídos", "Los invasores", "Invierno en la tierra de los vientos caídos"

Aprende a amar el campo con Windfalls.

"Primos del campo", "Señales meteorológicas", "Suerte", "Flores voladoras", "Arbusto de zarzas", "Ortiga y acedera"

Aprende a amar las flores y los árboles con los frutos caídos.

"Amigo del buen tiempo", "Bella Donna", "Una velada con Primrose", "El pantano de Butterbur", "La prímula necesita protección", "Día de la miel"

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• Guía de episodios de Windfalls en Toonarific