# Windfalls > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Windfalls > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Windfalls.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windfalls > Source revision: 1357308714 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Use British English|date=December 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox television | image = | caption = | genre = [Children's television](/source/Children's_television)
[Educational television](/source/Educational_television) | creator = Jenny Kenna{{cite web |url=http://www.susanssecrets.co.uk/authors-notes |title=Jenny Kenna |author= |work=Books by Jenny Kenna |accessdate=4 January 2013}} | developer = | writer = Jenny Kenna | director = Jenny Kenna | creative_director = | presenter = | voices = [Peter Hawkins](/source/Peter_Hawkins) | narrator = Peter Hawkins | theme_music_composer = Joan Alexis | composer = Joan Alexis | country = United Kingdom | language = English | num_series = 1 | num_episodes = 26 | list_episodes = | executive_producer = Graham Clutterbuck | producer = Maya Kemp | editor = Andi Sloss | location = | cinematography = | camera = | runtime = 5 minutes | company = [FilmFair](/source/FilmFair)
[Central Independent Television](/source/ITV_Central) | channel = [ITV](/source/ITV_(TV_network)) | first_aired = {{Start date|df=yes|1989|04|14}} | last_aired = {{End date |df=yes|1989|07|07}} | related = }} '''''Windfalls''''' is a British [stop motion](/source/stop_motion)-animated [children's television series](/source/children's_television_series) created, written, and directed by Jenny Kenna. The ''Windfalls'' stories teach children about reading signs in nature, [herbal medicine](/source/herbal_medicine), and the plants of the British countryside. All of the animated characters are real leaves, grasses, and [pressed flowers](/source/pressed_flowers). ==Plot and plant-based characters== 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. ==Production== ''Windfalls'' was produced by [FilmFair](/source/FilmFair) and [Central Independent Television](/source/ITV_Central) for [ITV](/source/ITV_(TV_network)); 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](/source/Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation) in Australia, [Knowledge Network](/source/Knowledge_Network) and [TVO](/source/TVOntario) in Canada, [Channel 5](/source/Channel_5_(Singaporean_TV_channel)) in Singapore and [TVNZ](/source/TVNZ)'s [Channel 2](/source/TV2_(New_Zealand)) in New Zealand, the episodes were broadcast singly. The series was also broadcast on the military channel [BFBS](/source/British_Forces_Broadcasting_Service) in Germany as well as in several countries including [Cyprus](/source/Cyprus) and the [Falkland Islands](/source/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 series](/source/animated_series) ''[Rod 'n' Emu](/source/Rod_'n'_Emu)'' (1991). ==Episodes== *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 ==Home releases== Little Croft Studios distributed 18 of the 26 episodes of the series on three [VHS](/source/VHS) [videotape](/source/videotape)s, sold separately. Each volume has six stories: ;''Learn to Love Nature with the Windfalls'' :"Light and Shade", "The Oak Tree", "The Red Toadstool", "Autumn in Windfall Land", "The Invaders", "Winter in Windfall Land" ;''Learn to Love the Countryside with the Windfalls'' :"Country Cousins", "Weather Signs", "Lucky", "Flying Flowers", "Bramble Shrub", "Nettle and Dock" ;''Learn to Love the Flowers and the Trees with the Windfalls'' :"Fine Weather Friend", "Bella Donna", "An Evening with Primrose", "Butterbur's Marsh", "Cowslip Needs Protection", "Honey Day" ==Notes== {{Reflist}} ==References== *[https://archive.today/20130423184802/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/15705 ''Windfalls''] at the [BFI Film & TV Database](/source/BFI_Film_%26_TV_Database). Retrieved 4 January 2013 *{{IMDb title|0472441}} ==External links== *[http://www.toonarific.com/episode_guide.php?show_id=7439&season=0 ''Windfalls''], an episode guide at Toonarific. Retrieved 6 January 2013. {{FilmFair}} Category:1989 British television series debuts Category:1989 British television series endings Category:1980s British children's television series Category:British children's animated adventure television series Category:ITV children's television shows Category:English-language British television shows Category:British stop-motion animated television series Category:Television series by FilmFair Category:Television series by WildBrain Category:Television series by ITV Studios Category:Television shows produced by Central Independent Television Category:1980s British animated television series Category:ITV animated television series Category:Herbalism --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Windfalls](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windfalls) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windfalls?action=history)). 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