Wolf It

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Use British English|date=October 2016}} {{Infobox television | image = Wolfit1.jpg | caption = Wolf It title caption | camera = | runtime = 25 minutes | creator = Ged Allen, Don Austen & John Ecclestone | developer = | company = Scottish Television | producer = Ged Allen | executive_producer = | voices = | starring = Don Austen<br />John Eccleston | narrated = | opentheme = | endtheme = | country = United Kingdom | language = English | network = ITV (CITV) | first_aired = {{start date|1993|11|4|df=yes}} | last_aired = {{end date|1996|9|18|df=yes}} | num_series = 4 | num_episodes = 35 | list_episodes = }}

'''''Wolf It''''' is a British children's television programme with puppets produced by Kim Kinnie for Scottish Television.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ponsonby |first=Bernard |date=19 February 2018 |title=Kim Kinnie: "Svengali of alternative comedy" who masterminded some of STV's biggest hits |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2006870005/D5673E60EBDB441DPQ/2 |access-date=2026-03-07 |work=The Scotsman |via=ProQuest}}</ref> It was broadcast on CITV for 4 seasons between 1993 and 1996. The show is a spin off from the Saturday morning television series ''What's Up Doc?'' and features Bro and Bro, two English wolves who featured regularly in the aforementioned show. The programme was filmed in and around the Maidstone television studios, where it was also set, with Bro and Bro having set up home in a film vault.

The wolves called each other "Bro". Their real names were never heard, as there was always some noise which would mask whatever was being said by any person who was saying their names at the time.

The show replaced ''Rolf's Cartoon Club'', and like the previous show, also showed cartoons, all from the ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' series, which ITV owned the rights to at the time, 2 shorts were shown each episode.

Bro and Bro were voiced by Don Austen and John Eccleston. Eccleston was replaced for series 3 onwards of ''What's Up Doc?'' by Dave Chapman, though Eccleston continued to perform his character for all episodes of ''Wolf It!'' {{Citation needed|date=December 2023|reason=While What's Up Doc?'s article confirms some cast left after series 2, it also suggests it didn't run beyond a third series, so something needs clarifying here.}}

Series 3 and 4 were known as '''Wolf It: The Nexxxt Generation'''.

==Releases== In 1994, a video was released containing 4 episodes from the first series, albeit without the cartoon shorts. However, apart from this, there have been no further releases, and the episodes have not been rerun.

==Trivia== *Eccleston and Austen have been frequent collaborators as puppeteers. The year before ''Wolf It''<nowiki/>'s second series they introduced the leprechaun characters Mr Sage and Mr Onion on BBC Saturday Morning show ''Live & Kicking'' who remained on the series until its final broadcast. [https://web.archive.org/web/20020622164144/http://www.toonhound.com/leprechauns.htm] They also puppeteered Iver & Groove on pre-school programme ''The Hoobs'' and Scratch and Sniff on both ITV Saturday Morning show ''Ministry of Mayhem'' and its spin-off ''Scratch & Sniff's Den of Doom''. {{Citation needed|date=December 2023}}

==Transmission guide== *Series 1: 13 editions from 4 November 1993 – 10 February 1994 *Series 2: 12 editions from 21 September 1994 – 7 December 1994 *Renamed Wolf it - The Next Generation *Series 3: 8 editions from 23 August 1995 – 11 October 1995 *Series 4: 4 editions from 28 August 1996 – 18 September 1996

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Category:1993 British television series debuts Category:1996 British television series endings Category:1990s British children's television series Category:British children's comedy television series Category:British television shows featuring puppetry Category:English-language British television shows Category:ITV children's television shows Category:Television series about wolves Category:Television series by ITV Studios Category:Television shows produced by Scottish Television