Iconic Eighties children’s TV show returning after a whopping 36 years off screens
BELOVED Eighties series Button Moon and Willo the Wisp are heading back to TV screens, decades after they last aired.
The childrens’ TV favourites will land on BritBox UK this June to flood the platform with nostalgic classics.
In June the first two series of Willo the Wisp and every episode of Button Moon will be added to the digital subscription service.
Willo the Wisp originally aired in 1981 on BBC and was narrated by Kenneth Williams – who also voiced all of the characters in the show.
Willo was a sprite formed from gas and other characters included Evil Edna – a witch shaped like a TV – Arthur the opinionated caterpillar and Mavis the fairy.
Whilst Disney tried to revive the concept with two further series in 2005, the new treatment with James Dreyfus as narrator failed to take off.
The original Willo The Wisp was repeated later on Channel 4.
Button Moon followed the adventures of Mr and Mrs Spoon who travelled across the blanket sky in his baked bean can spaceship.
It was first created to feature within ITV’s Rainbow as a short story but producers felt there was enough scope to turn the idea into a standalone series.
The first run of 13 episodes began in 1980, with 91 more episodes following until the show was shelved in 1988.
BritBox is a digital video subscription service created by the BBC and ITV and brings together British programming from the past and present for a cost of £5.99 a month.