- Audiobook
- 2025
- 9 mins
- Framewood Media Limited
- Kids and Teens
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Title
The Clangers - The Dragon Egg
Description
Welcome to the whimsical world of the Clangers, a family of pink mouse-like creatures who dwell on a mysterious blue planet deep in space. Let's meet the inhabitants of this craggy yet charming world.
Major Clanger is the father of the family, forever inventing all kinds of curious contraptions. Mother Clanger tends to their home with steady kindness and a comforting nature. Small Clanger, their adventurous son, is eager to explore and make marvellous discoveries, though his curiosity sometimes leads him into mischief. Tiny Clanger, the youngest, has a generous spirit and embraces everyone she meets with open arms.
Alongside the Clangers live their friends: the Soup Dragon and her playful Baby Dragon, who live deep underground and provide the Clangers with delicious green soup; the Iron Chicken, the Music Trees, the Froglets, and the gentle Hoots.
The Soup Dragon appears to be tremendously grumpy today, and she refuses to give the Clangers their green soup. Tiny tries to cheer her up with tunes from the Music Trees, but nothing seems to work. She asks Iron Chicken for advice, and her friend provides a list of ingredients and directions to make a baby soup dragon to comfort the sad Soup Dragon. Meticulously following the instructions from Iron Chicken, the Clangers manage to hatch an adorable Baby Dragon for their friend. Bringing the Baby Dragon to Soup Dragon, she is overcome with joy to have a son. She becomes her usual silly self since she has her son. Soup time is back on for the Clangers.
These Clangers audiobooks offer a rare opportunity to experience a quiet kind of magic—one where every whistle tells a story, and every crater holds a lesson in friendship, generosity, or wonder. As the Soup Dragon bubbles up her green soup and Tiny and Small venture across their musical world, listeners of all ages are invited to slow down and listen.
This special audiobook edition of The Clangers has been produced from the original audio recordings by Oliver Postgate, and carefully adapted for a new generation of listeners by Framewood Media Ltd.
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Product details
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Title:
The Clangers - The Dragon Egg
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Language:
EN
ISBN Audio:
9781836940333
Publication date:
October 26, 2025
Keywords:
ClangersOliver PostgatePeter FirminSmallfilmsTiny ClangerSmall ClangerMajor ClangerMother ClangerSoup DragonIron ChickenBaby Soup DragonFrogletsMusic TreesHootsstop motionBritish children’s TV1960s animationnostalgic audiobooksaudiobook for kidsgentle bedtime storySpace adventurenon-verbal communicationwhistling charactersclassic children’s audioretro kids showBBC children’s TVpreschool audiocalming audio for childrenintergenerational storytellingscreen-free listeningbedtime storiesVernon Elliott musiceducational audio contentfamily audio entertainmentspace creatureseco storytellingsoundtrack-based audiobookAlice DysonFramewood MediaBagpussIvor the EnginePeter Firmin illustratorchildren’s classichandmade animationanimated audiooriginal audio dramacharacter-driven storyBritish storytelling heritage
Duration
9 mins
Product type
AUDIO
Series:
Explicit:
No
Audio drama:
No
Unabridged:
Yes
About the author:
Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin were the visionary duo behind some of Britain's most cherished children's television. Together, they created a string of iconic programmes under their company Smallfilms, including Bagpuss, Ivor the Engine, Noggin the Nog, and of course, The Clangers. With Postgate's gentle narration and storytelling, and Firmin's handcrafted animation and design, their work shaped the childhoods of generations—quietly revolutionary in both form and spirit. The Clangers, first broadcast in 1969, was unlike anything else on television. Set on a distant, cratered planet, it introduced viewers to a family of pink, mouse-like creatures who communicated in melodic whistles and explored life's small wonders with warmth, curiosity, and kindness. The show's whimsical inventiveness, environmental themes, and deeply human values won it lifelong fans, and its original stop-motion artistry still inspires animators and storytellers today. Postgate and Firmin's work was always rooted in care—for storytelling, for children, for craftsmanship, and for the world around them. The Clangers was produced in their converted cowshed in Kent using handmade sets, found objects, and music composed by Vernon Elliott. There was nothing cynical or commercial in their vision; these were stories made with heart. In 2015, The Clangers was lovingly revived for the BBC by Peter Firmin and Oliver's son, Daniel Postgate, introducing the characters to an entirely new generation while preserving the essence of the original series.
