Hit eighties series Button Moon and Willo the Wisp are set to head back onto TV screens, decades after they last aired.
This June, the childrens’ TV favourites will land on BritBox UK as the subscription service is set to be flooded with nostalgic classic shows.
The first two series of Willo the Wisp and every episode of Button Moon will be added to the digital streaming platform, which is jointly run by the BBC and ITV.
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.
Hit eighties series Button Moon and Willo the Wisp are set to head back onto TV screens, decades after they last aired
This June, the childrens’ TV favourites will land on BritBox UK as the subscription service is set to be flooded with nostalgic classic shows
In 2005, Disney attempted to revive the concept with two further series but the new version with James Dreyfus as narrator failed to take off.
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 original Willo The Wisp was repeated later on Channel 4.
Meanwhile Button Moon followed the adventures of Mr and Mrs Spoon who travelled across the blanket sky in his baked bean can spaceship.
The first 13 episodes launched in 1980, with 91 more episodes following until the show was shelved eight years later in 1988.
BritBox was launched in 2019 and puts all the best BBC and ITV shows under one roof and also features some shows from Channels 4 and 5 too.
BritBox is up against some serious muscle in the subscription streaming service market, including the likes of Netflix, Amazon Prime, Apple TV+ and Now.
It was launched across the pond in 2017 as a one-stop shop where Americans could access the best of British.
The first two series of Willo the Wisp and every episode of Button Moon will be added to the digital streaming platform, which is jointly run by the BBC and ITV
