The Woofits is a series of children's books written in the 1980s by British television and radio personality Michael Parkinson, best known for his TV chat shows.
The stories featured the Woofits, a family of anthropomorphic dog-like creatures who lived in the fictional Yorkshirecoal mining village of Grimeworth (based on the real life Cudworth where Parkinson was born and nearby village of Grimethorpe). Most of the inhabitants of Grimeworth were Woofits (and had the surname "Woofit"), although humans also appeared in the stories.
The four original books published in 1980 by Collins of London were
The Woofits Day Out
The Woofits Play Cricket
The Woofits Play Football
The Daily Woofit
In addition there were Woofit annuals for the years 1980, 1981, 1982 and 1983.
In some of the annuals the setting for the stories was moved from Grimeworth to Batley in West Yorkshire where the Woofits worked at a woollen mill and were of Scottish origin.
Televisionedit
In 1981 Yorkshire Television made two series of Woofits cartoons to be shown on ITV's lunchtime slot for young children based on the original stories and new stories with Michael Parkinson narrating them.
Series 1: 6 episodes - 30 April 1981 – 4 June 1981
Series 2: 12 episodes -11 February 1982 – 29 April 1982
Charactersedit
The main members of the Woofit family lived in 3 terraced houses along Grimeworth Street, Grimeworth these were -
Number 8
Grandpa Ironside and Grandma Emily, the heads of the family
Number 10
Uncle Athelstone, miner, gardener and bandleader of Grimeworth Collierybrass band
Uncle Gaylord, Athelstone's brother a football pools winner who considered himself posh.
Number 12
John Willy Woofit, son of Ironside and coal miner and played the trombone in the brass band
Lavina, wife of John Willy
Elton, son of Lavinia and John Willy, dreamed of being a pop star.
Angela, sister of Elton who had ambitions to be a TV newsreader
Elton's pet dog Gershwin
Other characters included Baskerville Woofit (editor of the Daily Woofit), Cluff Woofit (manager of the local football team) and local policeman Sergeant Fox.
Referencesedit
^Parkinson, Michael. The Woofits' Day Out. OCLC 16498491. Retrieved 3 April 2014 – via OCLC Worldcat.
^The Woofits Play Cricket. OCLC 16498494. Retrieved 3 April 2014 – via OCLC Worldcat.
^The Woofits Play Football. OCLC 16498497. Retrieved 3 April 2014 – via OCLC Worldcat.
^The 'Daily Woofit'. OCLC 16498488. Retrieved 3 April 2014 – via OCLC Worldcat.
woofits, series, children, books, written, 1980s, british, television, radio, personality, michael, parkinson, best, known, chat, shows, outauthormichael, parkinsoncountryunited, kingdomlanguageenglishseriesgenrejuvenile, fictionpublishedlondon, collins, 1980p. The Woofits is a series of children s books written in the 1980s by British television and radio personality Michael Parkinson best known for his TV chat shows The Woofits Day OutAuthorMichael ParkinsonCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglishSeriesThe WoofitsGenreJuvenile fictionPublishedLondon Collins 1980Pages48ISBN9780001235267 1 OCLC16498491Followed byThe Woofits Play Cricket The Woofits Play CricketAuthorMichael ParkinsonCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglishSeriesThe WoofitsGenreJuvenile fictionPublishedLondon Collins 1980Pages48ISBN9780001235274 2 OCLC16498494Preceded byThe Woofits Day Out Followed byThe Woofits Play Football The Woofits Play FootballAuthorMichael ParkinsonCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglishSeriesThe WoofitsGenreJuvenile fictionPublishedLondon Collins 1980Pages48ISBN9780001235281 3 OCLC16498497Preceded byThe Woofits Play Cricket Followed byThe Daily Woofit The Daily Woofit AuthorMichael ParkinsonCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglishSeriesThe WoofitsGenreJuvenile fictionPublishedLondon Collins 1980Pages48ISBN9780001235298 4 OCLC16498488Preceded byThe Woofits Play Football The stories featured the Woofits a family of anthropomorphic dog like creatures who lived in the fictional Yorkshire coal mining village of Grimeworth based on the real life Cudworth where Parkinson was born and nearby village of Grimethorpe Most of the inhabitants of Grimeworth were Woofits and had the surname Woofit although humans also appeared in the stories Contents 1 Books 2 Television 3 Characters 4 ReferencesBooks editThe four original books published in 1980 by Collins of London were The Woofits Day Out The Woofits Play Cricket The Woofits Play Football The Daily Woofit In addition there were Woofit annuals for the years 1980 1981 1982 and 1983 In some of the annuals the setting for the stories was moved from Grimeworth to Batley in West Yorkshire where the Woofits worked at a woollen mill and were of Scottish origin Television editThis article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources The Woofits news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2014 Learn how and when to remove this message In 1981 Yorkshire Television made two series of Woofits cartoons to be shown on ITV s lunchtime slot for young children based on the original stories and new stories with Michael Parkinson narrating them Series 1 6 episodes 30 April 1981 4 June 1981 Series 2 12 episodes 11 February 1982 29 April 1982Characters editThe main members of the Woofit family lived in 3 terraced houses along Grimeworth Street Grimeworth these were Number 8 Grandpa Ironside and Grandma Emily the heads of the family Number 10 Uncle Athelstone miner gardener and bandleader of Grimeworth Colliery brass band Uncle Gaylord Athelstone s brother a football pools winner who considered himself posh Number 12 John Willy Woofit son of Ironside and coal miner and played the trombone in the brass band Lavina wife of John Willy Elton son of Lavinia and John Willy dreamed of being a pop star Angela sister of Elton who had ambitions to be a TV newsreader Elton s pet dog Gershwin Other characters included Baskerville Woofit editor of the Daily Woofit Cluff Woofit manager of the local football team and local policeman Sergeant Fox References edit Parkinson Michael The Woofits Day Out OCLC 16498491 Retrieved 3 April 2014 via OCLC Worldcat The Woofits Play Cricket OCLC 16498494 Retrieved 3 April 2014 via OCLC Worldcat The Woofits Play Football OCLC 16498497 Retrieved 3 April 2014 via OCLC Worldcat The Daily Woofit OCLC 16498488 Retrieved 3 April 2014 via OCLC Worldcat nbsp Children s literature portal Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Woofits amp oldid 1204114366, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
