will see the return of favourites like gobo, boober, and uncle travelling matt. 0ur correspondent tim muffet has the story. # dance your cares away! # worries for another day. # let the music play. # down in fraggle rock! # sound familiar? fraggle rock. first broadcast in 1983. a muppet show spin off that itself became an international tv hit. # each day s a party if you hadn t noticed. and now, nearly 40 years later, it is returning. 0verseen by muppet creator jim henson s daughter. it s not cynical, and it feels like it s special for today because you know, parents and kids are dealing with stress and anxiety and you know, why notjust revel in the joy and innocence of these characters? as they did in the original series, the furrry cave dwellers will be
it was probably a big part of your childhood if you grew up in the 19805 and if you want to relive some of that nostalgia then here s some good news. fraggle rock is coming back. it s been remade for apple tv with 13 new episodes available to watch from friday. it s 33 years since the last episode of the british series was on our screens, but a new generation of children will be able to head into the fraggle caves once more with charaters such as gobo, boober and uncle travelling matt. the producer of the revamped version is lisa henson, the daughter of fraggle rock and muppets creatorjim henson. she explained why it was the right time to bring this show back. you know what, it has a kind of innocence, and a joy, and a, just a delightfulness, that isn t, it s not cynical and it feels like, it s like its special for today, because, you know, maybe, i don t know, we ve been through a tough couple of years, and parents and kids are dealing with stress and anxiety, and why notjust revel
tim muffet reports. # dance your cares away! # worries for another day. # let the music play. # down in fraggle rock! # sound familiar? fraggle rock. first broadcast in 1983. a muppet show spin off that itself became an international tv hit. # each day s a party if you hadn t noticed.# and now, nearly a0 years later, it is returning. overseen by muppet creator jim henson s daughter. it s not cynical, and it feels like its special for today because you know, parents and kids are dealing with stress and anxiety and you know, why notjust revel in the joy and innocence of these characters? as they did in the original series, the furrry cave dwellers will be celebrating silliness, friendship, and a curiosity about the society they live in.