Watership Down is a animated tv series adapted from the book of the exact same name by Richard Adams. It was produced by Martin Rosen, the director of the 1978 feature film adaptation, and a Co Production of all All Time Entertainment of Canada. Watership Down aired on both YTV in Canada and also CITV within the united kingdom in 1999 to 2001, for also three string and 3 9 episodes, although latter failed to broadcast the string. It starred several well-known British celebrities, such as John Hurt, Rik Mayall, Phil Jupitus, Jane Horrocks, Dawn French, Stephen Fry, and Richard Briers . Stephen Gately sang a fresh arrangement of Art Garfunkel's"Bright Eyes", which had been contained at the 1978 feature film, whereas Mike Batt and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra contributed a totally new score. On the series, David Greene in Addition to composer Eric Robertson and Mike Batt were nominated for a Gemini Award for the Best Original Music Score for a Dramatic Series for their job in 2003. Some episodes from the adaptation were released on VHS and later. In britain, a spot 2 DVD boxset of three show was released in October 2005.