What it does, it makes a mockery of genuinely important debate about diversity.’As GMB viewers were shown what the new Wombles, who are encouraging sustainable living in 2020 on social media, will look like, Piers exclaimed: ‘They don’t even look like Wombles, half of them. Wombles are Wombles. Classic and much loved characters brought back into print with a fresh new cover look and inside illustrations to celebrate over 40 years of the Wombles After a huge festival, no end of rubbish has been left behind - everything from sunglasses to shoes, drinks cans and bottles. Elisabeth Beresford's much-loved creations, the Wombles, are being brought back into print by Bloomsbury. We believe in the diversity of humans, but Wombles are not ethnic humans.”His wife, Marianne said they were made to feel like they “were stuck in a time warp”.Mr Robertson told the Mail on Sunday that he was led to feel that his mother's views had been racist. The Wombles of Wimbledon Common have always enjoyed a quiet life, picking up litter, recycling, and trying to make the world a greener place.But a new revamp of the popular 1970s BBC series has come under fire from the family of their creator, who say that attempts to make them politically correct and ethnically diverse insinuate that their mother was racist, and that it insults her memory.In January, a new CGI trailer of the show was teased on social media, showing two of the fictional creatures with different skin tones hugging, along with the caption: “Diversity is beautiful. Fellows 'booted out' of college offices to make way for extra Cambridge freshers following grades U-turn The Wombles are the most famous residents of Wimbledon Common. Piers Morgan isn’t so down with the remake of the Wombles, with new characters introduced that have darker skin tones – not just the orange and grey of times gone by.It comes as a revamp of the 1970s BBC classic was drawn into debate with the family of its creator, Elisabeth Beresford, suggested making the new, little, fuzzy, eco-activists ethnically diverse insinuates the late creator was racist.Now, with a new CGI teaser showing us what the rebooted Wombles – who live underneath ‘I knew eventually the woke brigade would come for the Wombles,’ he said on Monday morning.He continued, referencing the comments of Beresford’s family: ‘Why do we have to do this? Who is actually saying we need to have Wombles with darker skin tones to hit a diversity quota?‘It is completely and utterly insane, they’re Wombles. I want to be able to walk past her ashes at a church in Alderney and say, "We've sorted it, Mum. Join us to make the world a better place. ‘It’s not even about dragging them kicking and screaming aesthetically into CGI, they’re not humans. But a … Take a look at the title covers, launching … Please don't leave litter on our beaches, parks or commons - take it home and, where possible, recycle it. How can it be?’Can we please just note how utterly adorable they still are, no matter the colour of their fur – look, one’s wearing a beret!Reacting to the outrage about the reboot’s design, Susanne marvelled: ‘I find it extraordinary on this programme we can get uptight about absolutely everything and this morning, Wombles.’Viewers were divided, with many believing it was a step in the right direction to show children, arguably the show’s demographic, that characters, albeit fictional, can be any colour.One Twitter user felt children aren’t going to notice, or care, what colour the Wombles are, as they wrote: ‘I watched he wombles growing up..the younger generation now wouldnt know or care about changes to them or skin colour..apart from older adults going on about it…ts REALLY no big deal #gmb [sic].’Along the same vein, another agreed: ‘The original TV series of The Wombles had characters from all over the World, on visits to Wimbledon!
I should have fought a lot earlier,” said Mr Robertson.“Now I need to retrieve the soul of the Wombles. We hope you had a lovely weekend! Airbnb hosts accused of being 'fatphobic' over claims larger guests could damage cottage ‘It’s got nothing to do with being politically correct, it’s about showing children that no matter what colour they are, there’s a Womble just like them!’However, Piers did have his backers, as one sided with the host: ‘Can barely bring myself to say it, but totally agree with @piersmorgan – LEAVE THE WOMBLES ALONE!!!
Unfortunately, it has left us with a lot of tidying-up to do. That’s right! We want you to join us in making the world a better place. The Wombles are on their way back as 1970s children's favourites set to return in feature film and TV series.