<Tr> <Th> Followed by </Th> <Td> A Tale of Two Toads (1989) Oh, Mr. Toad </Td> </Tr> <P> The Wind in the Willows is a TV series that was originally broadcast between 1984 and 1987, based on characters from Kenneth Grahame's classic story The Wind in the Willows and following the 1983 film The Wind in the Willows . It was made by animation company Cosgrove Hall for Thames Television and shown on the ITV network . An hour - long feature, A Tale of Two Toads, was broadcast in 1989, and a fifth season of 13 episodes was shown in 1990 under the title Oh! Mr Toad in some countries, whilst retaining the title The Wind in the Willows in others . </P> <P> The series stars David Jason as Toad and the Chief Weasel, the late Michael Hordern as Badger, the late Peter Sallis as Rat (replacing Ian Carmichael who voiced Rat in the original 1983 film, though Carmichael remained in the series, having been re-cast as the narrator), and the late Richard Pearson as Mole . The Chief Weasel was almost always accompanied by his bumbling henchman, who was referred to in two separate episodes, "The Rescue" and "The Paperchase", as Bert . </P> <P> The series is sometimes misidentified as being filmed in claymation . The method used by Cosgrove Hall is a stop - motion animation process using scale model sets and posable character figurines . The figurines are composed of an articulate metal skeleton (armature) covered in latex rubber, providing the flexibility and the detail which distinguishes the series . </P>

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