A picturebook retelling of the story of one episode from the brand-new TV series, and illustrated with photos from the TV. The Wombles are fondly remembered and have now been given a new lease of life with new adventures, new costumes, new characters, new technology to aid their mission to clear up litter - and with all the charm and appeal of the original TV series!

In this story, Bungo and Tomsk are accidentally launched into Space in a rocket built by Wellington. They land, on a strange planet they think, and are terrified to encounter an alien. But how has Stepney managed to get there before them?

The first new TV series has already achieved huge publicity and this will be repeated when the second new series is shown on ITV from January-March 99. An extensive range of merchandise (toys and games, food, clothing - children's and adult, stationery, etc) has already been launched and more will be added throughout 1999.