books and 20 page author interview The Brambly Hedge Treasury (1999) — 1 volume containing The Secret Staircase, The High Hills, and an introduction with select illustrations from the first four books (~8.5x11 in) A Year in Brambly Hedge (2010) — 4 book box set containing the seasonal first four books (5.75x6.93 in) Complete collections The Brambly Hedge Complete Collection (1999; later reprints & new editions) — 1 slipcased volume (8.9x11.5 in) The Complete Brambly Hedge (1999; later reprints & new editions) — 1 volume (7.75x10 in) The Complete Brambly Hedge (1999) — 1 volume, produced for The Book People/Ted Smart by HarperCollins (7.75x10 in) The Brambly Hedge Library (2000) — 8 book box set (5.91x7.24 in) Brambly Hedge: The Classic Collection (2018) — 1 slipcased volume (221x286 mm / 8.7x11.26 in) Stories from Brambly Hedge Two further books were written by Alan MacDonald and illustrated by Lizzie Sanders: Stories from Brambly Hedge: Wilfred to the Rescue (2005) Stories from Brambly Hedge: Primrose in Charge (2006) Audio books The first four seasonal books were produced in audio form; one hour narrated by John Moffatt. Audiobooks and CDs are marketed under the titles The Brambly Hedge Collection (2005) and A Year in Brambly Hedge (2014). Development Barklem spent five years on research before she started to write her stories about the mice of Brambly Hedge. Her interest in natural history and traditional rural customs and crafts has spilled over into these chronicles of hedgerow life. She lived with her husband and children near Epping Forest in England. Merchandise Since the 1980s, the Brambly Hedge characters have appeared on merchandise ranging from china to chocolate, stationery, and pewter miniatures. Companies such as Royal Doulton, Hantel, Crummles, and Border Fine Arts have all produced collectible pieces licensed from Brambly Hedge. Television adaptations All eight books were adapted into a stop motion television series produced by HIT Entertainment, but in a different order than the books. The episode "Winter Story" was premiered instead of the episode based on the first book "Spring Story". At the end of every episode, its summary was played alongside the credits. The first four episodes were animated by Cosgrove Hall Films, while the later four were animated by the then-newly formed HOT Animation. The series premiere was first broadcast in UK on Christmas Day 1996 on the Children's BBC block on BBC1, and it made its US debut on