The Adventures of Parsley Rollings. Like "The Herbs", "The Adventures of Parsley" were created and written by Michael Bond, directed by Ivor Wood, and shown on BBC1 where the latter series was first shown on 6 April 1970. The five-minute episodes concluded the day's broadcast of children's programmes, and preceded the BBC's early evening news broadcast. The Adventures of Parsley The Adventures of Parsley was a 32-episode children's television series animated in stop motion. Produced by FilmFair, "The Adventures of Parsley" was a spin-off of "The Herbs". Its opening credits featured either Parsley the lion roaring or Dill the dog barking with their head
Dog type were described as species by Johann Friedrich Gmelin in 1788, and by Robert Kerr in his English translation of "Systema naturae" ("The Animal Kingdom") in 1792. Today the species Linnaeus named are identifiable as dog types, not species or subspecies. Some, such as "Canis aegyptius", a hairless dog type of Peru, have been documented and registered as breeds (Peruvian Hairless Dog). There are only two categories (subspecies) of domestic dog, "Canis lupus familiaris" and "C. l. dingo", recognized by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN Code). Beginning with the advent of dog shows in the mid-19th century in England,