Watership Down (TV series) were reduced and were replaced by high-profile voice actors, with only a few of the original cast reprising their roles and provide additional voices. These voices would also replace actors who left their roles from the first two series, but these roles are currently difficult for fans to identify who played which role, as the series 3 credits only listed the actors' names and not the roles they played. Hazel - One of the five protagonists of the show and Fiver's older brother. He leads the rabbits from Sandleford and eventually becomes Chief Rabbit of Watership Down. Although he is
Watership Down (film) visited by El-ahrairah, who invites him to join his own Owsla, assuring him of Watership Down's perpetual safety and its future. Reassured, Hazel accepts and dies peacefully. His spirit then follows El-ahrairah through the woodland and trees towards the Sun, which metamorphoses into Frith, and the afterlife. Production of the film began in 1975 and was originally to be directed by John Hubley, who died in 1977. His work can still be found in the film, most notably in the "fable" scene. He was replaced by the film's producer Martin Rosen, his directorial debut. After the genesis story, which was