Horrid Henry (TV series)

Horrid Henry is a British children's animated sitcom, based on the popular book series of the same name by Francesca Simon. It is produced by Novel Entertainment, broadcast from 31 October 2006 on CITV. It is currently being aired on Nicktoons, Nickelodeon and Netflix in the United Kingdom since 28 May 2018.[5] The animation style differs from the Tony Ross illustrations in the books.

Horrid Henry
GenreChildren's television series
Animated sitcom
Based onHorrid Henry
by Francesca Simon
Written byTony Hall and Francesca Simon
Directed byDave Unwin
Voices of
Country of origin
  • United Kingdom
  • Canada (Series 1)
Original languageEnglish
No. of series5
No. of episodes250 (and two specials) (list of episodes)
Production
Running time11 minutes
Production companies
Distributor
  • Nelvana Limited (2006–2008)[1]
  • Little Bird Rights (2008-2009) WTV (2009-2010) [2]
  • Target Entertainment (2010–2012)[3]
  • Zodiak Kids (2012–2014) Goal TV (2014-2015)Media Development Authority (2015-2017)Boomerang (2017-present)[4]
Release
Original networkCITV (Series 1-4)
Netflix (Series 5)[lower-alpha 1]
Original release31 October 2006 (2006-10-31) –
17 May 2019 (2019-05-17)
External links
Website

The series producer is Lucinda Whiteley[6] and the animation director is Dave Unwin. The series has broadcast in more than a 90 countries,[7] including France, US, Germany, South Africa, India, Pakistan, South Korea, Russia and the Philippines.[8]

The incidental music is composed by Lester Barnes,[9] and additional songs are composed by Lockdown Media. Three series were aired, with 52 episodes each. The fourth series started on 11 October 2014 with another 52 episodes making it 208 in total.

On 10 May 2018, Nickelodeon UK[10] announced they had acquired the broadcast rights to all the seasons of the show, and it premiered on 28 May 2018 on Nicktoons in the UK and Ireland with a special "Horrid Half Term".[11] On the same day, Novel Entertainment ordered 42 new episodes slated to start airing in early 2019. The final episode of season 5 aired on 17 May 2019. Series 5 took the episode count to 250 in total.

Horrid Henry was broadcast on Nicktoons UK in 2018[10][12] and quickly became the channel's most popular show. In 2019 the series was the number three most watched animation across all the UK's commercial TV services.

CITV lost the rights to the series in January 2019, just a few months before the fifth series ended in May that year.

Beginning in 2020, with the successful release of the Horrid Henry's Wild Weekend special, Novel Entertainment announced they would be producing a series of one-hour specials for Netflix, beginning with Horrid Henry's Gross Day Out.[13]

A live action 3D film based on the series titled Horrid Henry: The Movie, was shown in cinemas in 2011 in the UK and on 2012 in the United States and Canada to Lead into the events of Series 3. with an all star cast, including Noel Fielding, Jo Brand, Theo Stevenson and Richard E Grant.[14] The film received mostly negative reviews.

Episodes
Main article: List of Horrid Henry episodes
Series Episodes First aired Last aired
1 52 31 October 2006 (2006-10-31) 15 February 2009
2 52 16 February 2009 (2009-02-16) 4 March 2010 (2010-03-04)
3 52 22 July 2011 (2011-07-22) 1 September 2012 (2012-09-01)
4 52 11 October 2014 (2014-10-11) 25 October 2015 (2015-10-25)
5 42 17 November 2018 (2018-11-17) 17 May 2019 (2019-05-17)

Characters
Main article: List of Horrid Henry characters
Character(s)Voice actorRef.
Horrid HenryLizzie Waterworth-Santo[15]
Perfect Peter/Spotless Sam/Lazy Linda/Miss Oddbod/Madame TutuEmma Tate
Mum/Fang the Hamster/Fluffy the Cat/Tidy Ted/Great-Aunt Greta/Prissy Polly/Vomiting VeraTamsin Heatley
Dad/Aerobic Al/Beefy Bert/Greedy Graham/Pimply PaulWayne Forester
Moody Margaret/Weepy William/Anxious Andrew/Greasy Greta (aka Demon Dinner Lady)/New Nick/Rabid Rebecca/Rich Aunt Ruby/Ruby/XSue Elliott-Nichols
Rude Ralph/Miss Battle-Axe/Brainy Brian/Jolly Josh/Soggy Sid/Colin the ClownAidan Cook
Sour Susan/Goody-Goody Gordon/Gorgeous Gurinder/Bossy Bill/Lisping Lily/Miss Lovely/Singing Soraya/Stuck-Up SteveJoanna Ruiz

DVD releases

The show was released on DVD only in the United Kingdom. Series 1 was released on 4 May 2012. Series 2 was released on 31 October 2013. Series 3 was released on 22 September 2014. Series 4 was released February 2016 and series 5 was released in 2019.

Awards
Year Award Category Result
2009 British Academy Children's Awards Best Animation[16] Nominated
2010 British Academy Children's Awards Best Animation[17] Nominated
2013 BAFTA Kids Vote Television in 2013[18] Nominated
2016 BAFTA Kids Vote Favourite TV Show[19] Nominated
2019 BAFTA Kids Best Performer Lizzie Warterworth-Santo as Henry[20] Nominated

International broadcast

In Africa, the series has aired on M-Net and Disney XD. In 2014, Cartoon Network and Boomerang acquired the series for Australia, New Zealand, India, South-East Asia, South Korea and Taiwan.[21] In the MENA region, it is being aired on Jeem TV. In 2018, the series premiered in Canada on Toon-A-Vision.[22]

In Wales, the series was dubbed in Welsh and aired on children's block "Stwnsh" on S4C and was titled "Henri Helynt". In France, the series was dubbed into French under the title "Lucas la Cata" and aired on Disney Channel.[23]

Soundtrack

In November 2009, the series produced one music album, Horrid Henry's Most Horrid Album.[24] In December 2019, Horrid Happy Christmas was released on Spotify and iTunes. Horrid Henry's Horrid Album was released on 14 January 2020. New tracks including My Song, Born To Be Rude, Wanna Be Me and Too Cool For School featured on the Vue Cinema special and will be released on the album.[25]

Horrid Henry: Unlocked!

In April 2020, it was revealed that a podcast entitled Horrid Henry: Unlocked! would be broadcast on Spotify and iTunes every Sunday. Presented by Lizzie Waterworth (as herself and Henry), and children's radio presenter "Silly" Sean Thorne, the series features a variety of fun and games, as well as short stories narrated by the title character based on episodes from the TV series. Episodes run from 20 to 50 minutes. On 12 July 2020, it was revealed that the podcast would have a second series during the Autumn, after the school holidays.

Series 1 (2020)

Series one began on 26 April 2020 and ended on 12 July 2020. The final episode was a double length bonus, due to the upcoming end of term at the end of July; during the episode, it was hinted that a new series of Unlocked! would return sometime in September, and well as a variety of Horrid Henry media would be coming out over the summer holidays.

No.TitleAirdateShort StoryRuntime
1Not So Fun Run!26 April 2020Horrid Henry and the Fun Run23 minutes
2Name Game!3 May 2020Horrid Henry and the Name Game25 minutes
3The Lost Dog!10 May 2020Horrid Henry and the Lost Dog23 minutes
4The Time Capsule!17 May 2020Horrid Henry's Time Capsule28 minutes
5Sleepover!24 May 2020Horrid Henry and the Best Boys Club Sleepover29 minutes
6Favourite Day!31 May 2020Horrid Henry's Favourite Day28 minutes
7The Big Dig!7 June 2020Horrid Henry and the Big Dig27 minutes
8Champion Chef!14 June 2020Horrid Henry and the Cooking Competition20 minutes
9Gone Fishing!21 June 2020Horrid Henry Goes Fishing24 minutes
10Perfect Peter, Popstar!28 June 2020Horrid Henry: Perfect Peter, Popstar25 minutes
11Pet Sitting Service!5 July 2020Horrid Henry and the Pet Sitting Service23 minutes
12Smelly Stuff!12 July 2020Horrid Henry's Smelly Stuff48 minutes

See also

References

Notes
  1. Reruns of Series 5 (and the other series) air on Nickelodeon and Nicktoons.

Sources
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  14. Cooper2011-05-05T13:05:00+01:00, Contributing Editor Sarah. "Horrid Henry: The Movie". Screen. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  15. "A Q&A with the voice of Horrid Henry (prepare yourself for a surprise!)". Mummy's Little Monkey. 7 January 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
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