Horrid Henry (TV series)

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Horrid Henry
Poster of Horrid Henry.jpg
GenreChildren's television series
animated sitcom
Based onHorrid Henry
by Francesca Simon
Written byTony Hall and Francesca Simon
Directed by
Voices of
Composers
  • Lester Barnes
  • Mike Wilkie (Series 1)
  • Matthew Corbett (Series 1)
  • Tim Laws (Series 2-3)
Country of origin
  • United Kingdom
  • Canada (Series 1)
Original languageEnglish
No. of series5
No. of episodes251 (and four specials) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producerLucinda Whiteley
ProducerMike Watts
Running time11 minutes
Production companies
  • Novel Entertainment
  • Nelvana Limited (Series 1)
DistributorUnited Kingdom
Novel Entertainment
Worldwide (excluding Germany and UK)
Nelvana Limited (2006-2007)[1]
Little Bird Rights (2008-2009)[2]
Target Entertainment (2010–2012)[3]
Zodiak Kids (2012-present)[4]
Release
Original networkCITV (2006-19)
Netflix (2019-present)[a]
Original release31 October 2006 (2006-10-31) –
17 May 2019 (2019-05-17)
External links
Website

Horrid Henry is a British children's animated television series and sitcom, based on the popular book series of the same name by Francesca Simon. It is produced by Novel Entertainment (in association with Nelvana Limited for the first series only), broadcast from 31 October 2006 on ITV. It currently airs on Nickelodeon and Nicktoons, it is also streaming on Netflix in the UK since 28 May 2018.[5]

Episodes[]

Main article: List of Horrid Henry episodes
Series Episodes First aired Last aired
1 52 30 October 2006 (2006-10-30) 9 October 2007 (2007-10-09)
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 actor Ref.
Horrid Henry Lizzie Waterworth-Santo [6]
Perfect Peter/Spotless Sam/Lazy Linda/Miss Oddbod/Madame Tutu Emma Tate
Mum/Fang the Hamster/Fluffy the Cat/Tidy Ted/Great-Aunt Greta/Prissy Polly/Vomiting Vera Tamsin Heatley
Dad/Aerobic Al/Beefy Bert/Greedy Graham/Pimply Paul Wayne Forester
Moody Margaret/Weepy William/Anxious Andrew/Greasy Greta (aka Demon Dinner Lady)/New Nick/Rabid Rebecca/Rich Aunt Ruby Sue Elliott-Nichols
Rude Ralph/Miss Battle-Axe/Brainy Brian/Jolly Josh/Soggy Sid/Colin the Clown Aidan Cook
Sour Susan/Goody-Goody Gordon/Gorgeous Gurinder/Bossy Bill/Lisping Lily/Miss Lovely/Singing Soraya/Stuck-Up Steve Joanna Ruiz [7]

Production[]

The series producer is Lucinda Whiteley[8] and the animation director is Dave Unwin. The animation style differs from the Tony Ross illustrations in the books. The series has broadcast in more than a 90 countries,[9] including France, US, Germany, South Africa, India, Pakistan, South Korea, Russia and the Philippines.[10]

The incidental music is composed by Lester Barnes,[11] 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[12] 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".[13] 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 May 2018[12][14] 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.[15]

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 the United States, the series first aired on This TV's Cookie Jar Toons block until the block's closure in 2013, it has since been exclusively released on Netflix and Amazon Prime Video, where it is currently available.[21][22] In Africa, the series has previously aired on M-Net and Disney XD, as of now, it currently airs on Nicktoons.[23] In 2014, Cartoon Network and Boomerang acquired the series for Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, India, South-East Asia, South Korea and Taiwan.[24] In the MENA region, it is being aired on Jeem TV. In 2018, the series premiered in Canada on Toon-A-Vision.[25]

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.[26] In Ireland, the series was dubbed into Irish under the title "Dónal Dána" and aired on TG4.[27]

Soundtrack[]

In November 2009, the series produced one music album, Horrid Henry's Most Horrid Album.[28] 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.[29]

Horrid Henry: Unlocked![]

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 it was revealed that the podcast would have a second series during the Autumn, however, the series was postponed until a later date.

Episodes[]

  • 26 April 2020 - do So Fun Run!
  • 3 May 2020 - Name Game!
  • 10 May 2020 - The Lost Dog!
  • 17 May 2020 - The Time Capsule!
  • 24 May 2020 - Sleepover!
  • 31 May 2020 - Favourite Day!
  • 7 June 2020 - The Big Dig!
  • 14 June 2020 - Champion Chef!
  • 21 June 2020 - Gone Fishing!
  • 28 June 2020 - Perfect Peter, Popstar!
  • 5 July 2020 - Pet Sitting Service!
  • 12 July 2020 - Smelly Stuff!

See also[]

References[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Reruns of Series 5 (and series 1-4) air on Nickelodeon and Nicktoons.

Sources[]

  1. ^ Ball, Ryan (22 February 2007). "Nelvana Harbors Horrid Henry".
  2. ^ "Novel's Horrid Henry Secures New Sales". Animation World Network.
  3. ^ "Target lands broadcast deals for Horrid Henry".
  4. ^ "Zodiak grabs Horrid Henry rights".
  5. ^ "Netflix nabs rights to Horrid Henry in UK and EIRE". Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "Joanna Ruiz". Sue Terry Voices. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Profile: Lucinda Whitely - Transforming Horrid Henry". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  9. ^ "Zodiak Kids signs global broadcast partners for Horrid Henry". Licensing.biz. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  10. ^ "Novel scores more Horrid Henry deals". Licensing.biz. 20 March 2008. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  11. ^ "About | Lester Barnes". www.lesterbarnes.com. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  12. ^ a b "Nickelodeon acquires five series of Horrid Henry | Toy World Magazine". toyworldmag.co.uk. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  13. ^ "Nicktoons UK To Premiere 'Horrid Henry' On Monday 28th May 2019". 9 May 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  14. ^ "Nickelodeon UK gets all of Horrid Henry". Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  15. ^ "Horrid Henry's Gross Day Out ready to launch on Netflix".
  16. ^ "Children's Awards Nominations". www.bafta.org. 27 October 2009. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  17. ^ "Children's in 2010 | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  18. ^ "2013 Children's BAFTA Kids' Vote - Television | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  19. ^ "2016 Children's BAFTA Kids' Vote - Television | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  20. ^ "2019 Children's Performer | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  21. ^ "Watch Horrid Henry | Netflix". Netflix.
  22. ^ "Watch Horrid Henry | Prime Video". Amazon.
  23. ^ http://www.nickelodeonafrica.com/microsite/horrid-henry-watch-and-win/otqlmw
  24. ^ McLean, Tom (29 September 2014). "Cartoon Network Picks Up 'Horrid Henry' for APAC".
  25. ^ "Horrid Henry- ToonAVision - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021.
  26. ^ "lucas-la-cata-petit-genie-de-l-informatique". inatheque.ina.fr.
  27. ^ Dónall Dána | Player | TG4 | Irish Television Channel, Súil Eile, retrieved 26 June 2021
  28. ^ "Record deal for Horrid Henry". Licensing.biz. 17 November 2008. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  29. ^ "Horrid Henry hits the big screen in summer campaign with Vue cinemas". Licensing.biz. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

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