Little Monsters (TV series)

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Little Monsters is a British animated children's TV show that ran from 1998 on CBBC in the United Kingdom. The show was based on the books of the same name by Tony Garth, focusing on eccentric and mischievous children.^[1]

Telecast and home media[]

First introduced in 1998, the five-minute episodes of Little Monsters were co-produced by Ealing Studios and CBBC. Little Monsters was also translated into Scottish Gaelic, known as: Na Bleigeardan. In France, it was aired on TF1, under the French title: Petites Crapules, in Germany on Super RTL as: Die kleinen Monster, in Greece and in Cyprus as: Μικρά τερατάκια, in Italy on RAI2 and RAI1 as: Adorabili Pesti, in the Middle East on Spacetoon as: المتعبون الصغار, in The Netherlands as: Kleine Monsters and in Portugal on TVI as: Os Traquinas.

In 2010, the programme was also aired in Spain (Los mini monstruos), South Africa, Israel (מפלצות קטנות), the Middle East (المتعبون الصغار), Singapore, China, South Korea, Japan (リトルモンスター), Latin Europe and Latin America (Los mini monstruos in Spanish and Os Traquinas in Portuguese). The Gaelic version originally aired on BBC One Scotland from 5 January 2001 to 2 April 2001, repeated from September to November 2001 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. It then aired on BBC Two Scotland and BBC Alba. The rights to the series are still owned, and controlled by Russell Neale Dever, in collaboration with Ian Harding. The distribution rights are controlled by Foothill Entertainment, Santa Barbara, California, USA.

In the early 2000s, Video Collection International released videotapes of the show.

In the year of 2009, US distributor Mill Creek Entertainment released the show on DVD.

Characters[]

All of the characters are spoiled little children:

• Boisterous Billy - He's a very hyperactive little boy, who is always filled with energy. Billy is always filled with energy, and is very easily excited. He's always wanting to have fun, even when it's not the time and place to do it.
• Bossy Bethany - She's a very bossy, yet very independent, strong-witted, little red-haired girl, always telling others what to do. Bethany is always bossing other people around, by telling them what they're doing wrong and telling them to do it right, or by telling them what to do. Sometimes, her bossiness can get the better of her.
• Curious Calvin - A very hyperactive African-British boy, who is always filled with energy. Calvin is always willing to know anything and everything. He's always asking himself questions about everything, why they're the case.
• Clumsy Clarissa - She's a very clumsy, yet well-meaning, little girl. Clarissa is well-meaning, but she can't help but have all kinds of accidents, whether she falls over, or knocks things over, often causing them to break.
• Contrary Constance - She's a posh, quick-witted, contrary little girl. Constance dislikes being told what to do. She'll either flat-out refuse to do as she's told, or she'll do the exact opposite of what she's told to do. Like, whenever she's told to read quietly, she'll read out loud, and when she's told to do her homework, she'll refuse to do it.
• Dangerous Dave - He's a daring little boy. He's a daredevil, willing to do anything that's dangerous. Dave is always willing to do dangerous things, like climbing the highest trees, walking tightropes, and even diving.
• Dirty Dermot - He's a grubby Bristol-accented little boy who has a filthy habit of getting himself dirty. Dermot can't help but get himself dirty all the time. He always says "These things happen".
• Forgetful Fiona - She's a quiet, shy, yet sweet little girl with a notoriously forgetful mind. Fiona suffers from memory loss. She'll even go as far as to try and remember that particular thing she'd forgotten.
• Friendly Franco - A Spaniard boy who is always on his best behaviour, and is quite possibly the kindest boy in the world. Franco is always kind to everyone, and always does his best to make friends with anyone. He's always willing to cheer up people who are worried or upset.
• Greedy Graham - He's a fattest little boy with an eating disorder. Graham is always hungry. He's always craving for different kinds of food, even to the point of eating excess amounts. He is prone to getting a stomachache by doing so.
• Grown-Up Gabby - She's a little girl in curls with the habit of pretending she is an adult. Gabby is willing to act as grown-up as possible, like putting on makeup (as shown in her book), wearing her mum's attire (like her mum's hat, dress and high heels), and even disapproving of things she claims are childish.
• Helpful Henry - He's a good little boy. Henry is always eager to help other people, even if they don't need help. Henry is always eager to help other people, even if they don't need help. Sometimes, Henry's "helping" can lead to trouble.
• Irritating Irving - He's a annoying little boy in a aviator's costume with a posh accent. Irving is always bored. So bored, he'll go as far as to doing something that'll annoy everyone around him.
• Know-All Nancy - She's a little girl who claims she has infinity knowledge. Nancy claims she knows everything. She'll go as far as to try convincing everyone that what she thinks is the case, even if it's not. She is often heard saying "I knew that" and "I know how (said thing is done)".
• Perfect Prudence - A dark-haired little Irish girl with a very bad case of OCD, who can be rather rude to people who don't get something right enough for her liking. Prudence is very picky and wants everything to be right enough for her liking, especially her appearance. Every time it's to her liking, she'll declare it "perfect".
• Pickin' Peter - He's a little boy with a filthy habit of picking his nose. Peter has a filthy habit of picking his nose, much to his mum's dismay. He always does his best to pick his nose whenever his mum isn't looking, so to avoid certain punishments for doing so. As shown in his title card, he also has a bad habit of picking his ears.
• Revolting Ronnie - He's a disgusting little boy. Ronnie has a filthy habit of collecting slugs, maggots, worms, and any animal anyone would consider disgusting. He'll even do disgusting things, like disgusting artwork when out of nice clean paints.
• Rude Roger - He's a very impolite little boy. Roger has horrible manners, and is always saying impolite things. He'll often blow raspberry, say ugly names, chew with his mouth open, and burp without covering his mouth.
• Serious Sadie - A very serious African-British girl. Sadie has trouble with figuring out how to have fun, and wants to be as serious as can be, by reading and studying. Her parents are the exact opposite.
• Shy Sophie - She's a very timid little girl, Sophie is very timid. She gets very uncomfortable with being in the company of others, and she'll often shy away, even saying "I'm shy.". She is half-Chinese.
• Sickly Simon - He's a little boy who often feels ill. Simon is always feeling poorly, or at least thinks he feels poorly. Every time he gets a doctor's visit, the doctor tells him to get out more, showing that Simon is healthier than he thinks he is.
• Silly Sydney - He's a very silly little boy. Sydney is always doing things that lack common sense. He always acts silly, talks silly, and even dresses silly, usually wearing his underpants on his head, and flippers instead of shoes. He always does meaningless things, and even says meaningless things, like saying "Happy Christmas" when it's not Christmas, and even talking topsy-turvy. However, despite being very odd and wacky, he is not mean - he is really nice, and even brave, when the need arises.
• Sulky Sue - She's a little girl with a problem with being unhappy and miserable most of the time, hence her nickname. Sue is always acting miserable. Even the funniest, most exciting, and most entertaining things can't cheer her up, and she often mumbles that she hates the thing she's about to do, even going as far as calling them "Stupid".
• Tantrum Tabitha - She's a very naughty, little blonde girl who always throws a fit. Tabitha has a terrible habit of causing a scene. Whenever things don't go her way, Tabitha will always throw a fit, especially when it comes to stuff she hates, whether it be going on public transport, going shopping, or having to wear a bobble hat.
• Tell-Tale Tallulah - An African-Scottish girl, who is rather infamous around her school for telling lies and spreading gossip. Tallulah is always spreading gossip and rumours, often to keep herself out of trouble. Sometimes, she is told she shouldn't be spreading rumours so often.
• Ticklish Timmy - He's a very ticklish little boy. Timmy has skin that is so sensitive, everything that touches him tickles, causing him to laugh uncontrollably. Trying to tie his shoelaces tickles, tucking him into bed tickles, even a tickle-proof suit tickles.
• Too Late Toby - An African-British boy who is always late. Toby is always late for everything. He takes too long to do everything, he'll end up being late for important things. Sometimes, his "lateness" can result in him being too early.
• TV Trevor - He's a little boy who has a habit of pretending to be the main character of every show he sees on television. Trevor always finds himself watching television, and when he's done with the show, pretends to be the main character. When it comes to watching imported shows, he'll put on an US accent. Trevor doesn't like when his parents threaten to take away the television.
• Wide-Awake Wesley - An African-British boy, who is not going to sleep. Wesley has a bad habit of staying awake all night, and will do anything to avoid going to sleep, even when it's time for him to do so.
• Worried Winnie - She's a little girl that worries about everything. Winnie worries about everything, especially about what's going to happen to her or the entire world. She worries about these things so much, she tries her best to do something about it, even if they're not really something to worry about.

Episodes[]

There are 52 episodes altogether:

1. "Mahogany Gorilla Pelmets" (Airdate: 1998)
2. "The Big Sulk" (Airdate: 1998)
3. "Scream the Impossible Scream" (Airdate: 1998)
4. "On Your Nerves" (Airdate: 1998)
5. "Dave's Big Top Adventure" (Airdate: 1998)
6. "Start This Cartoon Now!" (Airdate: 1998)
7. "A Very Serious Business" (Airdate: 1998)
8. "ZZZZZZ" (Airdate: 1998)
9. "A Perfect World" (Airdate: 1998)
10. "Hey! Turnip Nose" (Airdate: 1998)
11. "Do it Now!" (Airdate: 1998)
12. "Earwax Pie" (Airdate: 1998)
13. "Prime Time" (Airdate: 1998)
14. "Shan't, Can't, Won't" (Airdate: 1998)
15. "Late Again" (Airdate: 1998)
16. "Whose Birthday is it Anyway?" (Airdate: 1998)
17. "Do Tell" (Airdate: 1998)
18. "No Laughing Matter" (Airdate: 1998)
19. "No Publicity" (Airdate: 1998)
20. "Grime and Punishment" (Airdate: 1998)
21. "The Two Amigos" (Airdate: 1998)
22. "Cognito" (Airdate: 1998)
23. "The Chinese Whisper" (Airdate: 1998)
24. "Terrapins Don't Wear Plaid" (Airdate: 1998)
25. "Never Too Late" (Airdate: 1998)
26. "An Ill Wind" (Airdate: 1998)
27. "Nancy and the Dinosaurs" (Airdate: 1998)
28. "Tickled Pink" (Airdate: 1998)
29. "Food for Thought" (Airdate: 1998)
30. "Christmas is Cancelled" (Airdate: 1998)
31. "Pick n' Mix" (Airdate: 1998)
32. "Monday Morning Fever" (Airdate: 1998)
33. "A Place for Everything" (Airdate: 1998)
34. "Monkey Business" (Airdate: 1998)
35. "Sulking is Such Sweet Sorrow" (Airdate: 1998)
36. "Let's Have a Bawl" (Airdate: 1998)
37. "Attack of the Giggles" (Airdate: 1998)
38. "Young at Heart" (Airdate: 1998)
39. "The Broom Cupboard" (Airdate: 1998)
40. "Growing Pains" (Airdate: 1998)
41. "Can't Stop Now" (Airdate: 1998)
42. "Whoops-A-Daisy" (Airdate: 1998)
43. "When? What? Why? Where?" (Airdate: 1998)
44. "Worried Silly" (Airdate: 1998)
45. "A Little Knowledge is a Dangerous Thing" (Airdate: 1998)
46. "Slugs, Snails and Puppy Dogs Tails" (Airdate: 1998)
47. "Help!" (Airdate: 1998)
48. "Forget-Me-Not" (Airdate: 1998)
49. "Too Much for Me Please" (Airdate: 1998)
50. "Crash! Bang! Wallop!" (Airdate: 1998)
51. "The Big Flick" (Airdate: 1998)
52. "Worry Wart" (Airdate: 1998)

References[]

External links[]

• [1] – ABC Website
• [2] BBC Alba Website