Little Monsters (TV Series)
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Little Monsters is an animated children's television run from 1998 on BBC1 and it was produced by Crazy Cartoons, Little Enteratinment, The Original Traffic Company and Splash for the BBC.
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though in actual fact the inspiration for the series was the Mr Men as the animation was a direct result of successful and worldwide publishing with well over 15m books in print. 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 of Santa Barbara, USA.
Plot
Created and directed by Tony Garth and with Executive Production by Russell Neale Dever and Teresa Plummer-Andrews the British animated series Little Monsters dealt with a band of youthful "horrors" who may have been troublesome but were essentially lovable. Despite their best efforts to get along with the "normal" world, the Little Monsters could not help but wreak havoc wherever they went, if for no other reason than who they were. Jimmy Hibbert, a prolific British cartoon voice-over man, was principal writer. First telecast in 1998, the five-minute episodes of Little Monsters were put together by the combined forces of Crazy Cartoons and Splash! Little Monsters was also translated into Scottish Gaelic, known as Na Bleigeardan. In France it was broadcast by TF1 under the titles Petites Crapules, in Germany on SuperRTL as Kliene Monsters and in Italy on RAI2 and RAI1 as Adorabili Pesti. The shows were also broadcast in Spain, South Africa, Israel, the Middle East, Singapore, China, South Korea and Japan and certain Latin Countries in 2010 the series was made available on CD in the USA though it has never enjoyed a general broadcast stateside. The Gaelic version originally aired on BBC One Scotland from 26 February 2001 to 2 April 2001, then 21 August to 8 November 2001. Now it airs on BBC Two Scotland and BBC Alba. It is sometimes accused of being a MockbusterMockbuster
A mockbuster is a film created with the apparent intention of piggy-backing on the publicity of a major film with a similar title or theme and are often made with a low budget. Often these films are created to be released direct-to-video at the same time as the mainstream film reaches theaters or...
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Rugrats
Rugrats is an American animated television series created by Arlene Klasky, Gábor Csupó, and Paul Germain for Nickelodeon. The series premiered on August 11, 1991, and aired its last episode on June 8, 2004....
though in actual fact the inspiration for the series was the Mr Men as the animation was a direct result of successful and worldwide publishing with well over 15m books in print. 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 of Santa Barbara, USA.
Episodes
- Silly Sidney in Mahogany Gorilla Pelmets
- Pickin' Peter in Pick and Mix
- Tantrum Tabitha in the Impossible Scream
- Irritating Irvine in On Your Nerves
- Too Late Toby in Late Again
- Clumsy Clarissa in Whoops a Daisy
- Curious Calvin in When, What, Why and Where
- Perfect Prudence in a Place for Everything
- Worried Winnie in Worried Silly
- Sulky Sue in the Big Sulk
- Rude Roger in Monkey Business
- Shy Sophie in No Publicity
- Ticklish Timmy in Tickled Pink
- Greedy Graham in Food For Thought
- Contrary Constance in Shan't Can't Won't
- Forgetful Fiona in Whose Birthday is it Anyway?
- Wide Awake Wesley in Christmas is Cancelled
- Sickly Simon in Monday Morning Fever
- Boisterous Billy in Can't Stop Now
- Serious Sadie in No Laughing Matter
- Grown Up Gaby in Young at Heart
- Dangerous Dave in Big Top Adventure
- Bossy Bethany in Start This Cartoon Now
- Dirty Dermot in Grime and Punishment
- Know-All Nancy in the Dinosaurs
- Tell-Tale Tallulah in Do Tell All
- Grown Up Gaby in Growing Pains
- Know-All Nancy in a Little Knowledge Is a Dangerous Thing
- Greedy Graham in Too Much for Me Please
- Too Late Toby in Never Too Late
- Clumsy Clarissa in Crash Bang Wallop
- Sickly Simon in An Ill Wind
- Tantrum Tabitha in Let's Have a Bawl
- Silly Sidney in Terrapins Don't Wear Plaid
- TV Trevor in Prime Time
- Friendly Franco in The Two Amigos
- Sulky Sue in Sulking Is Such Sweet Sorrow
- Serious Sadie in a Very Serious Business
- Wide Awake Wesley in ZZZZZ
- Helpful Henry in 'Help!'
External links
- http://www.abc.net.au/abckids/shows/prog98.htm – ABC Website
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00cpbn4 BBC Alba Website