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 now currently aired on Nicktoons and Netflix in the United Kingdom since 28 May 2018. As of 2020 the series also started airing on Nickelodeon. The animation style differs from the Tony Ross illustrations in the books.
The series producer is Lucinda Whiteley and the animation director is Dave Unwin. The series has broadcast in more than a 90 countries, including France, US, Germany, South Africa, India, Pakistan, South Korea, Russia and the Philippines.
The incidental music is composed by Lester Barnes, 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 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". On the same day, Novel Entertainment ordered 42 new episodes slated to start airing in early 2019. The final episode aired on 21 May 2019. Series 5 took the episode count to 250 in total. Horrid Henry then officially confirmed that there would be another 42 episodes on Nicktoons.
Horrid Henry was broadcast on Nicktoons UK in 2018 and quickly became the channels most popular show. In 2019 the series was the number three most watched animation across all the UK's commercial TV services.
, is a live action 3D movie based on the TV show, which was shown in cinemas in 2011 with an all star cast, including Noel Fielding, Jo Brand, Theo Stevenson and Richard E Grant.

Episodes

Characters

CharacterVoice actorRef.
Horrid HenryLizzie Waterworth-Santo
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 /New Nick/Rabid Rebecca/Rich Aunt RubySue 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

Soundtrack

In November 2009, the series produced one music album, Horrid Henry's Most Horrid Album. In December 2019, Horrid Happy Christmas was released on Spotify and iTunes. Horrid Henry's Horrid Album will be released in early 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.

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, 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 July 12, 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!Horrid Henry and the Fun Run23 minutes
2Name Game!Horrid Henry and the Name Game25 minutes
3The Lost Dog!Horrid Henry and the Lost Dog23 minutes
4The Time Capsule!Horrid Henry's Time Capsule28 minutes
5Sleepover!Horrid Henry and the Best Boys Club Sleepover29 minutes
6Favourite Day!Horrid Henry's Favourite Day28 minutes
7The Big Dig!Horrid Henry and the Big Dig27 minutes
8Champion Chef!Horrid Henry and the Cooking Competition20 minutes
9Gone Fishing!Horrid Henry Goes Fishing24 minutes
10Perfect Peter, Popstar!Horrid Henry: Perfect Peter, Popstar25 minutes
11Pet Sitting Service!Horrid Henry and the Pet Sitting Service23 minutes
12Smelly Stuff!Horrid Henry's Smelly Stuff48 minutes