Horrid Henry is a British animated television series produced by executive producer Lucinda Whiteley, British company Novel Entertainment and Canadian company Nelvana. It is based on the Horrid Henry children's book series by Francesca Simon and it follows the same plot with a young boy who calls himself Horrid Henry a mischievous boy who lives an unfair life and feels as if the world is against him.
It was commissioned in 2005 and began in late 2006 premiering the episode "Horrid Henry Tricks and Treats", consisting of five greenlit series with the first four containing 52 episodes each and the fifth to contain 42 episodes. It broadcast on the ITV's sister channel for kids, CITV. Many of the episodes associate with Plotlines similar to those of the book edition. Animation services were provided by Toonz Entertainment India Pvt Ltd.(source?)
A feature length live-action film was filmed at London for seven weeks in November and December of 2010 and was released in cinemas in summer of the following year. Two new episodes of the third series aired in that summer in the run up to this movie.
The show's early seasons received critical acclaim for their script, humour and exciting feel. However, the later seasons were criticised for a perceived decline in quality, mainly due to the show's tonal shift to a slower pace and less comedic script.
Broadcast history[]
Horrid Henry aired on CITV UK from 31 October 2006-Early 2019. Then the show moved to Nickelodeon UK and Nicktoons UK with Nicktoons UK doing an event called Horrid Half-Term during Mid 2018. Then, during Late 2019, Nicktoons UK started premiering series 5 episodes and the premiere of Horrid Henry: The Movie (2011) on the channel, although Season 5 was the final season of the show and they already aired all the episodes of series 5 on CITV, so they have probably re-premiered series 5 episodes, so they want us to think that the show still has new episodes airing today. During sometime in 2019, Horrid Henry started airing on Nickelodeon UK and it was still airing on Nicktoons UK. During late 2020, Nicktoons UK stopped premiering series 5 episodes of the show as Nickelodeon UK did the brand new episodes event during that time of the year; along with the premiere of Horrid Henry's Wild Weekend on the channel. Then, during the Half-Term Heroes Event in Early 2021, the show had done its final premiere week.
Episodes[]
- Main article: List of Horrid Henry (TV Series) episodes