British animated children's comedy television programme
For the plant, see Rhubarb.
Roobarb
Genre
animation, children's television programme
Created by
Grange Calveley
Directed by
Terry Ward (1974 series) Jason Tammemagi (2005 series)
Voices of
Richard Briers
Theme music composer
Johnny Hawksworth (1974 series) Jon Atkinson (2005 series)
Country of origin
United Kingdom Ireland (2005 series)
Original language
English
No. of seasons
2
No. of episodes
30 (1974 series) 39 (2005 series)
Production
Camera setup
Single-camera
Running time
5 minutes (1974 series) 7 minutes (2005 series)
Production companies
Filcks Films, Ltd. (1974 series)
A&B TV (2005 series)
Chorion (2005 series)
Original release
Network
BBC1 (1974 series)
Five (2005 series)
Release
21 October (1974-10-21) – 24 December 1974 (1974-12-24)
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Roobarb (also known as Roobarb and Custard) is a British animated children's television series, created by Grange Calveley and originally shown on BBC1 just before the evening news.[1] Each cartoon of the original series, written by Calveley and directed by Bob Godfrey, was about five minutes long. Thirty episodes were made, and it was first shown on 21 October 1974.[2] The theme is that of the friendly rivalry between Roobarb, a green dog with an overactive imagination, and Custard, the mischievous laconic pink cat from next door.
The series later spawned a revival in 2005, which aired on Channel 5's Milkshake block. The narration of both series was provided by the actor Richard Briers. On 17 February 2013, Briers died, followed four days later by animator Godfrey.[3][4]
^Sheridan, Simon (2004). The A-Z of Classic Children's Television: From Alberto Frog to Zebedee. Reynolds & Hearn Ltd. pp. 221–224. ISBN 1903111277.
^Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 258. ISBN 9781476672939.
^"Richard Briers, The Good Life star, dies aged 79". BBC News. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
^"Bob Godfrey obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
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