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Little Monsters | |
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Genre | Animation Children's |
Developed by | Russell Neale Dever |
Written by | Jimmy Hibbert |
Directed by | Tony Garth |
Voices of | David Holt Janet James Jill Shilling Melissa Sinden |
Theme music composer | Gary Osborne Poli Palmer |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 52 |
Production | |
Editors | Lincoln Anderson Helen Kenny Mark Wharton |
Running time | 52 × 5 minute |
Original release | |
Network | CBBC |
Release | 14 September – 31 December 1998 |
Little Monsters is a British animated children's television 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]
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, United States.
In the early 2000s, Video Collection International released videotapes and DVDs of the show.
In the year of 2009, US distributor Mill Creek Entertainment released the show on DVD.
All of the characters are spoiled little children:
There are 52 episodes altogether:
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