Monster TV

Monster TV
A still of the title sequence
Created by	Jim Eldridge
Written by	Jeremy Swan [1]
Starring	John Asquith James O'Donnell Sam Green Natalie Dew Kevin Hemlall
Theme music composer	Johnathan Cohen
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Claire Derry Elaine Sperber
Producer	Jeremy Swan [2]
Running time	15 minutes
Original release
Network	BBC Two & CBBC Channel
Release	10 December 1999 (1999-12-10) – 2001 (2001)

Monster TV is a children's television comedy drama about three children who run a TV show in their basement called "Monster TV", with monsters Herbert and Rocky as the stars. Little information was published about the show online.

Cast List

• John Asquith as Rocky– Rocky is a monster made of stone, with long green grass for hair. A friend of Herbert, he is one of the stars of Billy, Karen and Terry's TV show "Monster TV".
• James O'Donnell as Herbert– the second star of "Monster TV", a troll-like monster.
• Sam Green as Billy, the producer and director of "Monster TV"; the show is filmed in the basement of his home.
• Natalie Dew as Karen, Billy's friend.
• Kevin Hemlall as Terry Billy's friend.
• Jenny Funnell as Mum
• Luke Sorba as Dad
• Anna Nicholas as Vera Venom – A Medusa-type monster; unlike Herbert and Rocky, Vera was not mean monster, obsessed with fame and fortune, and often trying to appear on Monster TV through trickery.

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Crew

• Series creator: Jim Eldridge
• Producer: Jeremy Swan
• Writer: Jeremy Swan
• Executive producers: Claire Derry (Link Entertainment), Elaine Sperber (BBC)
• Directors: Carlene King, Gareth Davies
• Music director: Johnathan Cohen

References

1. "Monster tv CBBC". YouTube .
2. "Monster tv CBBC". YouTube .
3. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine : monster tv cbbc. YouTube .