Old Tom (TV series)

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Old Tom
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Old Tom and his owner Angela
Genre Children's
Animated
Comedy
Slapstick
Written byBrad Hall
Andrew Kelly
Helen Meany
Phil Sanders
Michael John Wagner
Michael Ward
David Witt
Stu Connolly
Directed by Guy Gross
Voices of Keith Scott
Kim Hillas
Rachel King
Troy Planet
Angela Moore
Alyssa Cooper
Quentin James
ComposerGuy Gross
Country of originFrance
Australia
Original languagesFrench
English
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes52
Production
Executive producersTim Brooke-Hunt
Yoram Gross
Sandra Gross
Claire Henderson
Roch Lener
Jonathan Peel
Geoff Watson
ProducersEmmanuel Frack
Rodney Whitham
Running time11 minutes
Production companies Yoram Gross-EM.TV
Millimages
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Original release
Network ABC Television
ABC3
Release6 June (2002-06-06) 
8 July 2002 (2002-07-08)

Old Tom is a children's animated television series based on a series of books by Leigh Hobbs. The show features the voice of Keith Scott as the titular character. [1]

Contents

The animated series follows the adventures of Angela Throgmorton and her mischievous stray cat named Old Tom, who she treats as if he were her son, despite his bad behaviour and his ill-fated antics. [2] [3]

Premise

The story begins with Angela Throgmorton, a respectable matron living solely, before she finds a basket on her doorstep who happens to carry Old Tom, an orange one-eyed tomcat with a bandaged leg and a crossed-patch on his chest, indicating his rebellious and outrageous personality. [4] Nevertheless, Angela is instantly drawn to Old Tom's charm and cheeky nature, before his real character quickly becomes noticeable, whilst retaining his good-natured charm. [2] Both Angela and Old Tom are oddball, eccentric characters who create mischief and trouble in their suburb as they get involved in humorous adventures and chaotic situations, in addition to Old Tom's genuine, yet unlucky, attempts to be good after causing trouble. [5]

Recurring characters include Old Tom's best friend Lucy, Angela's snobby, posh-speaking, rich friend Lavinia Winterberry who has a dog that resembles her, and Billy, a troublesome boy who enjoys bothering Old Tom. [6]

Music

Guy Gross composed a frenzy jazz soundtrack which expresses the lead character's havoc. Gross worked with composer Clive Harrison to supervise the score production with Sydney's jazz session musicians. [7]

Episodes

The series premiered on Wednesday 6 June 2002 on ABC Kids with "Lost & Found" and concluded with "Meteor Madness" on Monday 8 July 2002. [8]

Season 1

  1. Lost & Found
  2. Shopping Spree
  3. Friend and Foe
  4. Blast Off!
  5. Fiddle-De-Dee!
  6. Skin Deep
  7. Wheel Nuts
  8. Mad About the House
  9. Tee For Tom
  10. Food Feud
  11. Tidy Your Room!
  12. Rubble Trouble
  13. Up, Up, and Away!
  14. Surprise!
  15. All At Sea
  16. www.Old.Tom
  17. Picture Perfect
  18. Easy Monet
  19. Leonardo Da Tom
  20. Picnic Panic
  21. Happy Camper
  22. Too Many Crooks
  23. Big Top Tom
  24. Rock'N'Roll Tom
  25. Green Thumb Fun
  26. Eau De Tom

Season 2

  1. Fangs A Lot
  2. Sorcerer's Apprentice
  3. Ghost Train
  4. Plumber's Mate
  5. Flower Power
  6. Two To Tango
  7. Sailing Away
  8. Bird in the Hand
  9. The Queen and I
  10. Faster Pasta
  11. Piece Of Cake
  12. Good Sports
  13. Lets Get Quizzical
  14. In a Whirl
  15. April Fool!
  16. Rainy Daze
  17. Whale of a Time
  18. Switched-On Tom
  19. Seeing Spots
  20. Zoo-Loose
  21. Aieee! Robot
  22. Swings and Roundabouts
  23. Tree's a Crowd
  24. Tutenkhamen Tom
  25. Lights! Camera! Old Tom!
  26. Meteor Madness

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