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Henry's Cat

2023-12-09T03:03:35Z

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[[Image:116-5.jpg|thumb|right|Henry's Cat and Chris Rabbit]]
'''''Henry's Cat''''' is an animated children's television program, written by Stan Hayward and produced by Bob Godfrey, who was also the producer of ''[[Roobarb]]'', a similar cartoon series from the 1970s. The show starred a laid-back, ponderous yellow [[cat]], known only as Henry's Cat, and his many friends and enemies.

''Henry's Cat'' was first screened in 1982 and five series were made in total; the series has enjoyed repeated showings since. It developed a cult following and is still very popular along with shows such as Bod, Button Moon, Pigeon Street, The Flumps and Mr Benn.

==Characters==
[[Image:Henrys Cat.JPG|right|150px]]
===Henry's Cat's friends===
*Henry's Cat - laid-back, a daydreamer.
*Chris Rabbit - Henry's Cat's best friend, an ever-enthusiastic, highly energetic blue [[rabbit]].
*Mosey [[Mouse]] - the opposite of Chris Rabbit, Mosey is dour and realistic.
*Douglas [[Dog]], Sammy [[Snail]], Pansy [[Pig]], Denise [[Duck]], Ted [[Tortoise]], Philippe [[Frog]] - miscellaneous friends of Henry's Cat. They all mean well, but often overestimate their own abilities in various ways.

===His enemies===
*Farmer Giles - a ([[human]]) farmer, frequently inconvenienced by Henry's Cat's adventures.
*Constable Bulldog - a very stern policeman (or policedog) who takes a very dim view of the gang's well-meaning escapades.
*Rum Baa Baa - a criminal mastermind, and the most evil [[sheep]] in the whole world.
===Henry===
Henry himself never appeared on screen; the name was an allusion to an earlier one-off Hayward/Godfrey collaboration, ''Henry 9 To 5'' about a bowler-hatted commuter who escaped his boring everyday life by indulging in daydreams, mostly of a sexual nature. Henry's Cat shared the earlier character's tendency toward wild flights of fancy and laid-back approach to life. The name "Henry's Cat" was mostly an in-joke for those few people who remembered the earlier cartoon and did not mean that Henry's Cat had a "master", unseen or otherwise.

==Episode list==

{| width="100%"
|-----
! width="20%" | Series 1 (produced: 1982; aired: 1982-1984)
! width="20%" | Series 2 (produced: 1984; aired: 1984-1986)
! width="20%" | Series 3 (produced: 1985; aired: 1985-1989)
! width="20%" | Series 4 (produced: 1986-1987; aired: 1986-1991)
! width="20%" | Series 5 (produced: 1991-1992; aired: 1991-1993)
|-----
| The Hobby (1982) || The Magic Tummy Button (1984) || The Treasure Hunt (1985) || Once Upon a Time (1986) || The Mystery of the Missing Santa (1991)
|-----
| The Race (1982) || The Secret Weapon (1984) || The Day of Terrible Jokes (1986) || The Birthday Caper (1987) || When Time Went Wrong (1992)
|-----
| The Circus (1982) || The New Year's Resolution (1984) || The Case of the Pilfered Pearls (1987) || Out for the Count (1988) || The New President (1992)
|-----
| The Competition (1982) || The Good News Day (1984) || The Lost World (1987) || The Funny Feeling (1989) || Valentine's Day (1993)
|-----
| The Moon Trip (1982) || The Cat's Eye Kid (1984) || The Computer (1988)
| The Jingle (1990) ||
|-----
| The Hypnotist (1982) || The Hot Day (1985) || The Correspondence Course (1989)
| The Great Adventure (1991) ||
|-----
| The Holiday (1982) || The Merry Men And Women (1985)
|
|| ||
|-----
| The Treasure (1983) || The Actor (1985) || || ||
|-----
| The Ill Wind (1983) || The Weatherman (1985) || || ||
|-----
| The Diet (1983) || The Invitation (1985) || || ||
|-----
| The Fortune Teller (1983) || The Ventriloquist (1986)
|
|| ||
|-----
| The Explorer (1983) || The Clever Trick (1986) || || ||
|-----
| The Whale (1983) || The Hero (1986) || || ||
|-----
| The Invention (1984) || Caveman Cat (1986) || || ||
|-----
| The Dream (1984) || The Abominable Snowman (1986) ||
|
||
|-----
| The Robbery (1984) || || ||
||
|-----
| The Christmas Dinner (1984) || || ||
||
|-----
| The Film (1984) || || ||
||
|-----
| The Disco Dance (1984) || || ||
||
|-----
| The Artist (1984) || || ||
||
|}

==Trivia==
*"Reading" down Henry's Cat's face spells "Miiow" (M= ears, II= eyes, O= nose, W=mouth).
* Although a cat, Henry's Cat has no tail, similar to a real-life Manx cat.
*Intentional or not, there are similarities between the partnership of Henry's Cat and Chris Rabbit to that of Tony Hancock and Sid James in the classic 1950s radio/TV series Hancock's Half Hour (Henry's Cat/Hancock - the gullible, easily lead, sometimes pompous dreamer; Chris Rabbit/Sid - the crafty chancer, never misses a trick).
*The companies that released the videos were Castle Vision, Playbox Video, Screen Legends and Pickwick Video. Family Home Entertainment also had a USA release in 1987.
*The three videos The Case of the Pilfered Pearls, The Computer and Once Upon a Time have a promotional Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends advert before the first story.
*Bob Godfrey Films' closing logo of this series was Henry meowing. The opening logo seemed to parody the MGM logo.

==Credits==
===Series 1 (1982-1984)===
*'''Created by:''' Stan Hayward
*'''Script:''' Stan Hayward
*'''Narrated by:''' Bob Godfrey
*'''Music and Sound:''' Peter Shade
*'''Animation:''' Bob Godfrey, Paul Stone, Kevin Baldwin
*'''Camera and Editing:''' Derek Phillips
*'''Production:''' Mike Hayes
*'''Produced and Directed by:''' Bob Godfrey

===Series 2 (1984-1986)===
*'''Created by:''' Stan Hayward
*'''Script:''' Stan Hayward
*'''Narrated by:''' Bob Godfrey
*'''Music:''' John Hyde / DeWolfe Ltd
*'''Animation:''' Kevin Baldwin, Bob Godfrey, Malcolm Hartley, Drew Mandingo, Paul Stone, Mark Oz
*'''Trace and Paint:''' Tancy Baran, Beryl Godfrey, Louise Unwin
*'''Dubbing:''' John Wood Studios
*'''Camera:''' Derek Phillips
*'''Editing:''' Sean Lenihan, John Daniels
*'''Production:''' Mike Hayes
*'''Produced and Directed by:''' Bob Godfrey

===Series 3 (1985-1989)===
*'''Created by:''' Stan Hayward
*'''Script:''' Stan Hayward, Kevin Baldwin, Mike Knowles, Bob Godfrey
*'''Narrated by:''' Bob Godfrey
*'''Music:''' Rowland Lee
*'''Title Music:''' Jonathan P. Hodge
*'''Animation:''' Kevin Baldwin
*'''Additional Animation:''' Jeff Goldner, Neil Salmon, Bob Godfrey
*'''Storyboard and Layout:''' Kevin Baldwin
*'''Backgrounds:''' Bob Godfrey
*'''Trace and Paint:''' Denise Hambry, Lisa Smith, Jazvinda Phull, Beryl Godfrey, Ricky Arnold
*'''Camera:''' Heather Reader
*'''Editing:''' Picturehead
*'''Production:''' Mike Hayes
*'''Produced and Directed by:''' Bob Godfrey

==External links==
*[http://www.henryscat.com Official website]
*[http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/4314/main.htm The Henry's Cat Page]
*[http://www.toonhound.com/henryscat.htm Toonhound: ''Henry's Cat'']
*[http://www.jedisparadise.co.uk/childrenstv/Henrys_Cat/Henrys_Cat.htm Jedi's Paradise: ''Henry's Cat'']

[[Category:Animated series]]
[[Category:Cat characters]]
[[Category:Television series]]

Henry's Cat

2023-12-09T02:57:23Z

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[[Image:116-5.jpg|thumb|right|Henry's Cat and Chris Rabbit]]
'''''Henry's Cat''''' is an animated children's television program, written by Stan Hayward and produced by Bob Godfrey, who was also the producer of ''[[Roobarb]]'', a similar cartoon series from the 1970s. The show starred a laid-back, ponderous yellow [[cat]], known only as Henry's Cat, and his many friends and enemies.

''Henry's Cat'' was first screened in 1982 and five series were made in total; the series has enjoyed repeated showings since. It developed a cult following and is still very popular along with shows such as Bod, Button Moon, Pigeon Street, The Flumps and Mr Benn.

==Characters==
[[Image:Henrys Cat.JPG|right|150px]]
===Henry's Cat's friends===
*Henry's Cat - laid-back, a daydreamer.
*Chris Rabbit - Henry's Cat's best friend, an ever-enthusiastic, highly energetic blue [[rabbit]].
*Mosey [[Mouse]] - the opposite of Chris Rabbit, Mosey is dour and realistic.
*Douglas [[Dog]], Sammy [[Snail]], Pansy [[Pig]], Denise [[Duck]], Ted [[Tortoise]], Philippe [[Frog]] - miscellaneous friends of Henry's Cat. They all mean well, but often overestimate their own abilities in various ways.

===His enemies===
*Farmer Giles - a ([[human]]) farmer, frequently inconvenienced by Henry's Cat's adventures.
*Constable Bulldog - a very stern policeman (or policedog) who takes a very dim view of the gang's well-meaning escapades.
*Rum Baa Baa - a criminal mastermind, and the most evil [[sheep]] in the whole world.
===Henry===
Henry himself never appeared on screen; the name was an allusion to an earlier one-off Hayward/Godfrey collaboration, ''Henry 9 To 5'' about a bowler-hatted commuter who escaped his boring everyday life by indulging in daydreams, mostly of a sexual nature. Henry's Cat shared the earlier character's tendency toward wild flights of fancy and laid-back approach to life. The name "Henry's Cat" was mostly an in-joke for those few people who remembered the earlier cartoon and did not mean that Henry's Cat had a "master", unseen or otherwise.

==Episode list==

{| width="100%"
|-----
! width="20%" | Series 1 (1982-1984)
! width="20%" | Series 2 (1984-1986)
! width="20%" | Series 3 (1985-1989)
! width="20%" | Series 4 (1986-1991)
! width="20%" | Series 5 (1991-1993)
|-----
| The Hobby (1982) || The Magic Tummy Button (1984) || The Treasure Hunt (1985) || Once Upon a Time (1986) || The Mystery of the Missing Santa (1991)
|-----
| The Race (1982) || The Secret Weapon (1984) || The Day of Terrible Jokes (1986) || The Birthday Caper (1987) || When Time Went Wrong (1992)
|-----
| The Circus (1982) || The New Year's Resolution (1984) || The Case of the Pilfered Pearls (1987) || Out for the Count (1988) || The New President (1992)
|-----
| The Competition (1982) || The Good News Day (1984) || The Lost World (1987) || The Funny Feeling (1989) || Valentine's Day (1993)
|-----
| The Moon Trip (1982) || The Cat's Eye Kid (1984) || The Computer (1988)
| The Jingle (1990) ||
|-----
| The Hypnotist (1982) || The Hot Day (1985) || The Correspondence Course (1989)
| The Great Adventure (1991) ||
|-----
| The Holiday (1982) || The Merry Men And Women (1985)
|
|| ||
|-----
| The Treasure (1983) || The Actor (1985) || || ||
|-----
| The Ill Wind (1983) || The Weatherman (1985) || || ||
|-----
| The Diet (1983) || The Invitation (1985) || || ||
|-----
| The Fortune Teller (1983) || The Ventriloquist (1986)
|
|| ||
|-----
| The Explorer (1983) || The Clever Trick (1986) || || ||
|-----
| The Whale (1983) || The Hero (1986) || || ||
|-----
| The Invention (1984) || Caveman Cat (1986) || || ||
|-----
| The Dream (1984) || The Abominable Snowman (1986) ||
|
||
|-----
| The Robbery (1984) || || ||
||
|-----
| The Christmas Dinner (1984) || || ||
||
|-----
| The Film (1984) || || ||
||
|-----
| The Disco Dance (1984) || || ||
||
|-----
| The Artist (1984) || || ||
||
|}

==Trivia==
*"Reading" down Henry's Cat's face spells "Miiow" (M= ears, II= eyes, O= nose, W=mouth).
* Although a cat, Henry's Cat has no tail, similar to a real-life Manx cat.
*Intentional or not, there are similarities between the partnership of Henry's Cat and Chris Rabbit to that of Tony Hancock and Sid James in the classic 1950s radio/TV series Hancock's Half Hour (Henry's Cat/Hancock - the gullible, easily lead, sometimes pompous dreamer; Chris Rabbit/Sid - the crafty chancer, never misses a trick).
*The companies that released the videos were Castle Vision, Playbox Video, Screen Legends and Pickwick Video. Family Home Entertainment also had a USA release in 1987.
*The three videos The Case of the Pilfered Pearls, The Computer and Once Upon a Time have a promotional Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends advert before the first story.
*Bob Godfrey Films' closing logo of this series was Henry meowing. The opening logo seemed to parody the MGM logo.

==Credits==
===Series 1 (1982-1984)===
*'''Created by:''' Stan Hayward
*'''Script:''' Stan Hayward
*'''Narrated by:''' Bob Godfrey
*'''Music and Sound:''' Peter Shade
*'''Animation:''' Bob Godfrey, Paul Stone, Kevin Baldwin
*'''Camera and Editing:''' Derek Phillips
*'''Production:''' Mike Hayes
*'''Produced and Directed by:''' Bob Godfrey

===Series 2 (1984-1986)===
*'''Created by:''' Stan Hayward
*'''Script:''' Stan Hayward
*'''Narrated by:''' Bob Godfrey
*'''Music:''' John Hyde / DeWolfe Ltd
*'''Animation:''' Kevin Baldwin, Bob Godfrey, Malcolm Hartley, Drew Mandingo, Paul Stone, Mark Oz
*'''Trace and Paint:''' Tancy Baran, Beryl Godfrey, Louise Unwin
*'''Dubbing:''' John Wood Studios
*'''Camera:''' Derek Phillips
*'''Editing:''' Sean Lenihan, John Daniels
*'''Production:''' Mike Hayes
*'''Produced and Directed by:''' Bob Godfrey

===Series 3 (1985-1989)===
*'''Created by:''' Stan Hayward
*'''Script:''' Stan Hayward, Kevin Baldwin, Mike Knowles, Bob Godfrey
*'''Narrated by:''' Bob Godfrey
*'''Music:''' Rowland Lee
*'''Title Music:''' Jonathan P. Hodge
*'''Animation:''' Kevin Baldwin
*'''Additional Animation:''' Jeff Goldner, Neil Salmon, Bob Godfrey
*'''Storyboard and Layout:''' Kevin Baldwin
*'''Backgrounds:''' Bob Godfrey
*'''Trace and Paint:''' Denise Hambry, Lisa Smith, Jazvinda Phull, Beryl Godfrey, Ricky Arnold
*'''Camera:''' Heather Reader
*'''Editing:''' Picturehead
*'''Production:''' Mike Hayes
*'''Produced and Directed by:''' Bob Godfrey

==External links==
*[http://www.henryscat.com Official website]
*[http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/4314/main.htm The Henry's Cat Page]
*[http://www.toonhound.com/henryscat.htm Toonhound: ''Henry's Cat'']
*[http://www.jedisparadise.co.uk/childrenstv/Henrys_Cat/Henrys_Cat.htm Jedi's Paradise: ''Henry's Cat'']

[[Category:Animated series]]
[[Category:Cat characters]]
[[Category:Television series]]