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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 ...
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, also called Roobarb, and called Roobarb & Custard Too. in its revival series, is a British cartoon television series created by Grange Calveley. It had two series, an original series in 1974 on BBC 1, and a revival series in 2005 on Channel 5.
The series stars the titular characters of Roobarb and Custard, a green dog and a pink cat, with Roobarb taking on a more adventurous and enthusiastic role, while Custard takes on a more cynical role. It also featured various bird characters. The series had narration from Richard Briers, who passed away in 2013, four days prior to the animator, Godfrey.
The series briefly crossed over with the Doctor Who universe in the 1998 BBC promotional video Future Generations, which featured a young boy travelling through the settings of several series, including Doctor Who.
Partway through the promo, as the boy walks through Festive Road (from Mr Benn), the characters of Roobarb and Custard appear outside no. 60, with Roobarb up a tree in a similar fashion to the original series' intro, as well as having two birds land on Custard's head.
Cast and crew connections
Richard Briers was the narrator for Roobarb, while in Doctor Who, he portrayed the Chief Caretaker in Paradise Towers, as well as Henry Parker in the Torchwood episode A Day in the Death.
Publications
As with Doctor Who, Roobarb and Custard had a series of comic strips published in TV Comic in the 1970s, such as in the TV Comic Annual 1977.
May 9, 2016 · Roobarb and Custard – The Complete Collection contains, as its title implies, all thirty episodes of Roobarb (on the first DVD) and all thirty nine episodes of Roobarb and Custard Too (on DVDs two and three). Given that Roobarb and Custard Too was made in 2005, it’s slightly surprising that the picture format for all these episodes is 4:3.
Roobarb is a green dog (sounds strange until you see the colours employed in the rest of the programme) who has an endless enthusiasm for adventure, and spends his time joyfully trying to make all kinds of inspired plans work. These are always hampered by the dastardly machinations of next door’s pet, Custard – a cat with a big smirk and an ...
May 9, 2016 · Roobarb and Custard are the principal characters in Roobarb, a series of short animations for children originally shown on BBC One in 1974. Roobarb was a dog based on creator George Calveley’s own pet pooch of the same name (so-called because the first thing he did when Calveley took possession was to piss on his rhubarb) whose enthusiastic ...
Apr 6, 2022 · Roobarb (also known as Roobarb and Custard) is a British animated children's television series, created by Grange Calveley originally shown on BBC1 just before the evening news. Each cartoon, written by Calveley and directed by Bob Godfrey, was about five minutes long.
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Roobarb & Custard Too: With Richard Briers. In this reboot of the 1974 classic, Roobarb and Custard Too follows a dog and cat that go on many crazy adventures.
