Roobarb

Children's TV series

Entityanimated television seriesQ7366110

Instance of: animated television series

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Roobarb is an animated children's television series, created by Grange Calveley and originally shown on BBC1 just before the evening news. 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 shown on 21 October 1974. The theme is that of the friendly rivalry between Roobarb, a seven-year-old green dog with an overactive imagination, and Custard, the mischievous eight-year-old pink cat from next door.

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Network: BBC One
Boomerang
Channel 5
Original language: English
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Director: Bob Godfrey
Creator: Grange Calveley
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 30
Camera setup: single-camera setup
Genre: comedy television series
children's television series
Ended: November 27, 1974
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1.dbpedia.org/resource/RoobarbRetrieved 2020-04-19
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Started: October 21, 1974
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1.dbpedia.org/resource/RoobarbRetrieved 2020-04-19
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