Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids
| Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Children, Animation, Horror, Comedy |
| Created by | Jamie Rix |
| Written by | Jamie Rix |
| Directed by | Sara Bor Simon Bor Jamie Rix |
| Narrated by | Nigel Planer |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 10 |
| No. of episodes | 105 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Sara Bor Simon Bor Jamie Rix |
| Release | |
| Original network |
ITV (2000-present) Nickelodeon (2010-2014) Nicktoons (2010-present) |
| Original release | 4 January 2000 – 19 October 2007 2 May 2011 – 2 November 2012 |
Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids (or Grizzly Tales) is a series of books by Jamie Rix and a TV series produced for ITV. The original TV series was based on the award winning collections of cautionary tales by Jamie Rix. Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids, Ghostly Tales for Ghastly Kids, Fearsome Tales for Fiendish Kids and More Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids. The series was narrated by Nigel Planer and animated by Sara and Simon Bor of Wolves Witches & Giants fame.
In all, six series and a New Year's special ran from 2000 to 2007 on ITV and Grizzly Tales was consistently one of the highest rated children's animation shows on the channel. In 2011, a new 26 re-invention of the show was produced for Nickelodeon UK and NickToons UK. It was awarded Best Children's Programme at the Broadcast Awards 2012.
The BAFTA-nominated show has picked up many other awards including Animated Series and Children's Choice at the British Animation Awards, and Children's Animated series at Cartoons on the Bay.
The show is available for purchase on DVD in the UK and Northern Ireland, Porchlight in the USA and Time Life in Australia. Orion Audiobooks have also released full CD recordings of the books, read by Rupert Degas. Audio Go have re-released the original Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids audio book on CD and download.
The series is produced by Grizzly TV.
In 2010 Nickelodeon UK and NickToons UK started broadcasting the original series. The re-invented series airs from 2011 on Nickelodeon UK and Nicktoons UK.
The series is a collection of morality tales which also has insinuations of a horror story; gruesome punishments happen throughout. The stories mainly focus on naughty or horrible children (for example those that are vain, untidy, lazy, or lying) learning a grim lesson and receiving their comeuppance for their unacceptable behaviors. Examples include "The Bugaboo Bear" (in which a little blond girl, buys a "Bugaboo Bear", and treats it as a person, only after a surprisingly short amount of time she gets bored with it, and starts treating it in a horrid manner), and "William the Conkerer" (in which a young lad, who destroys trees, attempts to steal every conker in the village). The programme also focuses on frightening children into believing their parents.
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