Horrid Henry

I used to like this show, when I was kid but I used to watch it on CITV

Very good show, but the word horrid doesn't actually fit with him. His parents are the worst and don't treat there children equally, but this is a kids show, so it still deserves a high rating.

Now THIS is how you make a cartoon, I really enjoy the humor, the show is really funny with hilarious jokes, but some of them really rely on gross out humor, the biggest and worst example of this is in Horrid Henry Changes a nappy, where Henry has to change his baby cousin Vomiting Vera's diaper, she throws up everywhere and on everyone, and there's a scene where Vera flings her diaper around and poop gets everywhere in Henry's room, absolutely disgusting! But other then that, it's really funny, it's always great to see whatever antics Henry gets up to and all the situations he finds himself in, now for the characters, Henry, as you can expect, is really horrid, but in a funny way and not in an annoying way, but do you know what are annoying? Perfect Peter, his brother, he's usually annoying and snitches on Henry for the smallest things sometimes, but in the rare occasions where they work together, oh man is it a treat, but what are more annoying are his parents, they clearly show favoritism towards Peter and punish Henry for extremely petty reasons. The first 3 seasons are great, but please avoid seasons 4 and 5, the show loses basically almost all of it's charm, and becomes more of a slice of life series, Henry stops being horrid, and yet everybody still treats him like menace he used to be, and that's when the show gets bad, however, season 5 is the better of the 2 due to having a couple standout episodes, I just really wish they kept multiple writers and didn't leave the executive producer to write these seasons herself, but the first 2 are really something special, season 3 is almost as good as season 2 in my opinion, and I recommend watching them!

Season 1: 8/10

Season 2: 9/10

Season 3: 7/10

Season 4: 4/10

Season 5: 6/10

Overall: 9/10

So what are you waiting for? Go watch the show! And remember to stay horrid!

I saw this and assumed straight away it was an American product re-voiced for the British market.

But on inspection I see that its in fact a British production that could be re-voiced for the US market, maybe thats already happened? Genie in the House is based on a similar marketing concept. It happens to be made in the UK with British actors but could easily be sold in any market. Careful attention to universal themes strips it of any local relevance.

Its blandness and political correctness (a black nerd kid for instance, there seems to be one in every children's prog these days).

How does the commenter who thinks its not politically correct come to their conclusion?

Francessca Simon's books are a real pleasure to me. When I am feeling stressed and need someone to uplift or amuse me, I always read one of the Horrid Henry books and I feel so much better already. In fact the books are so good with hilarious situations and dialogue and a naughty but still endearing titular character, that when I occasionally work at my mum's school and there's nothing for me to do the Horrid Henry books are something I love to read.

When I first heard of this series, I wasn't so sure whether it would work. The books are so good and wholly deserving of a series, but I was worried it would perhaps turn it into some moralistic programme with little of the humour that helped make the books so engrossing. Actually, it wasn't that. In spirit, this respects the books very nicely and it is a wonderful and very funny series on its own.

The animation is very nice. The characters in general are drawn very well, and the background and colours are plentiful and easy on the eyes. The music is good too, the background music doesn't intrude too much while the main theme is zany. The stories are a lot of fun, with lots of hilarious situations, the pace is fast and crisp, and the writing often makes me laugh.

The characters are engaging too, Henry is everything his counterpart in the books is, and all the other characters show great personalities and are endearing in their own way. The voice acting is excellent with no weak links but also nobody who outclasses everybody else.

Overall, this is a wonderful and very funny series. 9/10 Bethany Cox