Huxley Pig
A dreaming pig's adventures with a talking seagull.
From 1989 to 1990, 26 episodes of Huxley Pig aired on British television. This stop-motion children's show, narrated by Martin Jarvis, was based on Rodney Peppé's picture books and produced by FilmFair for Central TV.
Quick Facts
- Starring
- Martin Jarvis
- Composer
- Herbert Chappell
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Series
- 2
- Episodes
- 26
- Runtime
- 10 minutes
- Network
- Central TV
- First aired
- 5 June 1989
Facts from the source article.
General theme
Each episode begins with Huxley Pig in his bedroom talking to Sam the squawking seagull and wondering about something. He opens his suitcase of dress-up clothes, tries something on and says, "Hmmm, I wonder." The scene fades into his daydream for the rest of the story. In the dream, Sam the Seagull speaks with a Cockney accent. Other characters include Vile Vincent the vampire pig-butler; Horace, a hamster and con artist; Cuddles, a fanged green beast; Sidney, a snake with a lisp; the Ringmaster pig who runs the Circus; Ethel, Gloria and Myrtle, the three girls; Lady Agatha Porker, who lives at the Hall; and the Zoo Keeper pig, who only appeared in Huxley Pig at the restaurant. Adventures take Huxley and the gang to many places, as long as food is nearby. At the end of the daydream, Huxley returns to reality and finds a memento from the story has mysteriously returned with him.
DVD releases
Huxley Pig at the Circus contains the episodes "The Circus", "Haunted House", "Desert Island", "The Beach", "The Clown", and "Something's Cooking". Another DVD includes "Something Cooking, Huxley Pig", "Huxley Pig and the Sea Monster", "Huxley Pig Goes Flying", "Huxley Pig Goes Camping", and "Huxley Pig and the Abominable Snowpig". Although the show never aired in America, the first five episodes of series 1 and the first five of series 2 appeared as bonus episodes on the Paddington Bear: The Complete Classic Series DVD released by Mill Creek Entertainment for Region 1 on 15 February 2011.
UK VHS releases
After broadcast on ITV in 1989, episodes of the first series were released on three videos by Tempo Video, except "Huxley Pig Goes Camping", which appeared on the Video Treats for Toddlers compilation tape from Collins Video in 1990 alongside Babar, The Adventures of Parsley and The Care Bears Family. On 11 February 1991, Tempo Kids Club (distributed by Abbey Home Entertainment) released a single video with "Huxley Pig Goes Camping" and "Huxley Pig and the Sea Monster" (Cat. No. 9); an extended version added "Huxley Pig the Hairdresser" from Season 2. In Autumn 1991, a single Huxley Pig video was released exclusively by Entertainment UK Ltd (in its "Starvision" and "Funhouse" ranges) under license from Abbey Home Entertainment, containing "Huxley Pig Goes Fishing" (a Season 2 debut), "Huxley Pig In Space" (previously released from Season 2), and "Huxley Pig at the Restaurant" (previously released from Season 1).
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