People are often amazed that Roobarb and Custard have only had two kids TV series produced, the fact that those two cult animated cartoons include almost 70 episodes is probably why!

Roobarb and Custard first appeared on 1970s children’s TV as the very first animated TV characters to have a repeating weekly series. Grange Calveley, Bob Godfrey and Richard Briers worked together on 30 episodes which went on to win several prestigious animation awards at film festivals and to screen on British children’s TV for the next four decades! For two 1970s cartoon characters it took the BBC years to agree to broadcast, this happy green dog and cynical pink cat have done rather well!

Here’s the full list of episodes from the original 1970s cult TV series Roobarb;

1. "When Roobarb Made a Spike"
2. "When Roobarb Didn't See the Sun Come Up"
3. "When Roobarb Was Being Bored Then Not Being Bored"
4. "When the Tree Fell to Pieces"
5. "When Roobarb Found Sauce"
6. "When It Was Night"
7. "When It Was Christmas"
8. "When The Sun Was Just Right"
9. "When The Opera Wasn't A Phantom"
10. "When There Wasn't Treasure"
11. "When It Wasn't Thor's-day"
12. "When Roobarb Was Cheating"
13. "When Custard Was Sorry"
14. "When Roobarb Mixed the Paint"
15. "When Roobarb's Heart Ruled His Head"
16. "When You're Going To Fly-Fly High"
17. "When The Day Didn't Arrive"
18. "When Roobarb Did The Lion's Share"
19. "When Roobarb Was at the End of His Tether (and so was Custard)"
20. "When Custard Stole the Show"
21. "When There Was A Dance At Foxes Dale"
22. "When Roobarb Wasn't As Pleased As Punch"
23. "When Roobarb Turned Over A New Leaf"
24. "When There Was Someone Else"
25. "When The Day Wouldn't Keep Still"
26. "When Roobarb Got A Long Break"
27. "When The Pipes Call The Tune"
28. "When A Knight Lost His Day"
29. "When Custard Got Too Near The Bone"
30. "When There Was A Big Mix Up"

In 2005 it was decided to create a whole new Roobarb and Custard cartoon series; original writer Grange Calveley and narrator Richard Briers agreed to return and worked with animator Jason Tammemagi who reworked the show as a computer animation retaining the large white background and manically wobbling and boiling cult animated style. Screening on the TV station Five ever since (and also screened in Ireland and Australia), the new series provided 39 new episodes featuring the legendary 1970s TV characters, joined by a host of new animated characters along with the essential and annoying birds!

Here’s the full list of episodes from the 2005 children's British cartoon series Roobarb and Custard Too;

1. "When There Was A Surprise"
2. "When Custard Was Grounded"
3. "When Custard Wrote A Book"
4. "When There Was An Elephant"
5. "When Custard Was Very, Very Naughty"
6. "When The Books Went Bye Bye"
7. "When There Was A Wind-Up"
8. "When Roobarb Found The Hieroglypics"
9. "When It Ended In Tears"
10. "When There Was A Big Band"
11. "When The Garden Was Dry"
12. "When There Was A Time Warp"
13. "When It Was Cool To Be Smooth"
14. "When There Was A Pottery Party"
15. "When The Computer Went On The Blink"
16. "When There Was An Opera"
17. "When The Mouse Arrived For Christmas"
18. "When Roobarb Went On A Fitness Drive"
19. "When Modern Thingumajigs Need Tweaking"
20. "When The Wind Blows, The Space Age Will Stop"
21. "When There Wasn't A Boiled Egg"
22. "When Rookie Fell Out Of The Sky"
23. "When The Laughing Had To Stop"
24. "When Roobarb Was Bowled Over"
25. "When Walter's Web Caught Roobarb's Eye"
26. "When There Was A Dance Festival"
27. "When There Was Magic"
28. "When The Ballet Hit The Skids"
29. "When A Dinosaur Broke Loose"
30. "When Jeremy Barker Turned Up"
31. "When There Was A Country Fayre"
32. "When The Molecules Got Loose"
33. "When There Was A Duel"
34. "When It Was A Wibbling Week"
35. "When The Astrognomes Landed"
36. "When Everything Went Lumpy"
37. "When Communications Weren't The Best"
38. "When There Really Was A Something"
39. "When There Was A Cuckoo"

You can still catch Roobarb and Custard Too screening regularly on Five’s Milkshake kids TV channel and all the episodes from the British cartoon series are available on DVD as well. Episodes from the original 1970s kids TV series are much harder to track down but all are available to download on iTunes and second hand VHS can be found online and we hope to be able to bring together all 69 series of these wonderful animated children’s characters in the near future.

Follow the links to learn more about the history of the cult British TV series, to browse through some of the Roobarb and Custard merchandise from the original 1970s cartoons as well as the DVDs, t-shirts and books available of the animated kids characters today or look up some other websites featuring the Roobarb and Custard children’s TV characters.