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| Title = The Magician
| Title = The Magician
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|9|18|df=y}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|9|18|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Huxley receives a magic set from his Granny and daydreams that he is backstage at a variety show. Because the real magician is in hospital Huxley has to take his place, assisted by the magnificent Myrtle. The high point of his act is the Watch Smashing Trick and is a smashing success with everyone except Horace, the owner of the watch.
| ShortSummary = Huxley received a magic set from his Granny and daydreamed that he was backstage at a variety show. Because the real magician was in hospital Huxley had to take his place, assisted by the magnificent Myrtle. The high point of his act was the Watch Smashing Trick and was a smashing success with everyone except Horace, the owner of the watch.
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| Title = The Reporter
| Title = The Reporter
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|9|25|df=y}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|9|25|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = When Huxley reads in the paper that Lady Agatha has been kidnapped he knows that only an ace reporter could uncover the real story behind the headlines. In his dream, Huxley Pig and Sam Seagull, ace crime reporters, investigate the suspicious characters at the Manor. There's Vile Vincent, the creepy butler, Horace the chauffeur and Lady Agatha's pet, Cuddles. All of whom have something to hide.
| ShortSummary = When Huxley read in the paper that Lady Agatha had been kidnapped he knew that only an ace reporter could uncover the real story behind the headlines. In his dream, Huxley Pig and Sam Seagull, ace crime reporters, investigated the suspicious characters at the Manor. There was Vile Vincent, the creepy butler, Horace the chauffeur and Lady Agatha's pet, Cuddles. All of whom had something to hide.
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| Title = Stone Age Huxley
| Title = Stone Age Huxley
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|10|2|df=y}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|10|2|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = A toy dinosaur sparks off another of Huxley Pig's daydreams, this time he goes back to the Stone Age. After an encounter with a Giant Venus Gulltrap our heroes meet Horace, the rotten Stone Age rodent. Horace is the proud inventor of the square wheel and the signed discoverer of fire. A loud sneeze introduces Porkysaurus Rex and blows out Horace's fire.
| ShortSummary = A toy dinosaur sparked off another of Huxley Pig's daydreams, this time he went back to the Stone Age. After an encounter with a Giant Venus Gulltrap our heroes met Horace, the rotten Stone Age rodent. Horace was the proud inventor of the square wheel and the signed discoverer of fire. A loud sneeze introduced Porkysaurus Rex and blew out Horace's fire.
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| Title = Huxley Pig in Space
| Title = Huxley Pig in Space
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|10|9|df=y}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|10|9|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Huxley dreams of flying through space to the asteroid Belt. He and Sam are heading for "The Final Frontier", the finest intergalactic burger bar in the universe. A malfunction in the spaceship forces them to crash land on Planet X where Horace, the rotten rodent, owns everything. Whilst Horace repairs the spaceship Cuddles takes our heroes to "The Final Frontier" for a bite to eat.
| ShortSummary = Huxley dreamed of flying through space to the asteroid Belt. He and Sam were heading for "The Final Frontier", the finest intergalactic burger bar in the universe. A malfunction in the spaceship forced them to crash land on Planet X where Horace, the rotten rodent, owned everything. Whilst Horace repaired the spaceship Cuddles took our heroes to "The Final Frontier" for a bite to eat.
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| Title = Going Fishing
| Title = Going Fishing
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|10|16|df=y}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|10|16|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = When Huxley dreams of going deep sea fishing he finds that buying a ticket for the trip from Horace is not easy. What with the advance bookings and council regulations Huxley and Sam are lucky to get the last two places. Once aboard they find that their fellow fishermen are Cuddles and Vile Vincent, Sidney is second mate and Horace is the Captain. When it is discovered that the first mate has absconded with all of the fishing gear Huxley suggests a game of tag. Cuddles overturns the boat in his excitement forcing the passengers and crew take to the lifeboat.
| ShortSummary = When Huxley dreamed of going deep sea fishing he found that buying a ticket for the trip from Horace was not easy. What with the advance bookings and council regulations Huxley and Sam were lucky to get the last two places. Once aboard they found that their fellow fishermen were Cuddles and Vile Vincent, Sidney was second mate and Horace was the Captain. When it was discovered that the first mate had absconded with all of the fishing gear Huxley suggested a game of tag. Cuddles overturned the boat in his excitement forcing the passengers and crew took to the lifeboat.
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| Title = The Smugglers
| Title = The Smugglers
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|10|23|df=y}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|10|23|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = A book about smugglers starts Huxley dreaming of being back in the 18th century. He and Sam discover a boat laden with contraband pulled up on the beach. Startled by a noise our heroes hide and see the smugglers, Horace has blackmailed him into a life of crime. Huxley and Sam confront Horace who proves to be as rotten as ever provoking Cuddles into smashing all the contraband.
| ShortSummary = A book about smugglers started Huxley dreaming of being back in the 18th century. He and Sam discovered a boat laden with contraband pulled up on the beach. Startled by a noise our heroes hid and saw the smugglers, Horace had blackmailed him into a life of crime. Huxley and Sam confronted Horace who proved to be as rotten as ever provoking Cuddles into smashing all the contraband.
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| Title = Home Movie
| Title = Home Movie
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|10|30|df=y}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|10|30|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Huxley Pig decides to make a home movie with the gang but he is far more concerned about his lunchbox when his cream cakes start to disappear. With help from Vile Vincent, Huxley is able to watch his finished movie and they discover who is responsible for the vanishing cream cakes
| ShortSummary = Huxley Pig decided to make a home movie with the gang but he was far more concerned about his lunchbox when his cream cakes started to disappear. With help from Vile Vincent, Huxley was able to watch his finished movie and they discovered who was responsible for the vanishing cream cakes
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| Title = Desert Explorer
| Title = Desert Explorer
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|11|6|df=y}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|11|6|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Practicing his First Aid bandaging technique reminds Huxley of mummies and ancient Egypt. He and Sam soon find themselves at a souvenir stall in modern-day Egypt. He and Sam soon find themselves at a souvenir stall in modern-day Egypt run by Horace who cons them into buying the secret map to the undiscovered tomb and a guide book. Huxley and Sam set off....On their way they meet a snake charmer and Sydney the charming snake and later a fake fakir and Aziz the Artist, all of whom bare a remarkable resemblance to Horace. Eventually they reach the mummy's tomb where ...
| ShortSummary = Practicing his First Aid bandaging technique reminded Huxley of mummies and ancient Egypt. He and Sam soon found themselves at a souvenir stall in modern-day Egypt. He and Sam soon found themselves at a souvenir stall in modern-day Egypt run by Horace who conned them into buying the secret map to the undiscovered tomb and a guide book. Huxley and Sam set off....On their way they met a snake charmer and Sydney the charming snake and later a fake fakir and Aziz the Artist, all of whom bared a remarkable resemblance to Horace. Eventually they reached the mummy's tomb where ...
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| Title = The Hairdresser
| Title = The Hairdresser
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|11|13|df=y}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|11|13|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = When Huxley dreams of being a hairdresser Vile Vincent, the famous horror film actor, who comes in to have both his hairs trimmed, loses the lot. Horace gets trapped in an out of control chair and Lady Agatha drops Cuddles off for a clip round the ears. An electric razor runs amok and a toupee takes on a life of its own.
| ShortSummary = When Huxley dreamed of being a hairdresser Vile Vincent, the famous horror film actor, who came in to have both his hairs trimmed, lost the lot. Horace got trapped in an out of control chair and Lady Agatha dropped Cuddles off for a clip round the ears. An electric razor ran amok and a toupee took on a life of its own.
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| Title = The Decorator
| Title = The Decorator
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|11|20|df=y}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|11|20|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Lady Agatha's advertisement looking for a decorator in the paper stirs Huxley's imagination. Huxley Pig and Sam Seagull, Painters and Decorators, arrive at the Manor and meet Vile Vincent and Lady Agatha who tells them her chauffeur will supervise the work. The chauffeur turns out to be Horace who gets himself stuck in the paste bucket, stuck to the wall and throws a bucket of paint over Lady Agatha in his efforts to discredit Huxley.
| ShortSummary = Lady Agatha's advertisement looking for a decorator in the paper stirs Huxley's imagination. Huxley Pig and Sam Seagull, Painters and Decorators, arrived at the Manor and met Vile Vincent and Lady Agatha who told them her chauffeur would supervise the work. The chauffeur turned out to be Horace who got himself stuck in the paste bucket, stuck to the wall and threw a bucket of paint over Lady Agatha in his efforts to discredit Huxley.
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| Title = Breakfast TV
| Title = Breakfast TV
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|11|27|df=y}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|11|27|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = The thought of a free breakfast has Huxley turning up at the TV studios to find that all the staff have overslept. Horace, the producer, enlists Huxley's help as presenter. His first task is to interview Vile Vincent, the horror film actor who wants to plug his book. After that there is Peculiar Pets with Lady Agatha and Cuddles. Horace provides the weather and fills in for Keep Fit Fiona. However things get out of control, Cuddles starts eating the scenery, Vile Vincent desperately ties to plug his book, "Batpig" and chaos ensues.
| ShortSummary = The thought of a free breakfast had Huxley turning up at the TV studios to find that all the staff had overslept. Horace, the producer, enlisted Huxley's help as presenter. His first task was to interview Vile Vincent, the horror film actor who wanted to plug his book. After that there was Peculiar Pets with Lady Agatha and Cuddles. Horace provided the weather and filled in for Keep Fit Fiona. However things got out of control, Cuddles started eating the scenery, Vile Vincent desperately tied to plug his book, "Batpig" and chaos ensues.
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| Title = The Village Fete
| Title = The Village Fete
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|12|4|df=y}}|
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|12|4|df=y}}|
ShortSummary = A game of skittles starts Huxley dreaming of a village fete and when Huxley tries to show Sam how to knock down all the skittles he gets no prizes for hitting Vincent the Vicar. He tries his luck at the fortune tellers who turns out to be Horace before watching the Pork Scratchings Country Dancers featuring Cuddles and Horace. Horace tries to cheat during the raffle but Huxley saves the day.
ShortSummary = A game of skittles started Huxley dreaming of a village fete and when Huxley tried to show Sam how to knock down all the skittles he got no prizes for hitting Vincent the Vicar. He tried his luck at the fortune tellers who turned out to be Horace before watching the Pork Scratchings Country Dancers featuring Cuddles and Horace. Horace tried to cheat during the raffle but Huxley saved the day.
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| Title = Going Skiing
| Title = Going Skiing
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|12|11|df=y}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|12|11|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Huxley Pig wins a 'Free Skiing Holiday' in the post and dreams about a skiing holiday of which the 'rotten' rodent instructor Horace becomes a fraud by seeing Vile Vincent's badges and certificates that he won since for 'Ski Fraud Squad' all the other skiers failed, then when dream is over he finds a 'Ski Fraud Squad' badge in his lunchbox as a 'free gift'
| ShortSummary = Huxley Pig won a 'Free Skiing Holiday' in the post and dreamed about a skiing holiday of which the 'rotten' rodent instructor Horace became a fraud by seeing Vile Vincent's badges and certificated that he won since for 'Ski Fraud Squad' all the other skiers failed, then when dream was over he found a 'Ski Fraud Squad' badge in his lunchbox as a 'free gift'
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Revision as of 19:29, 26 September 2022

Huxley Pig
StarringMartin Jarvis
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of series2
No. of episodes26
Production
Running time10 min.
Original release
NetworkCentral TV
Release5 June 1989 (1989-06-05) –
11 December 1990 (1990-12-11)

Huxley Pig is a British stop-motion animated children's television series based on a series of picture books authored by Rodney Peppé.

The series was produced by FilmFair for Central TV, with narration by Martin Jarvis. 26 episodes aired from 1989 through 1990.

General theme

The main character, Huxley Pig, was always dreaming of adventure, exciting professions and encounters. At the start of each episode Huxley would be in his bedroom talking to Sam the squawking seagull and wondering about something. He would open his big suitcase of dress-up clothes, try something on and say, "Hmmm, I wonder". The picture would fade and be taken away into his daydreams for the rest of the story.

In the dream, Sam the Seagull would be able to speak, in a Cockney accent, and there were many other varied characters such as:

  • Vile Vincent, the vampire pig-butler
  • Horace, a hamster and something of a con artist
  • Cuddles, a fanged green beast
  • Sidney, a snake with a lisp
  • The Ringmaster, the ringmaster pig who ran the Circus
  • Ethel, Gloria and Myrtle, The 3 Girls
  • Lady Agatha Porker, The Lady who lives at the Hall
  • The Zoo Keeper, the zoo keeper pig who only appeared in Huxley Pig at the restaurant

The adventures took Huxley and the gang to many places, as long as there was food nearby. Food was close to Huxley's heart. Upon the conclusion of the daydream, Huxley would return to reality and find a memento from the story had mysteriously returned with him.

Episodes

Series overview

SeriesEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1135 June 1989 (1989-06-05)4 September 1989 (1989-09-04)
21318 September 1990 (1990-09-18)11 December 1990 (1990-12-11)

Series 1 (1989)

No.
overall		No. in
series		TitleOriginal air date
11"Huxley Pig at the Circus"5 June 1989 (1989-06-05)
Huxley Pig rummaged through his clothes and pulled out a clown suit and dreamed about being at the circus by sharing six 'Knock, Knock' jokes with Horace and struggled on the high wire but didn’t do too bad in the end.
22"Huxley Pig and the Haunted House"12 June 1989 (1989-06-12)
Huxley Pig looked through a picture book about a haunted house and dreamed of him and Sam visiting one called Holiday Haunts, where they met Horace the rodent agent, the vampire-butler Vile Vincent & Cuddles the big green monster who cooked them 'Monster Burgers' to which they didn't really like, but it hurt Cuddles's feelings, then they played 'Swallow My Leader' to cheer Cuddles up.
33"Huxley Pig on a Desert Island"19 June 1989 (1989-06-19)
While playing with his toy boat and sailor suit, Huxley dreamed of him and Sam sailing at sea for real. After being caught in a storm, they ended up on a desert island where they met Horace the pirate and Sidney the snake and undertook a treasure hunt.
44"Huxley Pig at the Beach"26 June 1989 (1989-06-26)
Huxley dreamed of going to the beach. In the dream he ended up being constantly pestered to buy things by Horace, who eventually admitted there were no other people on the beach because of a sea monster. Huxley went to meet the monster.
55"Huxley Pig at the Big Top"3 July 1989 (1989-07-03)
Huxley dreamed of joining a circus and along with Sam performing a sticky wine gum throwing act.
66"Huxley Pig at the Restaurant"10 July 1989 (1989-07-10)
When Huxley Pig dressed up as a chef he dreamed of having his own restaurant, but things didn’t go quite according to plan. There was chaos in the kitchen and trouble at the tables, when Sidney the snake was let loose!
77"Huxley Pig and the Sea Monster"17 July 1989 (1989-07-17)
Huxley Pig pulled out a sailor from the old suitcase his Granny gave him. He made his bed into a boat- and suddenly he was at sea with Sam Seagull! They met the "merpigs" and a monster who loved awful jokes!
88"Huxley Pig Goes Flying"24 July 1989 (1989-07-24)
Huxley received a toy plane from his granny and dreamed of flying a real plane with Sam. Unfortunately, Horace was their mechanic. He forgot to fill the fuel tank, and on their test flight they crash landed on Sidney's island.
99"Huxley Pig Goes Camping"31 July 1989 (1989-07-31)
Putting up a tent presented a problem to Huxley and Sam, until Assistant Rodent Cub Scout Patrol Leader Horace took a hand. When the guides arrived, Ethel took charge and soon had everyone running about-especially Horace.
1010"Huxley Pig and the Abominable Snowpig"7 August 1989 (1989-08-07)
The Abominable Snowpig had been spotted and big cash prizes were offered for his photograph. Huxley Pig and Sam Seagull went to the Himalayas to warn him, but that "rotten rodent" Horace had other ideas!
1111"Huxley Pig and the Burglar"14 August 1989 (1989-08-14)
Detective Inspector Huxley and Detective Constable Sam set off to catch a jewel thief when they heard Lady Agatha had been burgled. Did the butler do it, or the chauffeur, or the maid? It was a slinky surprise when the thief was caught!
1212"Huxley Pig Makes a Movie"21 August 1989 (1989-08-21)
Huxley Pig's postcard from his Granny gave him the idea to make a film- Lawrence of Arabia". It was a low budget movie with only cardboard camels and the hero was played by the camel driver- Horace, who thought it should have been called "Horace of Arabia".
1313"Huxley Pig's Cinderella"4 September 1989 (1989-09-04)
Huxley Pig was going to see "Cinderella" with his Granny and wondered what it would be like to play Buttons. His pantomime turned out rather differently to the story- Cinders got a surprise when she met Prince Charming!

Series 2 (1990)

No.
overall		No. in
series		TitleOriginal air date
141"The Magician"18 September 1990 (1990-09-18)
Huxley received a magic set from his Granny and daydreamed that he was backstage at a variety show. Because the real magician was in hospital Huxley had to take his place, assisted by the magnificent Myrtle. The high point of his act was the Watch Smashing Trick and was a smashing success with everyone except Horace, the owner of the watch.
152"The Reporter"25 September 1990 (1990-09-25)
When Huxley read in the paper that Lady Agatha had been kidnapped he knew that only an ace reporter could uncover the real story behind the headlines. In his dream, Huxley Pig and Sam Seagull, ace crime reporters, investigated the suspicious characters at the Manor. There was Vile Vincent, the creepy butler, Horace the chauffeur and Lady Agatha's pet, Cuddles. All of whom had something to hide.
163"Stone Age Huxley"2 October 1990 (1990-10-02)
A toy dinosaur sparked off another of Huxley Pig's daydreams, this time he went back to the Stone Age. After an encounter with a Giant Venus Gulltrap our heroes met Horace, the rotten Stone Age rodent. Horace was the proud inventor of the square wheel and the signed discoverer of fire. A loud sneeze introduced Porkysaurus Rex and blew out Horace's fire.
174"Huxley Pig in Space"9 October 1990 (1990-10-09)
Huxley dreamed of flying through space to the asteroid Belt. He and Sam were heading for "The Final Frontier", the finest intergalactic burger bar in the universe. A malfunction in the spaceship forced them to crash land on Planet X where Horace, the rotten rodent, owned everything. Whilst Horace repaired the spaceship Cuddles took our heroes to "The Final Frontier" for a bite to eat.
185"Going Fishing"16 October 1990 (1990-10-16)
When Huxley dreamed of going deep sea fishing he found that buying a ticket for the trip from Horace was not easy. What with the advance bookings and council regulations Huxley and Sam were lucky to get the last two places. Once aboard they found that their fellow fishermen were Cuddles and Vile Vincent, Sidney was second mate and Horace was the Captain. When it was discovered that the first mate had absconded with all of the fishing gear Huxley suggested a game of tag. Cuddles overturned the boat in his excitement forcing the passengers and crew took to the lifeboat.
196"The Smugglers"23 October 1990 (1990-10-23)
A book about smugglers started Huxley dreaming of being back in the 18th century. He and Sam discovered a boat laden with contraband pulled up on the beach. Startled by a noise our heroes hid and saw the smugglers, Horace had blackmailed him into a life of crime. Huxley and Sam confronted Horace who proved to be as rotten as ever provoking Cuddles into smashing all the contraband.
207"Home Movie"30 October 1990 (1990-10-30)
Huxley Pig decided to make a home movie with the gang but he was far more concerned about his lunchbox when his cream cakes started to disappear. With help from Vile Vincent, Huxley was able to watch his finished movie and they discovered who was responsible for the vanishing cream cakes
218"Desert Explorer"6 November 1990 (1990-11-06)
Practicing his First Aid bandaging technique reminded Huxley of mummies and ancient Egypt. He and Sam soon found themselves at a souvenir stall in modern-day Egypt. He and Sam soon found themselves at a souvenir stall in modern-day Egypt run by Horace who conned them into buying the secret map to the undiscovered tomb and a guide book. Huxley and Sam set off....On their way they met a snake charmer and Sydney the charming snake and later a fake fakir and Aziz the Artist, all of whom bared a remarkable resemblance to Horace. Eventually they reached the mummy's tomb where ...
229"The Hairdresser"13 November 1990 (1990-11-13)
When Huxley dreamed of being a hairdresser Vile Vincent, the famous horror film actor, who came in to have both his hairs trimmed, lost the lot. Horace got trapped in an out of control chair and Lady Agatha dropped Cuddles off for a clip round the ears. An electric razor ran amok and a toupee took on a life of its own.
2310"The Decorator"20 November 1990 (1990-11-20)
Lady Agatha's advertisement looking for a decorator in the paper stirs Huxley's imagination. Huxley Pig and Sam Seagull, Painters and Decorators, arrived at the Manor and met Vile Vincent and Lady Agatha who told them her chauffeur would supervise the work. The chauffeur turned out to be Horace who got himself stuck in the paste bucket, stuck to the wall and threw a bucket of paint over Lady Agatha in his efforts to discredit Huxley.
2411"Breakfast TV"27 November 1990 (1990-11-27)
The thought of a free breakfast had Huxley turning up at the TV studios to find that all the staff had overslept. Horace, the producer, enlisted Huxley's help as presenter. His first task was to interview Vile Vincent, the horror film actor who wanted to plug his book. After that there was Peculiar Pets with Lady Agatha and Cuddles. Horace provided the weather and filled in for Keep Fit Fiona. However things got out of control, Cuddles started eating the scenery, Vile Vincent desperately tied to plug his book, "Batpig" and chaos ensues.
2512"The Village Fete"4 December 1990 (1990-12-04)
A game of skittles started Huxley dreaming of a village fete and when Huxley tried to show Sam how to knock down all the skittles he got no prizes for hitting Vincent the Vicar. He tried his luck at the fortune tellers who turned out to be Horace before watching the Pork Scratchings Country Dancers featuring Cuddles and Horace. Horace tried to cheat during the raffle but Huxley saved the day.
2613"Going Skiing"11 December 1990 (1990-12-11)
Huxley Pig won a 'Free Skiing Holiday' in the post and dreamed about a skiing holiday of which the 'rotten' rodent instructor Horace became a fraud by seeing Vile Vincent's badges and certificated that he won since for 'Ski Fraud Squad' all the other skiers failed, then when dream was over he found a 'Ski Fraud Squad' badge in his lunchbox as a 'free gift'

Home releases

So far, two DVDs of the series have been released in Region 2.

Huxley Pig At The Circus
Contains the following episodes:

  1. The Circus
  2. Haunted House
  3. Desert Island
  4. The Beach
  5. The Clown

Something's Cooking
Contains the following episodes:

  1. Something Cooking, Huxley Pig
  2. Huxley Pig and the Sea Monster
  3. Huxley Pig Goes Flying
  4. Huxley Pig Goes Camping
  5. Huxley Pig and the Abominable Snowpig

UK VHS releases

Since their broadcast on ITV in 1989, episodes of the first series were released on three videos by Tempo Video except for "Huxley Pig Goes Camping" that went as part of the Video Treats for Toddlers compilation tape released by Collins Video in 1990 along with Babar, The Adventures of Parsley and The Care Bears.

VHS video title Year of release Episodes
Here Comes Huxley Pig (92492) 2 October 1989
  • "Huxley Pig at the Circus"
  • "Huxley Pig and the Haunted House"
  • "Huxley Pig at the Restaurant"
  • "Huxley Pig on a Desert Island"
The Adventures of Huxley Pig (92502) 2 October 1989
  • "Huxley Pig at the Beach"
  • "Huxley Pig at the Big Top"
  • "Huxley Pig and the Sea Monster"
  • "Huxley Pig Meets the Snow Monster"
Huxley Pig Goes Flying (93682) 6 August 1990
  • "Huxley Pig Goes Flying"
  • "Huxley Pig and the Burglar"
  • "Huxley Pig's Cinderella"
  • "Huxley Pig Makes a Movie"

On 11 February 1991. Tempo Kids Club (distributed by Abbey Home Entertainment) released a single video with two episodes from Series 1 of Huxley Pig which were "Huxley Pig Goes Camping" and "Huxley Pig and the Sea Monster" (Cat. No. 9).
NOTE: An extended version of this video was released with an extra episode which is "Huxley Pig the Hairdresser" from Season 2 of Huxley Pig which was broadcast on ITV in 1990.

In about July 1991, Tempo Pre-School (distributed by Abbey Home Entertainment) released a bumper video with four episodes from the second series of Huxley Pig which were previously broadcast on ITV in 1990 along with two previously released episodes from the first Huxley Pig series

VHS release Year of release Episodes
Huxley Pig: Special Edition (94972) 15 July 1991
  • "Huxley Pig the Magician"
  • "Huxley Pig the Reporter"
  • "Stone Age Huxley"
  • "Huxley Pig in Space"
  • "Huxley Pig and the Burglar"
  • "Huxley Pig at the Circus"

In Autumn 1991, a single Huxley Pig video was released and exclusively sold and distributed under license from Abbey Home Entertainment by Entertainment UK Ltd (in its "Starvision" and "Funhouse" range of children's videos) with three single episodes (one debuted episode from Season 2 which is "Huxley Pig Goes Fishing", one previously released episode from Season 2 which is "Huxley Pig In Space" and one previously released episode from Season 1 which is "Huxley Pig at the Restaurant").

VHS release Year of release Episodes
Huxley Pig In Space (EUKV 2028) 7 October 1991
  • "Huxley Pig in Space"
  • "Huxley Pig Goes Fishing"
  • "Huxley Pig at the Restaurant"

Production staff

Director of Animation
Martin Pullen
Producer
Jo Pullen
Executive Producers
Barrie Edwards, David Yates, Lewis Rudd
Music
Herbert Chappell
Animators
John Gilluley
Camera Assistant
Paul Street
Model Makers
Alan Murphy
Costumes
Lizzie Agnew Mark Hall Brian Cosgrove
Puppet Makers
Justin Exley, Pauline London
Production Manager
Kath Swain
Editors
Andi Sloss, Robert Dunbar
Assistant Editor
Jackie Cockie
Voices
Martin Jarvis

Music

Finnish

Songs in the Finnish dub were sung by the actors of YLE Import re-using the De Angelis's music but with new Finnish lyrics. In the Finnish dub some scenes are cut, which includes musical numbers in some episodes.

Spinoffs

A computer game was released by Alternative Software in 1990 for the Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC and in 1991 for the ZX Spectrum.

References

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