Angry Kid is a British adult live-action/stop-motion animated comedy web series created, directed, written, and designed by Darren Walsh (who also provides the voice of the title character) and produced by Aardman Animations for seasons 1 and 2 and by Mr Morris Productions for seasons 3 and 4,
Unlike most Aardman productions, Angry Kid was not created using clay animation but a combination of pixilation (using masks for facial expressions) and stop motion puppetry. Season 3 onwards uses CGI for Angry Kid's head, along with live action. The series also aired in the United States on MTV.
Seasons 1 and 2 have been released on DVD in the UK and Australia by Pathé and 2Entertain respectively. All the Angry Kid animations from before the third series were on Atom.com before the site was absorbed into Comedy Central. A compilation DVD called Aardman's Dark Side was also released, and it contains several season 2 episodes and an exclusive episode. The vast majority of Angry Kid has since been released on YouTube.
Season 3 was launched in July 2015 after an 8-year hiatus. The first episode 'Interview' aired on the 3rd of July. Series 3 was produced by Mr Morris Productions with episodes being aired on Angry Kid's official YouTube page with a new episode being uploaded every 3 weeks.
They went on hiatus with the upload of Live Earth, an episode made for an event with the same name until Aardman turned the Channel into Aardboiled in 2018 before being changed to Angry Kid again.
In 2019, the show returned with season 4 after the second hiatus. The first episode 'Politics' aired on the 10th of September.
As of 2023, no new videos have been posted after a compilation of the entire show was uploaded on the channel on the 27th of December.
Cast[]
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Angry Kid
Stanners Charlie (pilot) |
Darren Walsh | |
Liza McCorron (young in "Who Do You Think You Are/Who Do I Think I Am?") | |||
Peter Wolf (stunts in "Who Do You Think You Are/Who Do I Think I Am?") | |||
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Lil' Sis
Little Sister ("Who Do You Think You Are/Who Do I Think I Am?") |
Jo Allen (season 1, uncredited) | |
Beth Chalmers ("Who Do You Think You Are/Who Do I Think I Am?" - season 4) | |||
Sarah Chinnery (body in season 4) | |||
Billy Glew (young in "Who Do You Think You Are/Who Do I Think I Am?") | |||
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Dad
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David Holt | |
Dan Bradford (body in "Who Do You Think You Are/Who Do I Think I Am?") | |||
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Road Safety Man ("Road Safety")
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David Holt | |
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Nurse ("Vaccination")
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Driver ("Road Hog")
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Voice ("Bored" and "Sex Education") | |||
Reg ("Speed") | |||
Male voice ("Horror") | |||
Kids ("Goalie", "Love Bite", and "Stinky", uncredited in "Chips") | |||
Interviewer ("Interview") | |||
Teacher ("Who Do You Think You Are") | |||
Director ("Queen's Speech") | |||
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Speccy
Myles |
Mike Cooper (uncredited) | |
Kevin Eldon ("Who Do You Think You Are/Who Do I Think I Am?", "Gridlock/Live Earth", "Angry Kid's Dark Side") | |||
Police officer ("Kidnap" and "Speed") | Mike Cooper | ||
Female voice ("Horror" and "Speed") | Jo Allen (uncredited in "Speed") | ||
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Sex Caller ("Sex Call")
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Mindell Bowen | |
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Scoffchops
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Sound effects | |
David Holt (talking in "Jackanory") | |||
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Santa Claus ("Birdie")
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Doug Wort | |
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Punter ("What Are You Like?")
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Richard Webber | |
Caller ("Hoax Call") | Kieran Argo | ||
Women ("Mars" and "Perfect Body") | Beth Chalmers (uncredited in "Perfect Body") | ||
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Mum
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David Holt (voice in "Sneeze") | |
Wendy Lowes (body in "Who Do You Think You Are/Who Do I Think I Am?") | |||
Unidentified voices
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David Holt ("Bone", "Cotton Bud", "Sofa Attack", "Workout", "Fartburger", "Perfect Body", "Lil' Sis", "Callout", "My Christmas Vloggy", "How To: Make a Donald Trump Xmas Decoration", "Call Out!", "Fish Factzz" and "My Exclusive Movie Review No.1") |
International versions[]
Language | Title | Channels | |
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Catalan | Angry Kid[1] | K3 (formerly) |
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French (Canada) | Le p’tit ?%*&$! | Télétoon (formerly)[2] Télé-Québec |
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French (Europe) | Angry Kid | France 3 M6 YouTube |
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German | Angry Kid | Amazon Prime Video [3] |
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Italian | Angry Kid[4] | Italia 1 (formerly) |
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Persian | ماجراهای پخمالو[5] |
Online only |
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Polish | Angry Kid | direct-to-DVD |
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Russian | Злобный мальчик | 2x2 (voice-over, formerly) YouTube (dub) |
References[]
Template:Mr Morris Productions