Angry Kid

Angry Kid
Logo from the first and second series. This logo is green in the third series.
Genre	Stop motion animation Comedy Humour Adult animation Live action Black Humour
Created by	Darren Walsh
Written by	Darren Walsh Mike Booth Mike Cooper
Directed by	Darren Walsh
Starring	Darren Walsh David Holt Mike Cooper Beth Chalmers Kevin Eldon Jo Allen Lee Evans
Theme music composer	Will Hodge
Opening theme	"Angry Kid"
Ending theme	"Angry Kid"
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	3
No. of episodes	60
Production
Producer(s)	Julie Lockhart Jo Allen Russell McLean Michael Rose Peter Lord David Sproxton
Cinematography	Mark Chamberlain
Running time	1-2 minutes, 22 minutes
Production company(s)	Aardman Animations Mr Morris Productions
Distributor	Aardman Animations
Release
Original network	BBC Four (original; United Kingdom) MTV (original; United States) Atom.com YouTube (revival)
Original release	1999 – 2016
External links
Angry Kid - The Official Site

Angry Kid is an English 1-minute short live action and stop motion animated comedy television series created, directed, written, and designed by Darren Walsh (who also provides the voice of the title character) and produced by Aardman Animations for Series 1 and 2 and by Mr Morris Productions for Series 3.

Unlike most Aardman productions, Angry Kid was not created using clay animation but a combination of pixilation (using actors in a form of stop motion puppetry) with masks for facial expressions.^[1] Series 3 onwards uses CGI for Angry Kid's head, along with live action. The series airs in the United States on MTV.

Series 1 and 2 have been released on DVD in the UK and Australia. 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 Series 2 episodes and an exclusive episode. The vast majority of Angry Kid has since been released on YouTube.

Series 3 was launched in July 2015 after an 8-year hiatus. The first episode 'Interview' aired on the 3rd of July. Series 3 is 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.

Cast

• Darren Walsh as Angry Kid, the titular protagonist and antihero. He is redheaded boy of secondary school age who has a foul mouth and a terrible attitude. He is a mean-spirited brat who gains great enjoyment out of irritating and enraging others. He doesn't care who he steps on or what trouble he causes as long as it gets him what he needs or wants. Angry Kid is almost always seen wearing a dark blue parka jacket with a furry hood (even over his pyjamas). He's known by police officers as "the little ginger git on the bike" and he is also known as "Stanners." Angry Kid lives with his parents and little sister in the internet series but in the special episode "Who Do I Think I Am?", his mother abandons them. He also has a pet dog. Angry Kid also regularly falls victim to dog attacks, as he is seen being attacked by a dog multiple times throughout the series.
• David Holt as Dad, Angry Kid and Lil' Sis' unseen father. He has an obsession for country & western music. He usually hits Angry Kid with his newspaper when Angry Kid says or does something stupid or annoying (but only his hand is shown when he hits him). In Who Do I Think I Am?, when he shows Angry Kid some home videos, his full body (apart from his face) is shown. He also plays the Teacher, who only appears in the setting of Angry Kid and Speccy's classroom. So far, she has only been in two episodes, both of which are specials: Darkside and Who do I Think I Am?
• Jo Allen / Beth Chalmers as Lil' Sis, Angry Kid's little sister. Her brother usually torments and teases her, but she gets her own back sometimes. Even though she is smaller and younger than Angry Kid, she is a lot smarter. She very rarely speaks, but she had one speaking part in the episode "Horror," in which she was possessed by an evil spirit and her head turned all the way around. She also talked in the Who Do I Think I Am? specials and the Aardman's Dark Side exclusive episode.
• Mike Cooper / Kevin Eldon / Lee Evans as Speccy, Angry Kid's nerdy "best friend". Speccy is allergic to nuts (as revealed in "Swollen"), and when Angry Kid shoved a handful down his throat, he became severely disfigured, and he was then rushed to the hospital by Dad. Speccy has always picked on by Angry Kid, who is cruel to him (e.g. making Speccy do his homework for him or not letting him watch movies with him). In Who Do I Think I Am?, it is revealed that Speccy's real name is Myles.

Episodes

Angry Kid

Production

Series 1 and 2 were produced by Aardman Animations. Series 3 is distributed by Aardman Animations and produced by Mr Morris Productions.

Specials

References

External links

• Angry Kid on IMDb