Audrey and Friends (partially found Milkshake! animated series; 2002)
Audrey and Friends is a British animated television series created and directed by David Bennett that ran on Channel 5's both Milkshake! and Shake! blocks in 2002.[1] The series revolves around a teenaged girl name Audrey with her pet dog named Rounball and her friends Meena and Constance (Stan for short) living in a world of the internet, texting and medieval love potions.
The Series
Bennett pitched the show to Channel 5 with a pilot that ended up airing on December 26th, 2000 on the channel's Milkshake! block as a Christmas special.[2][3] The network then picked it up as a series that lasted for 26 episodes that was distributed by Impossible Television. The show was animated in a mixture of 2D and CGI animation similar to the distributor's other series that aired on the block at the time.[4] After the initial episodes aired the show ended up getting cancelled with no home media release ever made for it.
Findings
For awhile no footage or images from the show were available online as the only evidence of this show's existence came from an IMDb page and footage of a promo for the series. At some point a user discovered some footage of the show from a 2012 showreel from Impossible TV along with a Soundcloud upload of the theme.
On January 3rd, 2023, YouTuber Lucas’s Archive found and uploaded the pilot to his channel. The pilot served as the show's Christmas special with the most notable differences is the different voice cast and Meena's original name being Mona.
On February 22nd, 2023, LMW user LovelyAngel1004 contacted one of the writers Adam Peters via email about the show with him sending scans of the inlays from the 5 fake VHS releases he made with information on each episode, the voice cast and other members of the production team.
On March 5th, 2023, LovelyAngel1004 then contacted Bennett only to confirm that he doesn't have any full episodes on hand. He then sent a photo of his old portfolio page with concept art from the series, a couple of days later he sent a WeTransfer containing more artwork and a small clip from the show.
Episode List
# | Episode Title | Status |
---|---|---|
0 | Pilot | Found |
1 | Valentine | Lost |
2 | Lost Dog | Lost |
3 | Alt Healing | Lost |
4 | Jailbird | Lost |
5 | Fruit | Lost |
6 | Shampoo | Lost |
7 | Fads | Lost |
8 | Popstars | Lost |
9 | Foreign Exchange | Lost |
10 | Ow | Lost |
11 | Daydream Believer | Lost |
12 | Rudley TV | Lost |
13 | Sleepover Makeover | Lost |
14 | Rounball in Love | Lost |
15 | Stupid Boys | Lost |
16 | Heroes | Lost |
17 | Project | Lost |
18 | Glam Stan | Lost |
19 | Silence | Lost |
20 | Rounball at the Vets | Lost |
21 | Hideous! | Lost |
22 | Stan and Judey | Lost |
23 | Run Rabbit Run | Lost |
24 | Meena vs the World | Lost |
25 | Diet | Lost |
26 | Away | Lost |
Gallery
Images
Footage
See Also
Milkshake! (Channel 5)
- Jelly Jamm (partially found pitch pilot of British Spanish children's animated TV series; 2009)
- Peppa Pig (partially found American dub of British children's animated series; 2005)
- Peppa Pig (found pitch pilot of British children's animated TV series; 2002)
- Pip Ahoy! (partially found unaired pilot of animated series; 2013)
- Roary the Racing Car (lost pitch pilot of British children's stop-motion animated TV series; 2005)
- Roary the Racing Car (partially found American English dub of British children's stop-motion animated TV series; 2008-2012)
CITV (ITV)
- Astro Farm (partially found CiTV claymation series; 1990s)
- Billy (partially found CITV animated series; 1998-1999)
- The Diamond Brothers: South by South East (partially found ITV adaptation of children's detective book; 1991)
- Dream Street (found British children's TV series; 1999-2002)
- The Fugitives (partially found British children's sci-fi TV series; 2005)
- Pocoyo (partially lost pilots of Spanish-British children's animated comedy TV series; 2002-2004)
- Ripley and Scuff (partially found British children's television series; 2002-2003)
- Sooty's Amazing Adventures (partially lost animated spin-off of Sooty; 1996-1997)
- The Spooks of Bottle Bay (partially found British children's TV series; 1993-1995)
- StarStreet (partially lost British children's television series; 2001-2002)
- The Twins (partially found animated series; 2000)
External Links
References
- ↑ Shake! website with an ad for Audrey and Friends (archived). Retrieved 16 Mar '23
- ↑ Channel 5 Christmas 2000 TV schedule guide. Retrieved 16 Mar '23
- ↑ Channel 5 Christmas 2002 TV schedule guide. Retrieved 16 Mar '23
- ↑ A Twitter thread with more information on the show. Retrieved 16 Mar '23