Metalheads (TV series)

Metalheads
Created bySteve Moore[1]
Written by
  • Steve Moore
  • Benjamin Townsend
  • Michael Ryan
  • Olly Smith
  • Ian Carney
Directed byChris Hermans
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Germany
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes26
Production
ProducerDenise Green
Running time12 minutes per episode (approx.)
Production companiesTV-Loonland AG
Telemagination
ZDF Enterprises
Original release
NetworkCBBC (United Kingdom)
ZDF (Germany)
Release1 September 2003 (2003-09-01) –
2004 (2004)

Metalheads is a children's cartoon set in the Middle Ages. The show centers around a group of children that attend the Metalhead Academy, a school for trainee knights.[2]

Characters

  • Sir Fuddleby
  • Lester
  • Lady Liddy
  • Shmed
  • Bob
  • Drucilla
  • The God - who resemble a British King, also dressed in King's Outfit.
  • other more

Series 1 (2003–2004)

  • "An Uncivil Suit"
  • "The End of Time"
  • "Watch Ye Birdie"
  • "Dangling Dan's Day Off"
  • "Closed Circuit Tapestry"
  • "Olde soldiers Never Die, Alas"
  • "Ye Kitchen Maids"
  • "Besieged"
  • "Send in the King"
  • "My Life as a Page"
  • "The Stick in the Stone"
  • "Ye Sandwich of Destruction"
  • "First Impressions"
  • "The Not So Magic Kingdom"
  • "A Kingdom For a Horse"
  • "Last Hun Standing"
  • "The King and the Pauper"
  • "Metal Dads"
  • "Knight of Disillusion"
  • "The Schmed With the Golden Wand"
  • "The Art of Courtly Love"
  • "Sir Lester and the Green Knight"
  • "Pygmalihon"
  • "Lay on, MacGruff"
  • "All or Nothingham"
  • "None Shall Pass"

Awards and recognition

The series was a nominee in the 2004 British Academy Children's Awards for the Animation category.[3]

Home media

A single DVD release of the series containing eight episodes was released in the United Kingdom by Metrodome Distribution in 2004. It also contains several bonus features, including two games, a quiz, character profiles, timelines and a Storyboard sequence.

References

  1. ^ "Metalheads (TV Series 2003–2004)". IMDb. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Toonhound - Metalheads (2003)". Toonhound.com. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Children's - Animation in 2004". BAFTA. Retrieved 14 June 2018.


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