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Henry's Cat was an animated children's television programme, written by Stan Hayward and produced by Bob Godfrey, who was also the producer of Roobarb, a similar cartoon series from the 1970s. The show starred a laid-back, ponderous yellow cat, known only as Henry's Cat, and his many friends and enemies.

Henry's Cat was first screened in 1982 and five series were made in total; the series has enjoyed repeated showings since. It developed a cult following and is still very popular along with shows such as Bod, Button Moon, Pigeon Street, Flumps and Mr Benn.

Characters

Henry's Cat's friends

Henry's Cat - laid-back, a daydreamer.
Chris Rabbit - Henry's Cat's best friend, an ever-enthusiastic, highly energetic blue rabbit.
Mosey Mouse - the opposite of Chris Rabbit, Mosey is dour and realistic.
Douglas Dog, Sammy Snail, Pansy Pig, Denise Duck, Philippe Frog - miscellaneous friends of Henry's Cat. They all mean well, but often overestimate their own abilities in various ways.

His enemies

Farmer Giles - a (human) farmer, frequently inconvenienced by Henry's Cat's adventures.
Constable Bulldog - a very stern policeman (or policedog) who takes a very dim view of the gang's well-meaning escapades.
Rum Baa Baa - a criminal mastermind, and the most evil sheep in the whole world.

Henry

Henry himself never appeared on screen; the name was an allusion to an earlier one-off Hayward/Godfrey collaboration, Henry 9 To 5 about a bowler-hatted commuter who escaped his boring everyday life by indulging in daydreams, mostly of a sexual nature. Henry's Cat shared the earlier character's tendency toward wild flights of fancy and laid-back approach to life. The name "Henry's Cat" was mostly an in-joke for those few people who remembered the earlier cartoon and did not mean that Henry's Cat had a "master", unseen or otherwise.

Episode list

Series 1	Series 2	Series 3	Series 4	Series 5
The Hobby	The Magic Tummy Button	The Treasure Hunt	Out for the Count	The Mystery of the Missing Santa
The Race	The Secret Weapon	The Day of Terrible Jokes	The Birthday Caper	When Time Went Wrong
The Circus	The New Year's Resolution	The Case of the Pilfered Pearls	The Funny Feeling	The New President
The Competition	The Good News Day	The Lost World	Once Upon a Time	Valentine's Day
The Moon Trip	The Cat's Eye Kid	The Computer	The Jingle
The Hypnotist	The Hot Day	The Correspondence Course	The Great Adventure
The Holiday	The Merry Men And Women
The Treasure	The Actor
The Ill Wind	The Weatherman
The Diet	The Invitation
The Fortune Teller	The Ventriloquist
The Explorer	The Clever Trick
The Whale	The Hero
The Invention	Caveman Cat
The Dream	The Abominable Snowman
The Robbery
The Christmas Dinner
The Film
The Disco Dance
The Artist

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