Novel Entertainment’s Horrid Henry Heads to Amazon Kids+ in the UK
All five seasons of the internationally successful animated series launching on the child-friendly subscription service from 11th October.
Oxford, UK – 11 October 2021. Novel Entertainment has partnered with Amazon Kids+ for all five seasons of its acclaimed animated TV series Horrid Henry (250 x 11’). From 11th Oct, Horrid Henry can now be found in the UK through Amazon Kids+ on Fire TV, Fire Tablets and compatible iOS, Android and Chrome devices; a subscription service offering unlimited access to thousands of kid-friendly books, movies, TV shows, educational apps, games and more.
Mike Watts, Co-Founder of Novel Entertainment, says: “It’s been 15 years since Horrid Henry first debuted in the UK and since then, the series has successfully established a wide and deeply loyal fan-base, which now spans multiple generations. Both new and existing Horrid Henry fans will now be able to access all 250 episodes of the series, in an age-appropriate environment that also offers peace of mind for their parents and carers.”
To date, Horrid Henry has sold to nearly 150 territories with broadcasters on board across the globe, including: Nickelodeon and Netflix (UK), MBC (Middle East), Alati International (Russia), Atlantic Digital Networks (Canada), TG4 (Ireland), Amazon Prime Video (India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka), Produkcija (Slovenia), Kids Network (Latvia and Estonia), Turner Broadcasting System (Asia Pacific), Mediacorp (Singapore), POP TV (Slovenia), E-Vision (Middle East) and Discovery+ (India)
For further information please contact:
Janet Balmforth at DDA PR Tel: + 44 (0)7748 185656 or email: janet.balmforth@ddapr.com
About Novel Entertainment
Novel Entertainment was founded in 2001 by Mike Watts and Lucinda Whiteley. The company specialises in the creation and development of successful children’s character brands across a wide array of media. Novel’s core programming includes Horrid Henry, Cinemaniacs, Fimbles, Rockit’s Pocket and The Roly Mo Show. Novel have produced more than 850 programmes for television and radio and their expertise extends into brand licensing and merchandising, computer games, interactive online content, music, theatre and film.
About Horrid Henry
Horrid Henry is a major multi-media brand. The TV show rapidly became CITV’s most popular series and is now NickToon’s and Nickelodeon UK’s most popular show. The series is broadcast in over 100 territories outside the UK and in 2011, Novel co-produced a live action feature film of Horrid Henry; the first ever British kids’ movie to be filmed in 3D. There is an active licensing and merchandising programme in place and the property has also successfully been adapted for online and for computer games. The live stage show, Horrid Henry – Live and Horrid, ran for 285 performances in London’s West End and across the UK and the character’s official YouTube channel has attracted more than 1,486,500 million views.
About Amazon Kids+
Amazon Kids+ is an all-in-one subscription that can be used across any compatible device to access kid-friendly content. This includes age-appropriate books, Audible books, videos, educational apps, and games, available on Fire TV, Fire Tablets, Kindle, eligible Echo devices and compatible iOS, Android and Chrome devices. The Amazon Kids+ experience will vary based on device..
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NOVEL ENTERTAINMENT’S ANIMATED FEATURE FILM HORRID HENRY’S GROSS DAY OUT TO LAUNCH ON NETFLIX
Gross Day Out UK debut on 17 September followed by global roll out
Oxford 3 September 2020. Novel Entertainment is debuting its brand new long-form animated special Horrid Henry’s Gross Day Out on the service in the UK on 17 September. Netflix has also taken worldwide VOD rights for the 65’ action-adventure film which will roll out globally later this year.
This new Netflix Branded Original follows the successful launch of animated special Horrid Henry’s Wild Weekend on Netflix UK in June this year.
Horrid Henry’s Gross Day Out is written and produced by Novel’s Lucinda Whiteley and executive produced by Mike Watts, with Gary Andrews as animation director, Jim Andrews as editor and music composed by Lester Barnes.
The special features the same voice cast as the award-winning TV series and also welcomes new characters created by Whiteley, in the form of the Gross Class Zero superheroes, alongside the villainous Evil Emperor and his twins Darius and Drusilla Drek.
Gross Class Zero, widely known to be Henry’s most favourite programme ever, features five Grossers leading double lives as students at Stand Up School and as top-secret agents. Under the watchful eye of their teacher, Miss Nesta Clutterbuck, they snot, bogey, fart, burp and zitgoo their way through their mission to save the Known Universe, with a unique combination of common sense, no-nonsense know how and sheer grossness.
Mike Watts, Co-Founder of Novel Entertainment, says:
“We are thrilled by Netflix’s continued support of Horrid Henry who has a legion of fans both in the UK and internationally. We look forward to showcasing Henry in this longer-form content which enables us to expand his world and adventures even more. This is the first in a series of one-hour Horrid Henry specials.”
Whiteley adds:
“As always Henry’s got his Saturday all planned out; lying on the sofa watching back to back episodes of his favourite superhero TV show while babysitter Martin is lost in a world of his own. But even the best laid plans can go wrong, and soon Henry finds himself battling alongside the Grossers to stop the Dreks taking over the known (and unknown) universe. When Peter and Margaret get involve the pressure is on, as they race to banish the baddies before Mum gets back from the shops!
In addition to the new animated specials, Novel Entertainment has a raft of newly created content output, produced under the banner of Horrid Henry Unlocked and designed to offer a familiar and reassuring environment for fans, especially during the current crisis. Alongside the recently launched Horrid Henry podcast, new material produced since the start of the pandemic includes Horrid Homework, a programme of daily activities for children available free on Henry’s website, and more than 150 freshly created songs, videos and behind the scenes content and interviews, livestreamed on Henry’s YouTube channel.
Content includes a Back To School bespoke playlist created with Oxfordshire Kindness Wave and the Oxfordshire Virtual School and a series of shorts which is helping to raise awareness of the NSPCC’s Childline service. At the end of August Novel created the first ever Summer of Slime Virtual Festival; this featured a combination of live performances and exclusive offers and interactions on Henry’s social media channels, with an accompanying free activity book. Partners included StartRite, Learning Resources, Jaques Games, Deckchair Adventures and Grass and Air.
Novel’s four-time BAFTA-nominated Horrid Henry is one of the biggest children’s animated shows ever in the UK. The fifth season is currently on air in the UK and Novel is in pre-production on a sixth series. The brand is at the heart of a successful licensing and merchandising programme and also includes film, stage, radio and online extensions.
Season 5 of Horrid Henry is currently airing on Netflix in the UK and also on Nickelodeon and Nicktoons UK & Ireland. A total of 250 episodes are now available with recent sales including MBC (Middle East), Alati International (Russia), Atlantic Digital Networks (Canada), TG4 (Ireland), Amazon Prime Video (India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka), P&P (Bosnia), Produkcija (Slovenia), Kids Network (Latvia and Estonia) and Emirates (UAE and Middle East). Renewals include Turner Broadcasting System (Asia Pacific), Mediacorp (Singapore), POP TV (Slovenia), E-Vision (Middle East), Asiana (Korea) and Netflix (US, Canada, France, India, Russia, Australia, New Zealand, Iceland and Belgium).
The agreement with Netflix was made with Novel and VOD distributor The Movie Partnership.
For further information please contact:
Janet Balmforth at DDA Blueprint PR
Tel: + 44 (0)7748 185656 or email:
About Novel Entertainment
Novel Entertainment was founded in 2001 by Mike Watts and Lucinda Whiteley. The company specialises in the creation and development of successful children’s character brands across a wide array of media.
Novel’s core programming includes Horrid Henry, Cinemaniacs, Fimbles, Rockit’s Pocket and The Roly Mo Show. Novel have produced more than 900 programmes for television, radio and online and their expertise extends into brand licensing and merchandising, computer games, interactive online content, music, theatre and film.
About Horrid Henry
Horrid Henry is a major multi-media brand. The TV show rapidly became CITV’s most popular series and is now NickToon’s and Nickelodeon UK’s most popular show. There is an active licensing and merchandising programme in place and the property has also successfully been adapted for online and for computer games.
The live action feature film Horrid Henry;the Movie was the first ever British kids’ movie to be filmed in 3D and the live stage show, Horrid Henry – Live and Horrid, ran for 285 performances in London’s West End and across the UK.
Henry’s official YouTube channel has attracted more than 1.5 billion views and the series is broadcast in over 100 territories outside the UK.
About The Movie Partnership
Established in 2009 by Michael Lee and Peter Dutton, The Movie Partnership works with Independent Distributors, Sales Agents, Producers and Financiers, releasing more than 3500 films and 2000 hours of television content across 80 countries.
