More than 40 years after making their debut on British TV screens, and over a decade since their return, green dog and pink cat Roobarb and Custard are bounding back into view again, accompanied by their ubiquitous theme tune (acclaimed as one of finest children’s TV title songs ever).
 
The groundbreaking animated series and its sequel are being paired together for the first time ever on a DVD Custard: The Complete Collection  courtesy of Simply Media.
 
Famed for both entertaining kids at the end of children’s TV programming, and, ahead of the teatime BBC news, wooing a cult audience of grown-ups, Roobarb and Custard is instantly recognisable, from its distinctive theme tune, to its crazy lead characters.
 
Simply Media’s splendid new DVD release pairs the original 30 episodes from the 1974 series – the first fully animated television series to be made in the UK – as well as the 2005 Roobarb And Custard Too series, comprising of 39 episodes.
 
Both come from the mind of original creator Bob Godfrey and each feature the distinctive narration of British comedy legend Richard Briers. Each of the two series features the antics of the green dog Roobarb and his outlandish schemes and hapless plans, seemingly forever foiled by his next-door nemesis, pink cat Custard.


Simply Media is also pleased to announce the release of another BBC classic The Further Adventures of the Musketeers (1967) on DVD for the very first time. Starring Brian Blessed, Joss Ackland  and Michael Gothard , this classic adventure series is set twenty years on from the original and is based on Alexander Dumas’ sequel of The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After.

We have two copies of each to give away. Just tell us who narrated Roobard and Custard and seand your answers to dairmuid.macdonagh@dorsetecho.co.uk. Closing date 5pm on June 3.

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