Horrid Henry


Horrid Henry is a children's book series by Francesca Simon and illustrated by Tony Ross. It has been adapted for television, film and the theatre.

Books

The first Horrid Henry book was written and published in 1994 by Orion Books. As of 2019, there are 25 titles published. The series has sold more than 21 million copies worldwide.
The books are a slice-of-life series featuring the titular Henry, a self-centered, naughty boy who will typically be faced with a problem and then will often retaliate in interesting ways that involve trickery, rule-breaking and elaborate practical jokes. Henry has a younger brother, Perfect Peter, who is the exact opposite. Almost every character is known by an alliterative nickname with a few exemptions:
The Horrid Henry stories are read on audiobook by the actress Miranda Richardson and published by Orion Audio.
Horrid Henry is published in twenty five languages around the world. In April 2009, the US Sourcebooks' Jabberwocky imprint released four Horrid Henry paperbacks nationwide which included "Horrid Henry," "Horrid Henry's Stinkbomb," "Horrid Henry and the Mega-Mean Time Machine," and "Horrid Henry Tricks the Tooth Fairy." Sourcebooks has released additional Horrid Henry titles including activity pages, event kits and a teacher's guide.
  1. Horrid Henry
  2. Horrid Henry and the Secret Club
  3. Horrid Henry Tricks the Tooth Fairy
  4. Horrid Henry’s Nits
  5. Horrid Henry Gets Rich Quick
  6. Horrid Henry: The Haunted House
  7. Horrid Henry: The Mummy's Curse
  8. Horrid Henry: Perfect Revenge
  9. Horrid Henry: Bogey Babysitter
  10. Horrid Henry: Stinkbombs
  11. Horrid Henry: Underpants Panic
  12. Horrid Henry: The Queen's Visit
  13. Horrid Henry: Mega-Mean Time Machine
  14. Horrid Henry: Football Fiend
  15. Horrid Henry: Christmas Cracker
  16. Horrid Henry: Abominable Snowman
  17. Horrid Henry: Bank Robber
  18. Horrid Henry: Waking the Dead
  19. Horrid Henry: Rock Star
  20. Horrid Henry: Zombie Vampire
  21. Horrid Henry: Monster Movie
  22. Horrid Henry: Nightmare
  23. Horrid Henry: Krazy Ketchup
  24. Horrid Henry: Cannibal Curse
  25. Horrid Henry: Up, Up and Away!

    Early Readers

  26. Don't Be Horrid, Henry!
  27. Birthday
  28. Holiday
  29. Horrid Henry's Underpants
  30. Horrid Henry Gets Rich Quick
  31. Horrid Henry and the Football Fiend
  32. Horrid Henry's Nits
  33. Horrid Henry and Moody Margaret
  34. Horrid Henry's Thank You Letter
  35. Horrid Henry Reads a Book
  36. Horrid Henry's Car Journey
  37. Moody Margaret's School
  38. Horrid Henry Tricks and Treats
  39. Horrid Henry's Christmas Play
  40. Horrid Henry's Rainy Day
  41. Horrid Henry Meets the Queen
  42. Horrid Henry's Sports Day
  43. Horrid Henry's Christmas Presents
  44. Moody Margaret's Makeover
  45. Horrid Henry Tricks the Tooth Fairy
  46. Horrid Henry's Homework
  47. Horrid Henry and the Bogey Babysitter
  48. Horrid Henry's Sleepover
  49. Horrid Henry's Wedding
  50. Horrid Henry's Haunted House
  51. Horrid Henry's Christmas Lunch
  52. Horrid Henry's Mother's Day
  53. Horrid Henry and the Comfy Black Chair
  54. Horrid Henry and the Mummy's Curse
  55. Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman
  56. Horrid Henry and the Mega-Mean Time Machine
  57. Horrid Henry and the Fangmangler
  58. Horrid Henry's Christmas Ambush
  59. Horrid Henry's Swimming Lesson
  60. Horrid Henry's Christmas
  61. Horrid Henry's School Fair
  62. Horrid Henry's Stinkbomb
  63. Horrid Henry and the Zombie Vampire
  64. Horrid Henry's Hike
  65. Horrid Henry's Injection

    Broadcast adaptations

Television adaptation

In May 2006, CITV announced that an animated TV series of 52 episodes based on the Horrid Henry books had been commissioned from Novel Entertainment. The show officially launched in October 2006, for Halloween. The series subsequently launched on television in: Germany, France, Ireland, Iceland, Portugal, Scandinavia, Singapore, Poland, South Africa, Turkey & Korea.
The series quickly became CITV's most successful series ever. Horrid Henry was on CITV every weekday, and on ITV at the weekends. A second series of a further 52, all new episodes of Horrid Henry was launched in February 2009, and a third series began on 22 July 2011, and started being broadcast onwards from 3 September 2011. A fourth series started on 11 October 2014. It aired every weekend at 8:15/8:20/8:25am on CITV and reruns on weekend daytime or weekdays.
In May 2018, Novel Entertainment announced that Nickelodeon UK had acquired all the seasons to the show, and that they would air on Nicktoons later on during the month. They also announced a new fifth season that would also air on Nicktoons. Season 5 premiered 7 October 2018. All five seasons of Horrid Henry is also aired on Netflix.

Radio adaptation

During August & December 2009, Henry took to the airwaves with his own radio show on Fun Kids Radio, hosting a weekly show of comedy and music.

Theatre adaptation

Horrid Henry - Live and Horrid! opened at Sheffield's Lyceum Theatre on 28 August until September 13, 2008. The theatre adaptation toured the UK which included High Wycombe, Bromley, Newcastle, Hull, Liverpool and Bradford.

Film adaptation

On 23 June 2010, Vertigo Films announced that a live action 3-D film of Horrid Henry was in production. The film's plot focuses on Henry and The Purple Hand Gang fighting to prevent the closure of their school by an evil private school Headmaster. It is unknown if a sequel will be made.
The film was released on 29 July 2011 in the United Kingdom and 11 January 2013 in Australia.

Video game adaptations

A video game titled Horrid Henry: Missions of Mischief was released for the Nintendo DS, Wii, and PC on 30 October 2009. Another video game titled Horrid Henry's slave was released for the Nintendo DS on 5 November 2010. It was negatively reviewed by Nintendo Gamer, who gave it a score of 40%. Horrid Henry: The Good, The Bad, and the Bugly was released for the Nintendo 3DS on 25 November 2011. In 2015, Horrid Henry’s Big Box Of Pranks released as an app which is available for iOS devices.

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