Angry Kid is a British Adult animation comedy television and web series created, directed, written, and designed by Darren Walsh and produced by Aardman Animations for Series 1 and 2 and by Mr Morris Productions for Series 3 and 4.
Unlike most Aardman productions, Angry Kid was not created using clay animation but a combination of pixilation (using actors in a form of stop motion puppetry) with masks for facial expressions.
Series 1 and 2 have been released on DVD by Pathé and 2Entertain respectively. All the Angry Kid animations from before the third series were on Atom.com before the site was absorbed into Comedy Central. A compilation DVD called Aardman's Dark Side was also released, and it contains several Series 2 episodes and an exclusive episode. The vast majority of Angry Kid has since been released on YouTube.
After an 8-year hiatus, Series 3 was launched on 3 July 2015 with the episode 'Interview'. Series 4 launched 4 years later in September 2019.
Unlike the first two series, Series 3 and 4 were exclusively released on the official Angry Kid YouTube page, with new episodes appearing every three weeks.
The fourth series concluded on 8 November 2019, and the channel did not upload again until 2025 when they started uploading compilations.
Cast
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Darren Walsh as Angry Kid, the title character and antihero. He is a redheaded boy who has a foul mouth and a terrible attitude. He does not care who he steps on or what trouble he causes as long as it gets him what he needs or wants. Angry Kid is almost always seen wearing a dark blue parka jacket with a furry hood (even over his pyjamas). He is known by police officers as "the little ginger git on the bike". He is also known as "Stanners" and the description for the pilot refers to him as "Charlie".
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David Holt as Dad, Angry Kid's unseen father. He has an obsession for country and western music which he often plays in the car. He hits Angry Kid with his newspaper when everytime the latter says or does something stupid or annoying. In Who Do You Think You Are?, when he shows Angry Kid some home videos, his full body (apart from his face) is shown. He also plays the Teacher, who only appears in the setting of Angry Kid and Speccy's classroom. According to Who Do I Think I Am, the teacher is a male who happens to have a feminine-sounding voice, much to Angry Kid's confusion
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David Holt / Beth Chalmers as Lil' Sis, Angry Kid's younger sister. Her brother torments and teases her, to which she sometimes retaliates. Despite being smaller and younger than Angry Kid, she is much smarter. She seldom speaks, but she has a speaking part in the episode "Horror," in which she is possessed by an evil spirit. She also speaks in the Who Do I Think I Am? special, the Aardman's Dark Side exclusive episode and in Series 4.
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David Holt / Kevin Eldon as Speccy, Angry Kid's nerdy "best friend" that is allergic to nuts (as revealed in "Swollen"). Speccy is often picked on by Angry Kid, who is cruel to him. In Who Do I Think I Am?, it is revealed that Speccy's real name is Myles.
Other voice actors include Mike Cooper and Jo Allen.
Episodes
Production
Series 1 and 2 were produced by Aardman Animations. Series 3 and 4 were distributed by Aardman Animations and produced by Mr Morris Productions.
Series 1 (1998–2000)
Series 2 (2001–02)
Series 3 (2015–16)
Series 4 (2019)
Specials
See also
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Rex the Runt - Another Aardman Adult show starring Richard Goleszowski.
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