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Horrid Henry is a British Children's animated sitcom, based on the popular book series of the same name by Francesca Simon. It is produced by Novel Entertainment, broadcast from 31 October 2006 on CITV. It is now currently aired on Nicktoons and Netflix in the United Kingdom since 28 May 2018. As of 2020 the series also started airing on Nickelodeon. The animation style differs from the Tony Ross illustrations in the books. The series producer is Lucinda Whiteley and the animation director is Dave Unwin. The series has broadcast in more than a 90 countries, including France, US, Germany, South Africa, India, Pakistan, South Korea, Russia and the Philippines. The incidental music is composed by Lester Barnes, and additional songs are composed by Lockdown Media. Three series were aired, with 52 episodes each. The fourth series started on 11 October 2014 with another 52 episodes making it 208 in total. On 10 May 2018, Nickelodeon UKannounced they had acquired the broadcast rights to all the seasons of the show, and it premiered on 28 May 2018 on Nicktoons in the UK and Ireland with a special "Horrid Half Term". On the same day, Novel Entertainment ordered 42 new episodes slated to start airing in early 2019. The final episode aired on 21 May 2019. Series 5 took the episode count to 250 in total. Horrid Henry then officially confirmed that there would be another 42 episodes on Nicktoons. Horrid Henry was broadcast on Nicktoons UK in 2018 and quickly became the channels most popular show. In 2019 the series was the number three most watched animation across all the UK's commercial TV services. Horrid Henry: The Movie, is a live action 3D movie based on the TV show, which was shown in cinemas in 2011 with an all star cast, including Noel Fielding, Jo Brand, Theo Stevenson and Richard E Grant. Horrid Henry has his own official YouTube channel with over 492,000 subscribers.