Monster TV

Monster TV is a children's television comedy drama about three children who run a TV show in their basement called "Monster TV", with monsters Herbert and Rocky as the stars. Little information was published about the show online.

Monster TV
A still of the title sequence
Created byJim Eldridge
Written byJeremy Swan[1]
StarringJohn Asquith
James O'Donnell
Sam Green
Natalie Dew
Kevin Hemlall
Theme music composerJohnathan Cohen
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producersClaire Derry
Elaine Sperber
ProducerJeremy Swan[2]
Running time15 minutes
Release
Original networkBBC Two & CBBC Channel
Original release10 December 1999 (1999-12-10) –
2001 (2001)

Cast List
  • John Asquith as Rocky– Rocky is a monster made of stone, with long green grass for hair. A friend of Herbert, he is one of the stars of Billy, Karen and Terry's TV show "Monster TV".
  • James O'Donnell as Herbert– the second star of "Monster TV", a troll-like monster.
  • Sam Green as Billy, the producer and director of "Monster TV"; the show is filmed in the basement of his home.
  • Natalie Dew as Karen, Billy's friend.
  • Kevin Hemlall as Terry Billy's friend.
  • Jenny Funnell as Mum
  • Luke Sorba as Dad
  • Anna Nicholas as Vera Venom – A Medusa-type monster; unlike Herbert and Rocky, Vera was not mean monster, obsessed with fame and fortune, and often trying to appear on Monster TV through trickery.

[3]

Crew
  • Series creator: Jim Eldridge
  • Producer: Jeremy Swan
  • Writer: Jeremy Swan
  • Executive producers: Claire Derry (Link Entertainment), Elaine Sperber (BBC)
  • Directors: Carlene King, Gareth Davies
  • Music director: Johnathan Cohen

References
  1. "Monster tv CBBC". YouTube.
  2. "Monster tv CBBC". YouTube.
  3. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: monster tv cbbc. YouTube.
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