The Morph Files
The Morph Files is a British children's stop-motion animated comedy television show featuring Morph (see Morph (franchise)). The series was narrated by Neil Morrissey and produced by Aardman Animations. The series is a mix of new animation and old footage from former shows, and features the same cast from The Amazing Adventures of Morph as well as footage from that show. It was originally aired on BBC in 1996 and was later aired on the ABC in Australia from 1 June 1998 to 13 June 2000, ATV World in Hong Kong, SABC 2 in South Africa and Premiere 12 and Arts Central in Singapore as well as on military television on BFBS and SSVC Television in a number of countries such as Germany, Falkland Islands and Cyprus.
| The Morph Files | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Clay animation Children Comedy Adventure Slapstick |
| Created by | Aardman Animations Peter Lord David Sproxton |
| Developed by | Aardman Animations Peter Lord David Sproxton |
| Written by | Andy Walker |
| Directed by | Peter Lord David Sproxton |
| Creative directors | Peter Lord David Sproxton |
| Narrated by | Neil Morrissey |
| Theme music composer | Andy Walker |
| Opening theme | "The Morph Files" |
| Ending theme | "The Morph Files" |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original languages | English (only for the narrator) |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Peter Lord David Sproxton |
| Producer | Jacqueline White |
| Cinematography | Peter Lord David Sproxton |
| Editor | Andrew Hassenruck |
| Running time | 9 min |
| Production company | Aardman Animations |
| Distributor | Aardman Animations |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC |
| Original release | 4 January – 29 March 1996 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | SMart |
| Followed by | Morph TV |
The show was being rerun on Gold and is available on the iTunes Store and Amazon Instant Video.
Episodes
| No. | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Babysitting" | 4 January 1996 |
| 2 | "Skiing" | 11 January 1996 |
| 3 | "Gobbledygook" | 18 January 1996 |
| 4 | "Doctor Morph" | 25 January 1996 |
| 5 | "The Dog Show" | 1 February 1996 |
| 6 | "Exercising" | 15 February 1996 |
| 7 | "Games" | 22 February 1996 |
| 8 | "The Film Show" | 29 February 1996 |
| 9 | "Gardening" | 7 March 1996 |
| 10 | "Mirrors" | 14 March 1996 |
| 11 | "Little Green" | 21 March 1996 |
| 12 | "Cowboys" | 28 March 1996 |
| 13 | "The Birthday Party" | 29 March 1996 |
Home media releases
In 1998, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment released the series on VHS in the United States. Each of the three VHS tapes contained four (and five) episodes from the series. In the United Kingdom, the entire series was released on both VHS and DVD by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment whilst other VHS tapes were released by Roadshow Entertainment and ABC Video in Australia.
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