The Amazing Adventures of Morph

The Amazing Adventures of Morph is a British stop-motion clay animation television show created by Aardman Animations which ran from 1980 to 1981. It featured the character Morph and his cream-coloured best friend Chas.

Production
The character of Morph first appeared on the children's art-themed TV show Take Hart with Tony Hart in 1977. This series served as a spin-off to Take Hart and a showcase for Morph. The character had become so popular that the BBC commissioned 26 5-min episodes featuring the character.

Characters
As well as Morph, his cream-coloured best friend Chas, and Tony Hart from previous appearances, the show incorporated various additional characters; Folly (a female tinfoil figure), Gillespie (large, blue and dim-witted), GrandMorph (an elderly grey-bearded version of Morph with a skateboard and a knack for inventing things), Delilah (a blonde female in a yellow dress and glasses who serves as a straight character) Nailbrush (a nailbrush dog), Gobbledygook (a green alien) and The Very Small Creatures. Early versions of Folly and Gillespie had previously made a brief appearance in Take Hart. Tony Hart appears as himself narrating the book about their adventures happening at the same time and often interacts with the characters themselves.

Cast

 * Tony Hart as Himself/Narrator (voice)
 * Morph
 * Chas
 * Nailbrush
 * Grandmorph
 * Delilah
 * Gillespie
 * Folly
 * Gobbledygook
 * The Very Small Creatures

Episodes
(Actual original episode titles and dates were sourced from Radio Times and BBC Genome)

Online re-release
From 20 March to 2 October 2015, HD restored versions of all 26 episodes of the series had appeared on YouTube.

Critical reception
MSN UK said "It would be fantastic to see this show back on terrestrial TV - it was entertaining and original."

Awards and nominations

 * 1981
 * Patrick Dowling
 * BAFTA TV Award for 'Harlequin' (Drama/Light Entertainment)
 * Nominated
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