Metalheads (TV series)

Metalheads
Created by	Steve Moore
Written by	Steve Moore Benjamin Townsend Michael Ryan Olly Smith Ian Carney
Directed by	Chris Hermans
Country of origin	United Kingdom Germany
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	26
Production
Producer	Denise Green
Running time	12 minutes per episode (approx.)
Production companies	TV-Loonland AG Telemagination ZDF Enterprises
Original release
Network	CBBC (United Kingdom) ZDF (Germany)
Release	1 September 2003 (2003-09-01) – 2004 (2004)

Metalheads is a children's cartoon set in the Middle Ages. The show centers around a group of children that attend the Metalhead Academy, a school for trainee knights.

Characters

• Sir Fuddleby
• Lester
• Lady Liddy
• Shmed
• Bob
• Drucilla
• The God - who resemble a British King, also dressed in King's Outfit.
• other more

Series 1 (2003–2004)

• "An Uncivil Suit"
• "The End of Time"
• "Watch Ye Birdie"
• "Dangling Dan's Day Off"
• "Closed Circuit Tapestry"
• "Olde soldiers Never Die, Alas"
• "Ye Kitchen Maids"
• "Besieged"
• "Send in the King"
• "My Life as a Page"
• "The Stick in the Stone"
• "Ye Sandwich of Destruction"
• "First Impressions"
• "The Not So Magic Kingdom"
• "A Kingdom For a Horse"
• "Last Hun Standing"
• "The King and the Pauper"
• "Metal Dads"
• "Knight of Disillusion"
• "The Schmed With the Golden Wand"
• "The Art of Courtly Love"
• "Sir Lester and the Green Knight"
• "Pygmalihon"
• "Lay on, MacGruff"
• "All or Nothingham"
• "None Shall Pass"

Awards and recognition

The series was a nominee in the 2004 British Academy Children's Awards for the Animation category.

Home media

A single DVD release of the series containing eight episodes was released in the United Kingdom by Metrodome Distribution in 2004. It also contains several bonus features, including two games, a quiz, character profiles, timelines and a Storyboard sequence.

External links

• Metalheads at IMDb