Angry Kid

*Angry Kid*
Angry Kid
	Logo from the first and second series. The logo is green in the third and fourth series.
Genre	Black comedy; Surreal humour;
Created by	Darren Walsh
Written by	Darren Walsh; Mike Booth; Mike Cooper
Directed by	Darren Walsh
Starring	Darren Walsh; David Holt; Mike Cooper; Beth Chalmers; Kevin Eldon; Jo Allen; Lee Evans
Theme music composer	Will Hodge
Opening theme	"Angry Kid"
Ending theme	"Angry Kid"
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	4
No. of episodes	66
Production
Executive producers	Peter Lord (S1-2); David Sproxton (S1-2); Liz Keynes (S1);
Producers	Michael Rose (S1); Jo Allen (S1); Jacky Chrisp (S2); Julie Lockhart (S2); Russell McLean (S3-4);
Cinematography	Mark Chamberlain
Running time	1-22 minutes
Production companies	Aardman Animations; Mr Morris Productions
Original release
Network	Channel 4 (1998–2002); BBC Three (2003–2006); Atom.com (1999–2012); YouTube (2007–2019)
Release	5 December 1998 –; 8 November 2019

Angry Kid is a British animated comedy web series created, directed, written, and designed by Darren Walsh and produced by Aardman Animations for Series 1 and 2 and by Mr Morris Productions for Series 3 and 4.

Unlike most Aardman productions, Angry Kid was not created using clay animation but a combination of pixilation (using actors in a form of stop motion puppetry) with masks for facial expressions. Series 3 onwards uses CGI for Angry Kid's head, along with live action. The series also aired in the United States on MTV.

Series 1 and 2 have been released on DVD by Pathé and 2Entertain respectively. All the Angry Kid animations from before the third series were on Atom.com before the site was absorbed into Comedy Central. A compilation DVD called Aardman's Dark Side was also released, and it contains several Series 2 episodes and an exclusive episode. The vast majority of Angry Kid has since been released on YouTube.

After an 8-year hiatus, Series 3 was launched on 3 July 2015 with the episode 'Interview'. Series 4 launched 4 years later in September 2019.

Unlike the first two series, Series 3 and 4 were exclusively released on the official Angry Kid YouTube page, with new episodes appearing every three weeks.

The fourth series concluded on 27 December 2019, and, as of December 2022, no further posts have been made to the Angry Kid page.

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