Metalheads (TV series)

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.^[2]

Metalheads
Created by	Steve Moore[1]
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)

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"
• "Pygmalihun"
• "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.^[3]

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.