Humf
Humf is a British animated children's television program featuring a "furry thing" called Humf. The show centres on the title character and his daily life with his friends and family. The show, each episode of which is about 7 minutes long, is produced by King Rollo Films and Rubber Duck.[1] It is narrated by Caroline Quentin and it is broadcast on Nick Jr. (UK and Ireland) and Nick Jr 2 and CBeebies in international countries.[2]
Characters
Humf
Humf is described as a furry thing. He is short, round, purple, and cuddly. He has a rather square shaped toy named Crispy Cakehead and lives in a first floor flat with his mum and dad. His best friends Wallace and Loon live in the flats above and below respectively.
Wallace
Wallace is a green hairy thing who runs around a lot and often ruins games on Humf and Loon, though not deliberately. He laughs quite a lot, too, and lives on the very top floor of the 3-story building. He always says hello more than once and his other catchphrase is saying things are his "favourite thing". He also likes to play supertiger (Wallace Gets Very Cross), elephants. & Falling Down (Humf & Wallace Fall Down).
Loon
Loon is a pink feathery thing who lives in the flat below Humf. She likes to go out to the park and the supermarket, most of the time with her friends Humf and Wallace, along with her mother. She is the only one of the three friends who has yet to be shown a father
Humf's Mum
Humf's mum is a blue furry thing.
Humf's Dad
Humf's dad is a big, red furry thing. He works a lot from home on the computer.
Wallace's Mum
Wallace's Mum is a green hairy thing.
Wallace's Dad
Wallace's Dad is a blue hairy thing.
Loon's Mum
Loon's Mum is also, like Loon, a pink feathery thing.
Uncle Hairy
Uncle Hairy is Humf's uncle. He often comes to babysit Humf, although in one episode, he is late, so Flora, his girlfriend, comes to babysit instead (Flora Comes To Babysit). However, he finally manages to arrive at Humf's flat at the moment when he is saying good night to Flora. In another episode, he announces he is going to take Humf to a restaurant for a late night dinner, instead of babysitting him. He likes to play with both Humf and his friends, as well as taking them to several places around the local area. He also sometimes goes to work, as seen in the episode Humf's Special Cup. He also reads to Humf in a funny voice.
Flora
Flora is Uncle Hairy's girlfriend. She likes to go out at night with him. She is good at making peanut butter sandwiches and like Uncle Hairy she reads in funny voices, but only after Humf reminds her. The relationship between Uncle Hairy and Flora develops nicely throughout the episodes. In the episode when Uncle Hairy was late she was referred to as Auntie Flora. Initially Humf was unsure about this, but by the end of the episode he seemed to have warmed to the idea. However, he was still very happy when Uncle Hairy eventually arrived at bed time.
Places
The characters homes
Most episodes will spend some time in one or another of the main characters flats.
The park
Often, episodes will spend some time in a local park which is within walking distance of the flats and involves crossing a road to get there. The park has play equipment as well as a sand pit and green open spaces to run around in.
Typical plot
In general, plots are centred on Humf and his exploration of the world. An example would be when Humf and his friends go to the park and see litter on the floor. They discuss it and then start to pick it up and put it in the bin with increasing vigour. Humf's mum interrupts when he goes to pick up a banana skin and explains that to be safe they should not attempt to pick up all litter as some is yucky.
Other details
The series is aimed at pre-school children and was created by Andrew Brenner, directed by Neil Fitzgibben and produced by Alexi Wheeler.
Episode list
Season 1
Season 1 was released in 2007, airing 78 episodes.
- Humf's Painting
- Loon's New Handbag
- Wallace Pretends Too Much
- Loon's Pushchair
- Humf Goes Very High
- Wallace's Quiet Game
- Humf's Red Mittens
- Humf Climbs A Mountain
- Uncle Hairy's Restaurant
- Uncle Hairy's Cinema
- Humf And The Fluffy Thing
- Mum And Dad's Party
- Humf's Shadow
- Humf Hangs Up The Laundry
- Humf Is Hiding
- Humf And The Scary Thing
- Humf's Special Stick
- Humf And The Hole In The Park
- Humf And The Balloons
- Humf's Special Cup
- Humf's Ball
- Humf And The Tickle Monster
- Humf And The Moon
- Humf And All The Stars
- Uncle Hairy's Band
- Humf Goes Fast
- Humf's New Word
- Humf Gets Lost
- Humf Bakes Biscuits
- Humf In The Fog
- Slow Down, Wallace
- Humf's Big Boots
- Wallace's Bath
- Humf And The Ants
- Humf's Friends
- Humf Is A Furry Thing
- Humf's Favourite Book
- Humf Wakes Up Early
- Humf's Picnic
- Loon's Best Friend
- Wallace's Favourite Toy
- Everyone Wants To Sit Next To Uncle Hairy
- Loon's Ballet Lesson
- Humf's Surprise
- Humf and the Bedbugs
- Humf and Wallace Fall Down
- Humf Changes His Mind
- Humf's Dad Goes on an Aeroplane
- Crispy Cakehead is Sad
- Loon's House
- Humf and the Wind
- Humf Puts it in the Bin
- Humf's Dog
- Humf and Loon's Special Treat
- Wallace's Tie
- Uncle Hairy's Keys
- Mum's Flower
- Fireman Wallace
- Loon's Treasure
- Loon's Jack in the Box
- Humf's Splinter
- Wallace Won't Come Home
- Wallace's Bubbles
- Uncle Hairy's Take Away
- Loon's Paddling Pool
- Humf Goes Swimming
- Humf's New Name
- Humf's Busy Family
- Loon's Blackboard
- Humf is Very Big
- Humf's Mum's Phone
- Everybody Copies Uncle Hairy
- Humf's Dad Stays in Bed
- Flora Comes to Babysit
- Loon Goes Far Away
- Loon Gets Stuck
- Uncle Hairy's Magic
- Wallace Gets Very Cross
External links
- Humf on Nick Jr.
- Humf Site (archived via Wayback Machine)