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The Amazing Adventures of Morph
Genre Animation
Family
Comedy
Science fiction
Created by Aardman Animations
Directed by Peter Lord
David Sproxton
Starring
Narrated by Tony Hart
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of episodes 26
Production
Producer(s) Patrick Dowling
Running time 5 minutes
Production company(s) Aardman Animations
Distributor BBC
Release
Original network BBC
Original release October 13, 1980 (1980-10-13) – May 18, 1981 (1981-05-18)
Chronology
Followed by The Morph Files (1995)
Related shows spun off from Take Hart (1977)

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 and his cream-coloured best friend Chas 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.

Cast

Episodes

  1. The Beginning
  2. The Day Nothing Happened
  3. Play Golf
  4. Morph takes a Ditch
  5. The Day Morph Was Ill
  6. Morph's Forgotten Dream
  7. Morph the Weakling
  8. Chalk the Dog
  9. The Two Mountaineers
  10. The Double Decker Boot
  11. Butch Morph and the Chas Kid
  12. The Day Morph Went Skiing
  13. The Abominable Snowman
  14. The Invisible Morph
  15. Where's Cricket?
  16. A Swimming Pool in the Garden
  17. The Strange Visitor
  18. A Game of Chess
  19. The Very Small Creature, Green
  20. GrandMorph's Beard
  21. The Babysitters
  22. Morph Sticks With It
  23. Gobbledygook the Burglar
  24. GrandMorph's Home Movies
  25. Morph and the Swoggle Flange
  26. The Magic Wand

Online re-release

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

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