Roobarb & Custard Reviews

Roobarb and Custard is an older style cartoon aimed at children that was well known for its theme tune as well as being an extremely well-made cartoon using felt tip drawings. I remember it being aired when I was a kid, and the characters have been around since the 1970s. Roobarb and Custard are a dog and a cat who get involved in a ...  Read the complete review

Diddle-de-deewww, diddle-de-dewwww, de-de-de-dum-de-de, etc…. So started the theme tune for the classic animation “Roobarb and Custard.” We all enjoyed the pair’s antics, growing up in the 1970’s, wondering what the daft dog would get up to next. I managed to find an old Roobarb and Custard video at a car boot ...  Read the complete review

And you thought The Magic Roundabout was weird. Written by Grange Calveley (a man who sounds more like a stately home than a scriptwriter), 'Roobarb and Custard' was first aired on the BBC in October 1974 and appeared regularly until the end of the 1980’s. The scripts were originally based on Calveley’s pet dog ...  Read the complete review

Another great classic ideal world where animals not only talk think and have opinions, but also live in harmony, well most of the time!! This is a cartoon made with very basic animation and the tackiest of dialogues...but it works, many a time before Crackerjack this cartoon would grace the airways, and boy were you lucky if you had a colour ...  Read the complete review