Hairy Jeremy
television series
Hairy Jeremy (Jérémie des Cavernes in French) is a 1988 French/South Korean animated television show by Franck Flanquart and Pierre Scarella, who originally created it as a short film in 1983 that would serve as the series. It debuted in 1990 on France 3, and was later dubbed in the United Kingdom in 1992 and shown on CBBC between 1994 and 1999. It was narrated by Toyah Willcox.
The show focuses on a caveman called Hairy Jeremy and his misadventures he has with his prehistoric friends.
Characters
Hairy Jeremy - A Caveman with a face so hairy that only his nose is visible. Whenever he's surprised, his eyes do appear. He is a friendly caveman, but sometimes gets grumpy whenever he's annoyed or anyone disturbs his naps.
Arabella - An orange furred Platypus, a friend of Hairy Jeremy.
Milly & Tilly - Emu twins who the Narrator often gets muddled.
Opterod - A posh speaking mustached grey dinosaur with ears.
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