Purple and Brown is a British stop-motion animated short television series made in collaboration with Nickelodeon and Aardman Animations, the creators of Wallace and Gromit. The series was devised and directed by Rich Webber and edited by Mike Percival, who also offered the voices of the characters, and first aired in February 2006, on Nickelodeon's UK and Ireland channel, and then later became a staple on the US Nickelodeon network as part of its former Nick Extra short program.
Background The series was devised and was directed by Webber and edited by Mike Percival. They also provided the voices of the characters, Webber being Purple and Percival voicing Brown. The series was originally set to launch on 13 February 2006, on Nickelodeon's channel in the United Kingdom. Despite the series' conclusion in 2007, a 7-minute special, titled Space, was made in 2009 but left unaired. According to Percival's public CV, the 7-minute episode was made for a cancelled US special of Purple and Brown. In September 2022 Webber published the episode on his YouTube channel. Photos of the making of Space can be seen on the blog of sculptor Dhimant Vyas, who was involved in the creation.
Purple and Brown is a creation of Aardman, who also animated Wallace and Gromit, Creature Comforts, Angry Kid and Morph.
Storyline The storyline is led by the characters of two clay blob friends, one purple and the other brown and named after their colours, who are caught in ridiculous situations. Purple and Brown never speak, but they understand everything. Despite any given predicament, the duo can never help but giggle with a low, recognisable laugh.
Reception In 2007, Cartoon Brew offered a mild criticism of Aardman's recent work, but wrote that Purple and Brown marked "a wonderful return to their roots", and that the concept is "beautifully animated and hilariously executed".
Episodes Snowman (2006) - 15 seconds Spaghetti (2006) - 19 seconds Weewee (2006) - 21 seconds Irish Jig (2006) - 54 seconds (shortened version), 2 minutes and 8 seconds (extended version) Seagull (2006) - 22 seconds Christmas (2006) - 59 seconds Speedy (2006) - 1 minute and 2 seconds Big Green Thing (2006) - 1 minute and 2 seconds Alien 2 (2006) – 11 seconds Magic Ball (2006) Beardly (2006) - 11 seconds Sleep (2006) - 1 minute and 2 seconds Balloon (2006) - 22 seconds Whistlers (2006) - 1 minute and 5 seconds Hammer (2007) - 11 seconds Beach Ball (2007) - 12 seconds Colour (2007) - 7 seconds Sun Screen (2007) - 9 seconds Paint (2007) - 11 seconds
Unused Mix Together Cheese Heads Fire Against Water Space
Awards 2006, Won BAFTA award for best Children's Short
References
External links Purple and Brown at the Internet Movie Database