The Amazing Adventures of Morph
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, his cream-coloured best friend Chas, and Tony Hart 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. Tony Hart appears as himself narrating the book about their adventures happening at the same time and often interacts with the characters themselves.

Cast
Tony Hart as Himself/Narrator (voice)
Morph 
Chas 
Nailbrush 
Grandmorph 
Delilah 
Gillespie 
Folly 
Gobbledygook 
The Very Small Creatures

Episodes
(Actual original episode titles and dates were sourced from Radio Times and BBC Genome)
 The Beginning (13 October 1980): Morph decides to write a book about his adventures using Grandmorph's newly brought word-processing machine.
 The Day Nothing Happened (15 October 1980): On a boring day, Morph tries to entertain himself by playing soccer and hide and seek with his friends.
 Morph Plays Golf (16 October 1980): Morph goes golfing with Grandmorph, with Chas, The Very Small Creatures, and Gillespie pranking and sabotaging Morph's attempts so Chas can win.
 Morph's Birthday Party (17 October 1980): Morph's friends secretly set up a surprise birthday party for Morph when he's not looking.
 The Day Morph Was Ill (20 October 1980): Morph is diagnosed with illness and they try to help him out, but end up getting tired out when he feels better forcing Morph to tend to them too.
 Morph's Forgotten Dream (22 October 1980): Morph has an amazing dream and tries to write about it, but by then, he cannot remember what it was.
 Morph the Weakling (21 October 1980): After learning that Delilah is stronger than them, Morph and Chas attempt to get fit.
 The Dog Show (23 October 1980): Morph is training nailbrush for the dog show, but Chas decide to sabotage his plans.
 The Two Mountaineers (24 October 1980): Morph and Chas attempt to steal Tony's tea cake from a shelf while the latter is busy with the phone.
 The Double Decker Boot (27 October 1980): Morph buys a double-decker mobile boot home and moves out for a life on the road, only to find out the outdoors isn't all its bargained for.
 The Cowboys (30 October 1980):
 The Day Morph Went Ski-ing (31 October 1980):
 The Abominable Snowman (3 November 1980):
 The Invisible Morph (6 November 1980):
 Anyone for Cricket? (7 November 1980):
 A Swimming Pool in the Garden (27 April 1981):
 The Strange Visitor (29 April 1981):
 A Game of Chess (1 May 1981):
 Very Small Creature Green (6 May 1981):
 Grandmorph's Beard (7 May 1981):
 The Baby-Sitters (8 May 1981):
 Morph Sticks With It (11 May 1981):
 Gobbledegook the Burglar (13 May 1981):
 Grandmorph's Home Movies (14 May 1981):
 Morph and the Swoggle-Flange (15 May 1981):
 The Magic Wand (18 May 1981):

Online re-release

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

Critical reception
MSN UK said "It would be fantastic to see this show back on terrestrial TV - it was entertaining and original."

Awards and nominations

|-
| 1981
| Patrick Dowling
| BAFTA TV Award for 'Harlequin' (Drama/Light Entertainment)
| 
|}

References

External links

1980s British animated television series
1980s British children's television series
1980 British television series debuts
1981 British television series endings
British children's animated adventure television series
British children's animated comedy television series
British children's animated fantasy television series
Clay animation television series
English-language television shows
Television series by Aardman Animations
British television series with live action and animation