Hairy Jeremy

Hairy Jeremy
GenreStop Motion
Children's
Created byFranck Flanquart
Pierre Scarella
Directed by
  • Franck Flanquart (1983 short film)
    Pierre Scarella (1983 short film)
    Francis Finidori (1988 television series)
    Jean-Louis Porte (1988 television Series)
Music byChristophe Heral (Original French version)
Ten Pin Alley (English Version)
Countries of originFrance
South Korea
Original languageFrench
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes26 (English)
Production
Executive producerTheresa Plummer Andrews (BBC)
AnimatorYoon Jee Won
Running time3 minutes (Short Film)
3–4 minutes
Production companiesArimage Production
Joong-Ang Daily News
Video 13 Production
Original release
NetworkFR3
CBBC
Release1990 (1990) –
1995 (1995)

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 FR3, 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

Episodes

No.Title Original release date
1"April Fools Day"1992 (1992)
April Fools Day has come, and that could only mean Chucklesaurus is out to prank Hairy Jeremy. Even when he was pushed to the brink of pushing Chucklesaurus off a cliff, and him ending up having to rescue him, it was Chucklesaurus who had the last laugh.
2"Big Top Flop"1992 (1992)
Hairy Jeremy rounded up the Eggheads in order to take part in his own circus, only for it to turn into a big flop once the Eggheads began showing off.
3"Egg Head"1992 (1992)
Hairy Jeremy finds and egg and hatches it, only to find it being a baby Dino Monster, crying for its mother, so he decided to return it to its rightful parent.
4"Hide and Seek"1992 (1992)
Arabella is bored and wants Hairy Jeremy to play with her, but only made him cross when she kept interrupting his nap. This made Hairy Jeremy guilty and decided to look for her, without realising that she all the while was playing hide and seek.
5"Ice To See You"1992 (1992)
Snow has fallen, and as Hairy Jeremy was wondering, he was insulted by Chucklesaurus for making a snowman that looked just like him. When he built a wood fire to keep himself warm, all of his friends were invited to share the warmth, except for Chucklesaurus, which he left to freeze overnight. The next day, Hairy Jeremy was so ashamed for what he has done, that he didn't notice the thaw that them thawed out his friend.
6"Quiet"1992 (1992)
Hairy Jeremy is trying to take his nap, only to be disturbed by his friends. He then tried putting on his music, only to end up ignoring the warnings of Terry Dactyl falling out of the sky, and crashing on top of him.
7"Road to Ruin"1992 (1992)
Hairy Jeremy had an idea with the Eggheads to construct a Motorway in order to go to far away places, only to find the noise, the traffic, and the dust kicked into his cave far too much for Hairy Jeremy.
8"Self Raising Flour"1992 (1992)
Hairy Jeremy has a venus flytrap growing in his cave, and a mystery of his food getting eaten when his back is turned, He had Arabella keep watch over his food, but when he saw his food gone and only her fur left, thinking his flower tried to eat her he kicked it out of his house. Third time he thought Arabella had eaten it, only to find that it was actually his flower that has now grown into a climber around his cave.
9"Snapshot"1992 (1992)
Hairy Jeremy took photos of all his friends, but try as he might, couldn't take one of himself. So he decided to create a board of his torso, in order to have his picture taken.
10"The Big Fight"1992 (1992)
Two Dino Monsters compete for champion in a fighting ring, with Hairy Jeremy only wishing to be one. The fight ended in a draw, and Hairy Jeremy took the winner's crown.
11"Toothache"1992 (1992)
A Dino Monster was following Hairy Jeremy, and while doing so was scaring Hairy Jeremy's friends. The reason when Hairy Jeremy found out, was that the Dino Monster was having toothache and wants him to help pull his tooth out.
12"Zero Hero"1992 (1992)
The animals all thought Hairy Jeremy actually killed a Dino Monster, and actually hailed him as a hero, when actually Hairy Jeremy was trying to swat mosquitoes with his club and happened to be close to a Dino Monster that was actually sleeping.
13TBA1992 (1992)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "April Fools Day". Hairy Jeremy. Season 1. Episode 1. 1992. 4:02 minutes in.
  2. ↑ francearchives.gouv.fr https://francearchives.gouv.fr/en/facomponent/dae5691b6bd9f4df7de7d80465c7d246a04e905b/. Retrieved 28 May 2026. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?order=first&filt=is_tv&q=%22hairy+jeremy%22&before=2001-12-31T23%3A59%3A59.999Z#top
  4. ↑ Hairy Jeremy – 12 Episode Compilation (1992) (Video). France 3 and Children's BBC. 1992 – via Internet Archive.