Don't Eat the Neighbours

Don't Eat the Neighbours
Format	television series
Voices of	Robert Lindsay Michael McShane Doon MacKichan Sean Cullen Patrick McKenna Tim McInnerny Frank Meschkuleit Simon Callow
Country of origin	United Kingdom Canada
Broadcast
Original channel	ITV Network (CITV)
Original airing	2001

Don't Eat the Neighbours is a children's comedy series that originally aired in the United Kingdom and Canada in 2001-2002. It was filmed mainly with puppets, but occasionally used computer graphics. The series was focused on the characters Rabbit, Wolf, and their children. Music for the show was done by Jim Guttridge, with the theme done by Dan Gagnon, Sandy Nuttgens, and Michael Scott.

Only four episodes were released on VHS and DVD in the 2001 volume A Rabbit for All Seasons.

Plot outline

Rabbit lives in the forest with his children: Lucy, Peter, and Emily. Wolf, who has been driven out of Canada by the Brotherhood of Wolves, moves in next door with his sons Barry and Simon. Although Wolf has a strong desire to eat Rabbit, his children develop close friendships with Lucy, rejecting traditional dietary preferences.

List of characters

Rabbit's Children [Lucy Emily and Peter] and Wolf's Children [Barry and Simon] are the only main characters in the series to have normal names where as all the other main characters are named by and have the names of what animal they are Terrapin Rabbit Fox Wolf and Bear

• Rabbit – Rabbit is confident, clever and quick witted. A lot of the series' humour is based around the conflict between him, Wolf and Fox. He is also the father of Lucy, Peter, and Emily Rabbit is tall and wears blue trousers red converse shoes a white shirt and a flowery jacket .

• Lucy – Rabbit's oldest child, Lucy is calm, and often appears smarter than her father. She is good friends with Barry and Simon, despite the conflict between their parents.

• Peter and Emily – Rabbit's youngest children are twin babies, and due to their age, they do not speak in any episodes.

• Wolf – Exiled from his native Canada by the Brotherhood of Wolves, Wolf has relocated to a forest in England where he lives next door to Rabbit. He is dim witted and clumsy, and often teams up with Fox in his attempts to catch and eat Rabbit. Wolf is also the father of Barry and Simon Wolf can proove to be dangerous angry and scary at times when it comes to planning on both hunting and killing his prey he is tall wears a red shirt black leather pants and jacket and wears platform like shoes which resemble women's boots .

• Simon – Wolf's oldest son, Simon is smarter than his brother Barry.

• Barry – Wolf's youngest son is good-hearted but rather dim-witted. He has a small crush on Lucy.

• Fox – Wolf's posh friend sometimes talks to his mother, who appears to be a voice inside his head like Wolf Fox too is an enemy of Rabbit's who tries to eat Rabbit [Like normall foxes and wolves in real life] Fox can be very clever when it comes to coming up with plans to catch Rabbit how ever Rabbit manages to usually foil his plans and they never seem to really work or succeed he wears a white shirt a yellow waist coat jacket and dark pants.

• Terrapin – Rabbit's best friend, Terrapin is very cowardly, although there have been times when he has shown courage he has a Twin Brother named Colin who look's just like him Terrapin wears a underdiver's water suit and flippers .

• Bear – Lucy's confidant and advisor, he is often seen painting. Barry and Simon are frightened of him, though he has a kindly personality Rabbit and Terapin are also scared of him especially when in the first episode where they had to go to Bear's House to steal cabbage from the cabbage patch in Bear's back yard while Bear was sleeping .

Cast list

Character	Voice Actor
Rabbit	Robert Lindsay
Wolf	Michael McShane
Lucy	Doon MacKichan
Barry	Sean Cullen
Simon	Patrick McKenna
Terrapin	Tim McInnerny
Fox	Frank Meschkuleit
Bear	Simon Callow

Episodes

1. "A Rabbit for All Seasons"
2. "Action Rabbit"
3. "Barry Loves Lucy"
4. "Simon the Werewolf"
5. "Walk like a Rabbit"
6. "Trust Rabbit"
7. "Lucy and Woodland Massive"
8. "Vote for Lucy"
9. "Wolves in from the Cold"
10. "Dances with Terrapin"
11. "Fox Comes to Stay"
12. "Colin Pays a Visit"
13. "Old Father Rabbit"
14. "Lucy the Adventurer"
15. "Dave Eats the Grass"
16. "Barry's Close Encounter"
17. "Terrapin's Hot Date"
18. "Happy Birthday Mr Rabbit"
19. "Terrapin on the Rocks"
20. "Super Terrapin"
21. "Lucy Blows Her Top"
22. "Wolf's Grave Fears"
23. "Terrapin Out of His Shell"
24. "Lucy Faces the Music"
25. "Simon Acts Up"
26. "Rabbit's Greatest Hits"

External links

• Don't Eat the Neighbours at the Internet Movie Database