Synopsis

A TV producer sees Old Tom causing mayhem at a shopping center and, thinking that Old Tom is a comic genius, gives him his own TV show. Soon, Old Tom is a TV star, and everybody who previously disliked him know wants to be his friend- even Lavinia. When Old Tom is mobbed by fans at the department store, Lavinia rescues him and takes him to a party that she is throwing in his honor. Old Tom enjoys this adulation until he realizes that his old friends- Angela and Lucy- are being left out. Old Tom turns his back on his new fame and new friends, and he goes back to being himself.

Characters

Old Tom, Billy Winterberry, Angela Throgmorten, Lavinia Winterberry, Lucy, Lady Winifred "Winnie" Pineapple deGroot

Credits

Directing

Director: Guy Gross

Writing

Writer: Leigh Hobbs (Original Books)
Creator: Leigh Hobbs

Voices

Voice: Keith Scott (Old Tom), Troy Planet (Billy Winterberry), Kim Hillas (Angela Throgmorten), Rachel King (Lavinia Winterberry, Lucy), Angela Moore (Lady Winifred "Winnie" Pineapple deGroot), Quentin James

Music

Music: Guy Gross

Sound

Sound Editor: Jo Mion

Music Department

Music Editor: Aaron Symonds

Production Management

Production Assistant: Alex Flower

Production notes

"Oh, don't you think that might possibly be a little bit too much Old Tom?" says Angela when she sees the terrible mess her beloved Old Tom has made. Based on the books by Leigh Hobbs, this series brings the most intolerable, disastrous and most amusing of animated cats to the screen. Orange, one-eyed Old Tom and his adoptive "mother," the delightful and rather eccentric Angela, make one of the most surprising couples in the history of love stories.

This TV series premiered in France on November 21, 2001. Air dates are as shown on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.