''Purple and Brown'' is a British stop-motion animated short

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''. 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 Percival, who also offer the voices of the characters. 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, its 7-minute special, titled Space was made back in 2009 but left unaired. ''Purple and Brown'' is a creation of

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Storyline

The storyline is led by the characters of two clay blob friends, one is purple and the other brown, who get 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

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Reception

In 2007, ''

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'' 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 # 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

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