{"id":18639,"date":"2020-06-02T09:53:33","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T13:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/horrid-henrys-wild-weekend-bowing-netflix-u-k\/"},"modified":"2020-06-02T11:55:12","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T15:55:12","slug":"horrid-henrys-wild-weekend-bowing-on-netflix-in-the-u-k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/horrid-henrys-wild-weekend-bowing-on-netflix-in-the-u-k\/","title":{"rendered":"Horrid Henry\u2019s Wild Weekend Bowing on Netflix in the U.K."},"content":{"rendered":"
Novel Entertainment\u2019s first animated feature-length Horrid Henry<\/em> special is slated to soon launch on Netflix in the U.K.<\/p>\n Horrid Henry\u2019s Wild Weekend<\/em> centers on a weekend in Ashton when Henry is unexpectedly chosen to join the Ashton Adventurers to compete for the Brainbox of the Year Cup. Meanwhile, his parents try to slip away for a night without the kids and Great Aunt Greta has a teenager to stay. The special will premiere on Netflix on June 6.<\/p>\n U.K. presenters Richard McCourt and Dominic Wood reprise the starring roles they played in the live-action Horrid Henry: The Movie<\/em> in Horrid Henry\u2019s Wild Weekend<\/em>. Further, for this special, Henry and his friends will be online on Facebook and Instagram for a viewing party that is designed to raise awareness of Novel Entertainment\u2019s campaign to address the U.K.\u2019s digital deficit.<\/p>\n In addition to the new animated special, Novel Entertainment has a raft of newly created content output, produced under the banner of Horrid Henry Unlocked<\/em> and designed to offer a familiar environment for fans to discover how the Horrid Henry<\/em> family is responding to the current COVID-19 crisis. As well as the recently launched Horrid Henry<\/em> podcast, new material includes daily Horrid Homework in the form of activities that are available via the Horrid Henry<\/em> website; projects, challenges, puzzles and bespoke videos, including songs, short videos and behind-the-scenes content and interviews.<\/p>\n Mike Watts, co-founder of Novel Entertainment, said: \u201cHorrid Henry<\/em> continues to be hugely popular on Netflix in the U.K. and we are thrilled to have a feature-length animated commission.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Novel Entertainment\u2019s first animated feature-length Horrid Henry special is slated to soon launch on Netflix in the U.K.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":18640,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[2236,5489,4387],"class_list":["post-18639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-horrid-henry","tag-horrid-henrys-wild-weekend","tag-novel-entertainment","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\n