Roobarb Roobarb Roobarb (commonly known as "Roobarb and Custard") is a British animated children's television programme, created by Grange Calveley originally shown on BBC1 just before the evening news. Each cartoon, written by Calveley and directed by Bob Godfrey, was about five minutes long. Thirty episodes were made, and the show was first shown on 21 October 1974. The theme is that of the friendly rivalry between Roobarb, a green dog with an overactive imagination, and Custard, the mischievous laconic pink cat from next door. The narration of the series was provided by the actor Richard Briers. On 17 February 2013,
The Pink and the Green The Pink and the Green Le Rose et le Vert (French for The Pink and the Green) is an unfinished novel by Stendhal. "The Pink and the Green" was written in 1837, after Stendhal had abandoned "Lucien Leuwen" in 1834 and before completing "The Charterhouse of Parma" the following year. The novel began as a reworking of a story entitled "Minda de Vanghel", which Stendhal had written immediately after "The Red and the Black". Stendhal completed approximately one hundred pages and estimated that he had maybe 800 more before it would be finished. The meaning of the title is unclear.