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,
Four Tank-Men and a Dog released on DVD as a boxed set by TVP. In 2015, gaming company Wargaming introduced 4 premium vehicles to the game World of Tanks in an event marking VE day, one of the limited vehicles being Rudy, with a crew based on characters from the series including "Szarik". Four Tank-Men and a Dog Czterej pancerni i pies (, "Four tank-men and a dog") was a Polish black and white TV series based on the book by Janusz Przymanowski. Made between 1966 and 1970, the series is composed of 21 episodes of 55 minutes each, divided into three seasons. It is