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,
Cat Rapes Dog were later released on Swedish independent labels Energy Rekords (Die Krupps / VNV Nation / Front 242 etc) and Subspace Communications (Covenant / Apoptygma Berzerk etc) and most recently on Artoffact Records of Toronto, Canada (in 2013). Additional retrospective compilations have also been released by the above mentioned labels. Cat Rapes Dog Cat Rapes Dog was a Swedish electropunk, EBM and heavy metal band, formed in 1984 by Joel Rydström and Magnus Fransson. Initially the band self-released a number of albums on cassette, (then a trend followed by many independent acts of their type), plus a cassette album & vinyl