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 Great Cat and Dog Massacre Massacre". The Great Cat and Dog Massacre The Great Cat and Dog Massacre is a non-fiction book written by Hilda Kean. It tells the story of the September 1939 time period at the start of World War II, when hundreds of thousands of British family pets were preemptively euthanized in anticipation of air raids and resource shortages. Kean also uses the episode to discuss people's feelings about their pets and the psychology of a population at war. The book was published in 2017 by University of Chicago Press. Its title is a reference to Robert Darnton's 1984 work "The Great