The Perishers (TV series) The Perishers (TV series) The Perishers is a cartoon series produced by Bill Melendez Productions and FilmFair. BBC1 transmitted it in 1979. The series is based on Maurice Dodd's long-running comic strip, "The Perishers". Judy Bennett voiced the roles of Maisie and Baby Grumpling; Leonard Rossiter voiced Boot; Sheila Steafel voiced Wellington; Peter Hawkins served as the narrator, and voiced the characters of Marlon and BH. Castle Vision published the first home video release of "The Perishers": Two VHS videocassettes, each with 10 episodes. Abbey Home Media republished the first 10 episodes to a Region 2 DVD titled "The Perishers:
What a Cartoon! company to pay for the whole program. In addition to the eventual spin-offs, the "What a Cartoon!" short "Larry and Steve" by Seth MacFarlane featured prototypes of characters that would later go on to become MacFarlane's massively successful "Family Guy". The "What a Cartoon!" project and its assorted spin-offs brought Cartoon Network more commercial and critical success, and the network became an animation industry leader as the 1990s drew to a close. In 2001, coinciding with the death of William Hanna, Hanna-Barbera Productions merged with Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network opened its own production arm, Cartoon Network Studios, in