Mr. Men whereas four Mr. Men characters and nine Little Miss characters were also published in English and can be seen listed below as being released in 1990. After his father's death, Adam Hargreaves took over the Mr. Men. He now draws the characters and writes new stories for them. A competition was held in the British "Sunday Times" newspaper for children to submit their own Mr. Men character for inclusion in a limited edition celebrating the 30th anniversary of the series. "Mr. Cheeky", submitted by then eight-year-old Gemma Almond, was selected as the winning entry. Gemma's creation led to a book
Roger and the Rottentrolls would clearly be off his trolley, but older. Penyghent would be female... and so on. I wish every assembly of characters was that easy." The voices of the Rottentrolls were provided, in the first series, by John Thomson, Phil Cornwell and Rebecca Front. In later series Ronni Ancona replaced Rebecca Front. There were four series of Roger and the Rottentrolls and 36 episodes. The first series of "Roger and the Rottentrolls" was released on VHS as 'Roger and the Rottentrolls: A Complete Set of Adventures' in 1998. The second series was released in two parts: 'Combat Without Contact' (which also