| Genre: | Comedy Slapstick |
| Director: | Guy Gross |
| Voices: | Keith Scott Kim Hillas Rachel King Troy Planet Angela Moore Alyssa Cooper Quentin James |
| Composer: | Guy Gross |
| Country: | France Australia |
| Language: | French English |
| Num Seasons: | 2 |
| Num Episodes: | 52 |
| Executive Producer: | Tim Brooke-Hunt Yoram Gross Sandra Gross Claire Henderson Roch Lener Jonathan Peel Geoff Watson |
| Producer: | Emmanuel Frack Rodney Whitham |
| Runtime: | 11 minutes |
| Company: | Yoram Gross-EM.TV Millimages Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
| Channel: | ABC Television ABC3 |
Old Tom is a children's animated television series based on a series of books by Leigh Hobbs. The show features the voice of Keith Scott as the titular character.[1]
The animated series follows the adventures of Angela Throgmorton and her mischievous stray cat named Old Tom, who she treats as if he were her son, despite his bad behaviour and his ill-fated antics.[2] [3]
The story begins with Angela Throgmorton, a respectable matron living solely, before she finds a basket on her doorstep who happens to carry Old Tom, an orange one-eyed tomcat with a bandaged leg and a crossed-patch on his chest, indicating his rebellious and outrageous personality.[4] Nevertheless, Angela is instantly drawn to Old Tom's charm and cheeky nature, before his real character quickly becomes noticeable, whilst retaining his good-natured charm.[2] Both Angela and Old Tom are oddball, eccentric characters who create mischief and trouble in their suburb as they get involved in humorous adventures and chaotic situations, in addition to Old Tom's genuine, yet unlucky, attempts to be good after causing trouble.[5]
Recurring characters include Old Tom's best friend Lucy, Angela's snobby, posh-speaking, rich friend Lavinia Winterberry who has a dog that resembles her, and Billy, a troublesome boy who enjoys bothering Old Tom.[6]
Guy Gross composed a frenzy jazz soundtrack which expresses the lead character's havoc. Gross worked with composer Clive Harrison to supervise the score production with Sydney's jazz session musicians.[7]
The series premiered on Wednesday 6 June 2002 on ABC Kids with "Lost & Found" and concluded with "Meteor Madness" on Monday 8 July 2002.[8]