Oscar's Orchestra (1995): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 1995, Oscar's Orchestra is an animation, kids, family and sci-fi & fantasy series.

What it’s about. Oscar's Orchestra is a British children's animated TV series that ran from 1994 to 1996 comprising a total of three seasons and 39 episodes. The series was produced by the popular British animation studio Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment in association with Warner Music Vision and Europe Images and was originally shown on the BBC as part of the children's block CBBC. It has also aired on the British children's cable networks The Children's Channel and Nickleodeon, France 2 in France and ABC in Australia. It is set in the distant future, in the year 2743 in a city called New Vienna, and was about a talking piano called Oscar, who rebels against the evil dictator of the world, Thaddius Vent, who has banned music. Oscar and his fellow musical instruments plot against Vent and his henchmen, Lucius and Tank, and his soothsayer, Goodtooth, who always says: 'You screamed, master!'. The voice of Oscar was provided by Dudley Moore.

Who’s in it. Oscar's Orchestra stars Murray Melvin, Michael Kilgarriff, Colin McFarlane and Dudley Moore as Oscar.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.0/10, Oscar's Orchestra has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Oscar's Orchestra page.

If you liked it. Fans of Oscar's Orchestra tend to enjoy Rick and Morty, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Attack on Titan and Attack on Titan: No Regrets.