---
name: "Howard Read"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/howard-read"
fi1m_id: "howard-read"
tmdb_id: 3251484
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T02:24:33.588595+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Howard Read

## Identity

Howard Read

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/howard-read
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** howard-read
- **TMDB ID:** 3251484
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3251484

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3251484

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Amazing World of Gumball*](https://film.one/tv/the-amazing-world-of-gumball.md) (82)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Howard Read is a British screenwriter, comedian and animator. He is best known for his stand-up comedy and television work alongside his animated sidekick Little Howard, including the CBBC series *Little Howard's Big Question* (2009–2011), which he created, headed the writing for and animated. The series won a Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award for Best Children's Television Script.

Read has written extensively for children's television, including episodes of *The Amazing World of Gumball* (2014), *Horrible Histories* (2012–2019), *Danger Mouse* (2016), *Dennis and Gnasher Unleashed* (2016–2019) and the television film *Rabbids Invasion: Mission to Mars* (2021). His contributions to *Horrible Histories* formed part of the team that won a BAFTA for Best Children's Comedy.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Amazing World of Gumball* (2011), Fi1m 82, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-amazing-world-of-gumball.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Duck & Frog* (2026), series, Writer
- *Rabbids Invasion: Mission To Mars* (2021), Writer
- *Counterfeit Cat* (2016), series, Writer
- *Danger Mouse* (2015), series, Writer, Additional Writing
- *The Amazing World of Gumball* (2011), series, Writer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-amazing-world-of-gumball.md)

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