"the very hungry caterpillar" was adapted for television on 1 september 1993 in the uk before being released on vhs video on 17th october 1994 distributed by polygram video, then it re-released on 16th june 1997 distributed by channel 5 video and it also got re-released on 18th march 2002 distributed by universal pictures. a sublabel of polygram, as part of an anthology called "the world of eric carle" that included the very hungry caterpillar, along with four other eric carle stories, including: "papa, please get the moon for me", "the very quiet cricket", "the mixed-up chameleon", and "i see a song".