Digby Dragon

Digby Dragon
Genre	Comedy
Created by	Sally Hunter
Written by	Tim Bain Myles McLeod Steve Cannon Sally Hunter Ciaran Murtagh Andrew Jones Laura Beaumont Paul Larson
Directed by	Adam Shaw Aditya Guptya
Voices of	Clark Devlin Rasmus Hardiker Dustin Demri-Burns Ainsley Howard Lucy Montgomery Mark Heap Clive Russell
Composers	David Schweitzer Rich House Doug Walker
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	78
Production
Running time	11 minutes
Production company	Blue-Zoo Productions
Original release
Network	Channel 5 Nick Jr.
Release	4 July 2016 (2016-07-04) – 29 July 2019 (2019-07-29)

Digby Dragon is a British preschool CGI animated television series created by Sally Hunter, which aired from 4 July 2016 to 29 July 2019. ^[1] It is produced in the UK by Blue-Zoo Productions for Nick Jr. ^[2]

Premise

Digby is an anthropomorphised dragon who lives in the magical land of Applecross Wood, with a group of friends. These friends include creatures typically found in real-life forests, as well as a variety of magical trolls. ^[3]

Voice cast

• Clark Devlin as Digby Dragon, a young, green dragon "fledgling" who can't fly yet.
• Ainsley Howard as Fizzy Izzy, a ditzy but lovable pink fairy, and Digby's best friend.
• Rasmus Hardiker as "Cheeky" Chips, a nut-obsessed red squirrel.
• Dustin Demri-Burns as Grumpy Goblin, the cantankerous local inventor/engineer. Has three pet snails and a train called "Scottie".
• Lucy Montgomery as Grizel; a bad tempered little blue elf that likes causing mischief, and Archie; a little grey mouse and the local delivery girl.
• Mark Heap as Mungo, a scatter-brained and clumsy owl, who serves as Grizel's sidekick.
• Clive Russell as Albert, a good-natured old badger that owns the Applecross grocery shop.
• Spellbook: Fizzy's "Be A Good Fairy Spellbook", who is a bossy, somewhat overbearing magical book.
• Sprite: A fun-loving creature that appears as a ball of golden sparkles.
• Muddles: A mud monster that lives in the Applecross Swamp.
• Mushrooms: Three little mushrooms with faces that hop about the woods.

References

1. Digby Dragon (TV Series 2016– ) , retrieved 29 September 2016
2. "Blue Zoo teams with Nickelodeon and Aardman for new pre-school animation, Digby Dragon". Archived from the original on 2 October 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
3. "Digby Dragon - About The Show". Nick Jr. UK. Archived from the original on 1 October 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.