Digby Dragon

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Digby Dragon
Genre CGI
Created bySally Hunter
Written by
Directed by
  • Adam Shaw
  • Aditya Guptya
Voices of
Composers
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes78
Production
Running time11 minutes
Production company Blue-Zoo Productions
Original release
Network
Release4 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]

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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

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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" . Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  3. "Digby Dragon - About The Show". Nick Jr. UK. Retrieved 29 September 2016.