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Hey Duggee | |
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Genre | Pre-school Adventure |
Created by | Grant Orchard |
Directed by | Grant Orchard Sander Jones |
Voices of | Sander Jones Jasmine Bartholomew Arabella Duffy Poppie Boyes Ollie Chequer Duke Davis Bella Green Alfie Sanderson Leo Templer Dexter Varrell |
Narrated by | Alexander Armstrong Dame Shirley Bassey (The Same Badge) |
Theme music composer | Oliver M.A. Knowles |
Opening theme | Isn't It Time for Duggee? |
Ending theme | Hey Duggee Theme |
Composer | Tin Sounds |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 5 |
No. of episodes | 196 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producers | Henrietta Hurford-Jones Jackie Edwards Sue Goffe |
Producers | Janine Voong Fleur Jago |
Cinematography | Michael Hatt |
Editor | Anna Kubik |
Camera setup | Gallery |
Running time | 7 minutes |
Production company | Studio AKA |
Original release | |
Network | CBeebies |
Release | 17 December 2014 – present |
Hey Duggee is a British pre-school children's animated television series aimed at two to five-year-olds. Created by Grant Orchard, [1] it is produced by Studio AKA, in association with BBC Studios (formerly BBC Worldwide). The show is narrated by Alexander Armstrong.
The programme's characters are talking anthropomorphic animals, with Duggee communicating in woofs. The episodes are based around The Squirrel Club, an activity club for children that Duggee leads. The children –the club's Squirrels –take part in all kinds of activities, have adventures and earn badges for their accomplishments. Each episode shows the Squirrels completing an activity or adventure relating to a badge that they earn at the end of each episode. There is no set formula for every episode, with many referencing or parodying pop culture.
Hey Duggee has four series. It was first shown on 17 December 2014, and officially premiered on 12 January 2015. The BBC and Studio AKA produced a second series in early 2016, [2] with the first episode airing in the United Kingdom on 26 September 2016. A third series was commissioned in October 2017, [3] with the first episode due to be broadcast in Autumn 2018, but was pushed back to 4 March 2019. It aired until September 2021 with a Christmas episode shown in December 2020. The third series received increased acclaim and popularity amongst children and adults alike during the 2020 pandemic lockdowns. [4] It was renewed for a fourth series on 5 September 2022. [5]
On October 13, 2023, it was announced a spinoff series Hey Duggee's Squirrel Club is currently in the works [6] as well as a fifth season of the original series.
The programme is animated using the computer program Flash, with a minimalist style using filled shapes with no outlines, and only effects that Flash is capable of, [7] and only the Duggee character regularly uses gradients. For example, if there is a frog character, then it usually bears the appearance of a plain green triangle.
The production team consists of around 16 in-house animators, with six to eight scriptwriters. [7]
Sander Jones as:
Phillip Warner as:
Grant Orchard as:
Adam Longworth as:
Lucy Montgomery as:
Morgana Robinson as:
Masami Eagar as:
Anelisa Lamola as:
Tim Digby-Bell as:
In the UK, the BBC Children's Books imprint published books based on the series.
Golden Bear Toys manufactures Hey Duggee toys sold in the UK.
In 2015, Hey Duggee was adapted into several videogame apps for mobile devices.[ citation needed ] These include:
As of May 2015, Jasnor holds the master toy licence in Australia and New Zealand. [8]
"The Stick Song" premiered in the series 2 episode, Hey Duggee: The Stick Badge, which was first broadcast in the UK on 7 December 2017. Duggee and the Squirrels are making a campfire when Roly discovers one of his sticks can talk. The stick turns out to be a stick insect, and starts singing "stick" repeatedly to a catchy dance tune.
As of 2020, the song has been viewed over 7 million times on YouTube. [9] The track has been featured on BBC Radio 6 Music and BBC Two's Newsnight . [10] Many remixes have been produced, by both the BBC and others, including a heavy metal remix by children's heavy metal band Slay Duggee. [11]
Stuart Heritage, writing in The Guardian , described the series as being "peerless." [12]
On Twitter, the London Fire Brigade (LFB) in Greenwich complained about "The Dressing-Up Badge". In the episode, Roly dresses up as a firefighter, but is described as being a fireman, which Greenwich LFB described as being outdated whereas the term firefighter is "the preferred respectful, inclusive, non-sexist, non-gendered term that should be being widely used by all media but especially the BBC". [13]
Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
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2015 | Annecy International Animation Film Festival | TV series [14] | For "The Rescue Badge" | Nominated |
British Academy Children's Awards | Pre-School Animation | For "Series" | Nominated | |
2016 | International Emmy Kids Awards | Kids: Preschool | Nominated | |
British Academy Children's Awards | Pre-School Animation | For "Series" | Won | |
2017 | International Emmy Kids Awards | Kids: Preschool | Won | |
British Academy Children's Awards | Pre-School Animation | For "Series" | Won | |
Emile Awards | Best Background and character design in a TV/Broadcast Production | Won | ||
2018 | British Academy Children's Awards | Pre-School Animation | For "Series" | Won |
2019 | International Emmy Kids Awards | Best Preschool Program | Won | |
Kidscreen Awards | Best Animated Series | Won | ||
Annie Awards | Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production: Preschool | Nominated | ||
British Academy Children's Awards | Pre-School Animation | For "Series" | Nominated | |
2020 | Kidscreen Awards | Best Animated Series | Hey Duggee | Won [15] |
Best Voice Talent | Won [15] | |||
Best Design | Won [15] | |||
Best Music | Won [15] | |||
2021 | Kidscreen Awards | Best Animated Series | Hey Duggee | Nominated [16] [17] |
2022 | British Academy Children's Awards | Pre-School Animation | For "Series" | Won |
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